I was a biology major and got a BA.
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From: "Jan de Koning"
To: "asa@calvin.edu"
CC:
Subject: Re: Real Science (was Re:
serious)
Date: 08/01/04
At 06:37 AM 08/01/2004 -0800, Dr. Blake
Nelson wrote:
>By the way, did you intend to imply that only
natural
>sciences are "real" science and that social
sciences
>are not? That would seem
uncharacteristically
>exclusive of you and depend on a particular,
unstated
>definition of science (since empirical
investigation,
>theory formulation, etc. that you mention all
inhere
>in the social sciences -- or at least
subparts
>thereof). ;)
Of course, Howard does not want to
exclude anything, but he used here the
old ,medieval distinction between
Arts and Sciences. It just goes to show
that it is very hard to get away
(in any English speaking country) from the
Middle Ages. In other
countries he would be called a professor in Physics,
where Physices
would still be called (maybe) a science. However, Theology
is not a
science, and maybe a Theology- course is given in the Arts part of
the
University. Or, is Theology, (as trying to learn about "God") the
direction giving part of a University?
BTW are the Social Sciences
part of the Sciences so that one gets degrees
like B.Sc.? Or, do they
still get B.A. degrees, thus indicating that
Soocial Sciences are nor
"real" sciences?
I am confused here. I studied mathematics and a bit
philosophy but got a
B.Sc. degree,
Jan de Koning
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