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Japanese: Naturwissenschaft
Nature Wisdom Centre

…The French word science is probably the oldest known word used as a concept close to today's natural science, and when an adjective expressing nature is added to make it science naturelle, it is closer to the concept of natural history. In German, the word Wissenschaft is used, but this word often has a particularly high level of knowledge, so it would be better to say Naturwissenschaft. In German, natural science is often contrasted with cultural science (Kulturwissenschaft) or spiritual science (Geisteswissenschaft). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Naturwissenschaft" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…フランス語のscienceはおそらく最も古くから今日の〈自然科学〉に近い概念として用いられていたと考えられ,わざわざ〈自然〉を表す形容詞を加えて〈science naturelle〉とする場合はむしろ〈博物誌(自然史)〉の概念に近づく。ドイツ語ではscienceに相当するWissenschaftが用いられるが,この語にはそのままではとくに高度な〈学識〉の意味がこめられることが多く,やはりNaturwissenschaftというべきだろう。ドイツ語では〈自然科学〉は〈文化科学Kulturwissenschaft〉もしくは〈精神科学Geisteswissenschaft〉と対立させられることが多い。…

※「Naturwissenschaft」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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