Serendipity as a minor facet of human science
Title: Serendipity as a minor facet of human science
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 543 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Serendipity as a minor facet of human science
Category: /Social Sciences/Philosophy
Details: Words: 543 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Although serendipity may play an important role in some important discoveries in the history of human science, it should not be considered a major part of human science since the word 'science' itself already prevents the idea of serendipity from taking place. 'Science', by definition, is 'the organized knowledge, especially when obtained by observation and testing of facts, about the physical world, natural laws and society'. Human science, therefore, is the organized knowledge of human
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affects in certain subjects in human science such as anthropology and archeology. For example, we find fossils in the earth to study anthropology and serendipity plays an important role in finding the fossils (be aware that nowadays, due to technological advances, we are able to locate fossils without digging big holes and taking the risk that we may find nothing after all the hard work. In this way, serendipity has less of an affect nowadays).