Understanding and understanding of humanities.

There are two main classification standards for social sciences and humanities (humanities):

1, the essence of the object (the objective aspect of the object and thing)-the object standard

2. Scientific level (subjective and cognitive)-subjective standard.

Second, the conclusion is different.

1. Concise classification of Encyclopedia Britannica (based on the nature of the object)

(1) humanities.

It is generally believed that the humanities constitute a unique knowledge, that is, the humanities about human values and spiritual expression.

"The humanities include the following research categories: modern and classical languages, linguistics, literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, law, art history, art criticism, art theory, art practice and other social sciences with humanistic contents and methods."

② Social science.

"The object of social science research is human behavior in social culture, including economics, politics, sociology, socio-cultural anthropology, social psychology and socio-economic geography; It also includes related fields of education, that is, the social environment of reading and the relationship between schools and social order. "

2. Classification of United States Air Force Academy

① Social science discipline

Including behavioral science, economics, geography, law, management and political science.

② Main humanities subjects

Including English, foreign languages (Russian, Chinese, etc. ), history and philosophy.

3. China University of Political Science and Law tenured professor and famous scholar Li Deshun's classification (scientific nature and function, humanistic nature and function).

"Philosophy and Social Science" has dual identities and meanings;

On the one hand, it is a science with its essence and function (economics, history, sociology and linguistics are more prominent in this respect).

On the other hand, it is a human value system, which has more outstanding humanistic nature and functions than natural sciences (ethics, aesthetics, politics, law, literature, art, religion, education, etc.). ).

Remarks:

Many people in China think that philosophy is higher than natural science, social science and humanities.

(2) About the humanities or humanities, some authoritative dictionaries in China think that these two concepts are the same thing. Because it is a word in a foreign language. English is: humanities. However, some people think that accurate translation is "humanity" rather than "humanity".