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Descriptive ethics — Descriptive ethics, also known as comparative ethics, is the study of people s beliefs about morality. It contrasts with prescriptive or normative ethics, which is the study of ethical theories that prescribe how people ought to act, and with… … Wikipedia
Descriptive linguistics — is the work of analyzing and describing how language is spoken (or how it was spoken in the past) by a group of people in a speech community. All scholarly research in linguistics is descriptive; like all other sciences, its aim is to observe the … Wikipedia
anthropology — anthropological /an threuh peuh loj i keuhl/, anthropologic, adj. anthropologically, adv. /an threuh pol euh jee/, n. 1. the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs… … Universalium
Anthropology — This article is about the social science. For other uses, see Anthropology (disambiguation). Anthropology Fields Archaeology Biological an … Wikipedia
physical anthropology — physical anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the evolutionary changes in human bodily structure and the classification of modern races, using mensurational and descriptive techniques. Cf. cultural anthropology. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
physical anthropology — phys′ical anthropol′ogy n. pan the branch of anthropology dealing with the evolutionary changes in human body structure and the classification of modern races, using mensurational and descriptive techniques Also called biological anthropology… … From formal English to slang
ethnography — noun The branch of anthropology that scientifically describes specific human cultures and societies. Syn: descriptive anthropology See Also: ethnic, ethnical, ethnicity, ethnographer, ethnology … Wiktionary
religion, study of — Introduction attempt to understand the various aspects of religion, especially through the use of other intellectual disciplines. The history of mankind has shown the pervasive influences of religion, and thus the study of religion,… … Universalium
Franz Boas — Infobox Person name = Franz Boas image size = 200px caption = birth date = birth date|1858|7|9 birth place = Minden, [www.franz boas.com further information about the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Boas´ birth at Minden e. g. an… … Wikipedia
Social sciences — The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology … Wikipedia
