Hierarchy of the sciences

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Not to be confused with Hard and soft science.
The scale of the Universe mapped to branches of science and showing how one system is built atop the next through the hierarchy of the sciences

The hierarchy of the sciences is a theory formulated by

natural sciences than there are in the social sciences.[3]

Hirearchy of the Sciences by Auguste Comte

Evidence

Research has shown that, after controlling for the number of hypotheses being tested, positive results are 2.3 times more likely in the social sciences than in the physical sciences.

biological sciences.[5] Dean Simonton argues that a composite measure of the scientific status of disciplines ranks psychology much closer to biology than to sociology.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Comte - The Work - Hierarchy of the Sciences". media.pfeiffer.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ Bourdeau, Michel (2018-05-08). "4.2 The classification of the sciences and philosophy of science". Auguste Comte. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 2019-06-21.
  3. S2CID 144920176
    .
  4. PMID 20383332
    .
  5. PMID 23840557
    .
  6. S2CID 145134072
    .


Stub icon

This philosophy of science-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hierarchy_of_the_sciences&oldid=1230429182"