Disciplines that study human society, behavior and institutions through systematic observation, comparison and theory, here covering anthropology, sociology, psychology and their application to religious and esoteric communities and practice. Belongs here: any discipline whose object of study is people in groups, institutions or social patterns, using empirical method rather than close reading alone. Does not belong here: the interpretive and textual study of culture and belief, grouped under Humanities; the natural sciences, grouped under Natural Science.
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1. Wikipedia: Social science
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The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the 18th century.
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