A broader, more humanistic approach to understanding science that draws on history, philosophy, literature, and the arts alongside social science methods. It asks not just how science works socially, but what it means—how it shapes our self-understanding, how it appears in culture, how it feels to be a scientist, how it changes what it means to be human. It's science studies with soul, concerned with the existential and cultural dimensions of the scientific enterprise.
Example: "Her book wasn't just history of physics; it was human sciences of science—exploring how relativity changed not just navigation, but poetry, philosophy, and our sense of place in the cosmos."
by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026
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