1. The purpose of humanities research is to reveal the essence and development law of human society.

2. Research purpose of social science: to study the whole or any discipline of various phenomena in human society.

3. Research purpose of natural science: The research object of natural science is the whole nature, that is, various types, states, attributes and motion forms of natural substances. The task of cognition is to reveal natural phenomena and processes, and then grasp the regularity of these phenomena and processes, so as to explain them, foresee new phenomena and processes, and open up various possible ways for rationally and purposefully applying natural laws in social practice.

Second, the overview of the three is different:

1. Overview of humanities: The study of humanities and social sciences is not only an exploration of truth, but also represents certain values and the interests of social groups. The dependence of humanities and social sciences on social practice is reflected in two aspects: social practice promotes and restricts humanities and social sciences.

2. Overview of social science: Social science is a science that studies various social phenomena. For example, sociology studies human society (mainly contemporary), politics studies politics, policies and related activities, and economics studies resource allocation. Social science covers subjects such as economics, politics, law, ethics, history, sociology, psychology, education, management, anthropology, folklore, journalism, communication and so on.

3. Overview of natural science: Natural science studies inorganic nature and organic nature in a quantitative way, including human biological attributes. Natural science is the study of organic or inorganic things and phenomena in nature.

Third, the topics covered by the three are different:

1. Subjects covered by humanities: western classics, religion, philosophy, linguistics, literature and art, history, journalism and communication, and interpersonal relations.

2. Subjects covered by social science: The subjects covered by social science are: economics, politics, law, ethics, history, sociology, psychology, education, management, anthropology, folklore, journalism, communication, etc.

3. The subjects of natural science Henkel include astronomy, physics, chemistry, earth science, biology, etc.

The relationship between humanities, social sciences and natural sciences: natural sciences, social sciences (including humanities) and thinking sciences are the three pillars of the scientific system, and they are tools for people to understand, maintain and improve nature, society and thinking.

Humanities refers to the science that takes the existence of human society as the research object and reveals the essence and development law of human society. The study of humanities and social sciences is not only the exploration of truth, but also represents certain values and the interests of social groups.

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Baidu Encyclopedia-Social Science (one of the three major fields of science)

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