DISS- DISCIPLINE IDEAS SOCIAL SCIENCE

• The scientific study of HUMAN GROUPS is a relatively recent development
• There is vast accumulated information regarding the social life of human beings
• Social Sciences


  The study of the NATURE, GROWTH and FUNCTIONING of human societies
• Social Sciences


  • Object/Subject
  • Philosophy is a passive term, Social Sciences is an active term
  • A dynamic theory, reasoning
• Human Societies


  Societies - structure, system, interconnected
• Social Sciences has its roots in Ancient Philosophy
• The AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT changed the basic framework to what Social Sciences is today
• The AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT was the AGE OF REASON
• Before the AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, Social Sciences was more PHILOSOPHY
• In the 1760s, there were some efforts on the study of man and society
• Examples of early works on the study of man and society

  • Hobbes' LEVIATHAN
  • Locke's TWO TREATISES ON GOVERNMENT
• In the 18th century, Capitalism became the dominant socio-economic system in Europe
• In the half of the 18th century, there was urbanization and population growth
• THE MEANING AND METHOD OF DOING PHISULOPY
• Notable Greek philosophers


  • PYTHAGORAS
  • HERACLITUS
  • DEMOCRITUS
  • DIOGENES OF SINOPE
  • EPICURUS
• PYTHAGORAS


  A mathematician and scientist credited with formulating the Pythagorean Theorem
• PYTHAGORAS


  570 BCE to 495 BCE
• HERACLITUS


  Proposed that everything that exists is based on a higher order plan which he called logos
• HERACLITUS


  535 BCE to 475 BCE
• Logos


  Word/study or Deity (God) higher than human being, Scheme, follow correct order, Predetermination -destiny
• DEMOCRITUS


  Devoted Himself to the study of the causes of natural phenomena, naturalistic atomism
• DEMOCRITUS


  460 BCE to 37 BCE
• DIOGENES OF SINOPE


  Known advocate of living a simple and virtuous life
• DIOGENES OF SINOPE


  412 BCE to 323 BCE
• Virtuous


  Moral life
• Simple


  Living what is living in
• EPICURUS


  Believed that philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness, founder of Epicureanism, satisfaction of desiring gratifications
• EPICURUS


  341 BCE-270BCE