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There are many questions we may want to ask about society. For example, "Does funding social sciences make a society happier?" is one of them. Social sciences g
by notxpert14827 2y ago
There are many questions we may want to ask about society. For example, "Does funding social sciences make a society happier?" is one of them. Social sciences give us the general capability to ask those questions and understand the answers. Whether you see value in that is of course up to you.
(I never said, claimed or argued any of the things you mention in your reply, so I'm not addressing those points)
- zenoprax 2y agoI think you're both still talking past one another. > Social sciences give us the general capability to ask those questions and understand the answers. This is almost tautological depending on where those fields lie between physics and philosophy. Chemistry is just applied Physics. Biology is just applied Chemistry. Neurology is just applied biology. But psychology (and by extension, sociology) is firmly on the Philosophy side of the fence in my uneducated opinion.
- confidantlake 2y agoWhere is the evidence that social sciences give us the capability to ask those questions and understand those answers? I would argue that only I have that ability and instead you should direct that money towards me.
- notxpert14827 2y agoThe evidence is in the typical academic outputs: textbooks, published articles, monographies, etc.