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    The document outlines the main branches of science as fundamental sciences, which include empirical and formal sciences, and interdisciplinary and applied sciences. Empirical sciences are divided into natural sciences like physics and chemistry, and social sciences like anthropology and psychology. Formal sciences include fields like mathematics, logic, and statistics. Applied sciences take scientific knowledge and apply it to practical problems or testing theories, with examples given as medicine and engineering.

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    Branches of Science

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    Branches of Science

    • Fundamental Sciences
    -Empirical Sciences
    Includes both Social and Natural sciences
    Knowledge based on observable phenomena
    Capable of being tested for validity, reproducibility
    -Formal Sciences
    Mathematics, logic
    Use a priori methodology
    • Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences
    -Medicine
    -Engineering

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    Empirical Sciences

    • Natural Science
    -Branch of science that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the
    natural world by applying an empirical and scientific method to the study
    of the universe.
    -Physical science – Physics, Chemistry
    -Earth science – Ecology, Oceanography, Geology, Meteorology
    -Life science – Biology, Zoology, Human Biology, Botany
    • Social Sciences
    -Apply the scientific method to study human behavior, society, and social
    patterns
    -Contrast to Humanities that use a critical or analytical approach to the
    study of the human condition
    -"Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a
    plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences.
    -Anthropology, archaeology, business administration, communication,
    criminology, economics, education, government, linguistics, international
    relations, political science, psychology (especially social psychology),
    sociology and, in some contexts, geography, history and law

    3
    Formal Sciences

    • Branches of knowledge that are concerned with formal systems


    -Logic
    -Mathematics
    -Decision theory concerned with identifying the values, uncertainties and other issues
    relevant in a given decision, its rationality, and the resulting optimal decision.
    -Theoretical computer science
    -Information and systems theory
    -Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, and interpretation of data including
    planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments.
    -Some aspects of linguistics
    • Not concerned with the validity of theories based on empirical knowledge,
    but the properties of formal systems based on definitions and rules
    • Methods of the formal sciences essential to the construction and testing of
    scientific models dealing with observable reality
    • Major advances in formal sciences have often enabled major advances in
    the empirical sciences (e.g. validity of observations from a case series)

    4
    Applied Sciences

    • Application of scientific knowledge transferred into a physical environment.


    Examples include testing a theoretical model through the use of formal
    science or solving a practical problem through the use of natural science.
    • Applied science differs from fundamental science, which seeks to describe
    the most basic objects and forces, having less emphasis on practical
    applications.
    • Medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing
    -Applied science related to the art of healing by diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of
    disease.
    -Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics and
    medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease, typically through
    medication or surgery
    -Therapies include medications, surgery, psychotherapy, external splints & traction,
    prostheses, biologics, pharmaceuticals, ionizing radiation.

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