The human sciences are those sciences in charge of the study of the Human being, society and its culture, from a linguistic, historical, philosophical point of view, etc. In other words, it is that set of sciences that have as their object the analysis and investigation of man, or groups of individuals and their culture. The human being naturally wishes to acquire different knowledge and those knowledge that emanate from this desire to understand what surrounds this individual erect, in a proper sense, the so-called human sciences.
The perception of what the human sciences are can be used, at present, in a similar way to the perceptions of the moral sciences and political sciences. Generally these attached human sciences are usually added with the meaning of social sciences, of which they do not have a clear distinction, such as geography, sociology, political science, anthropology, history, economics, among others, even in certain Circumstances are listed as a discipline of the health sciences such as psychology, or in a general sense with philosophy.
The origins of the human sciences go back to the beginning that knowledge manifests itself in the world. However, it was given in a concrete way around the 19th century, acquiring a solid and proper figure until the 20th century.
The human sciences, together with the social sciences, are divided into epistemological, methodological and ontological; and the meaning of this set of sciences is determined by society, which at the same time is its object. The human sciences are also assigned as educational institutions, such as humanities. In universities it is common to find faculties with this denomination.
