humaniora

Japanese: humaniora
humaniora

…a name for the classification of academic fields. The term "humanities" for the study of classical literature and philosophy is derived from the Renaissance study of classics and the "humaniora" (study of humanity). In Japan, the term "humanities" refers to all departments in the Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Education, and other fields that do not belong to the natural sciences or social sciences, i.e., philosophy, literature, and history in a broad sense, and is essentially a general term for the cultural sciences excluding most of the social sciences.

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

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Japanese:

…学問分類上の一名称。古典文学や哲学の研究を〈人文学humanities〉と呼ぶのは,ルネサンス期の古典研究と〈人間性研究humaniora〉の系譜をひく。日本で人文科学と呼ばれているのは,文学部,教育学部などの学科中,自然科学と社会科学とに属しないもの,すなわち広義の哲学,文学,史学の総称であり,実質的には文化科学から社会科学の大部分を除いた部分の総括である。…

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