Abstract:
This paper presents the relations between human sciences and health stressing some general issues on the relevance of the human sciences. The article focuses on several highlights in the origins of human sciences as studied by Dilthey and the human-versus-natural sciences controversies. It presents the axes that are generally related to the field of human sciences: physics, biology and history. The final section provides some notes on the possibilities of a ‘qualitative paradigm’: social construtivism, post-positivism and critical theory.
Key-words:
Natural sciences; History; Methods; Concept formation