Natural science and human science
Teacher: Natural sciences examine what is made by nature. Human sciences examine what is made by humans.
Student: Natural sciences are made by nature. Human sciences are made by humans.
T: No, natural sciences are not made by nature, they examine nature.
S: Natural sciences examine sciences that are made by humans.
T: No, natural sciences examine things that are made by nature. You don’t find the sciences in nature.
S: And human sciences are created by humans.
T: All sciences are created by humans. It’s just the thing that human sciences study that is made by humans, too.
S: And natural science is made by nature.
T: There is no science that is made by nature.
S: Ok. Natural sciences examine sciences that are not made by nature. Human sciences examine nature made by humans.
T: Try to understand. A science is not made by nature. Nature is just the thing that they study.
S: Natural sciences study the thing that is made by natural sciences.
T: No, the science does not study what is made by science.
S: Natural sciences study sciences made by humans.
T: They do not study the science but nature.
S: Natural sciences study nature made by humans.
T: No, they examine nature made by… nature. But the science is made by humans.
S: Nature examines sciences that are made by humans.
T: Nature does not examine anything. It’s the science that examines.
S: Natural sciences examine nature.
T: Good! Finally you got it.
S: And human sciences examine humans made by human sciences.
T: I think we have to be more concrete. Can you name a few natural sciences?
S: Mountains, water, animals…
T: These are not sciences. They are what the sciences examine.
S: Sir, you’re confusing me.
T: What’s so difficult?
S: Natural sciences are found in nature. Like rocks.
T: Is a rock a science?
S: Yes, it’s called geology.
T: Geology is the science. But a rock is not a science.
S: It is. Geology is the rock science.
T: The science is geology, not the rock.
S: But how can I distinguish them if both are found in nature?
