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The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social studies, and sociology. The word "science" is older than its modern use. Under the influence of positivism, the word has become a short-form for "natural science". It is a recent development that society has become the object of an organized body of knowledge which can be... full article at wikipedia
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mw_template_bot Jul 20, 2008

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