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1.1.1.1 Inquiry in Various Disciplines

Humanities Discipline:
The human experience is complex, multilayered, and
ever-changing. To truly understand society, the mind,
resource distribution, and our collective past, we must
inquire deeply. Consider sociology, the study of human
Complex and social relationships and institutions. Society consists of
interconnected diverse cultures, viewpoints, and systems of organisation.
experiences To comprehend this web of interconnection, sociologists
must ask probing questions through interviews, surveys,
participant observation, and discourse analysis. They inquire
into family structures, gender roles, patterns of inequality,
and collective behaviour. This investigative research reveals
insights into how groups form, interact, and evolve.

Philosophy- the study of knowledge, reality, and existence-
is fundamentally based on questioning and logical reasoning.
Questioning, Philosophers ask foundational queries about the nature
reasoning, of being, ethics, justice, beauty, and meaning. Through
understanding conceptual analyses, thought experiments, and deductive
argumentation, they examine the fundamental assumptions
we make about the world. This constant inquiry leads to new
perspectives, ideas, and frameworks for understanding life's
deepest mysteries.

Economics analyses the production, distribution, and
consumption of goods and services. To really grasp the

Inquiry in complex flow of wealth in society, economists gather data,
Economics create models, and actively explore economic institutions
and decisions. Their research investigates supply and
demand, market failures, trade, taxation, monetary policy,
organisational behaviour, etc. This inquisitive work aids our
comprehension of how economies function.

History seeks to understand the past through primary
sources, material evidence, and perspectives of different eras.
Exploring the Historians dig into the archives, artefacts, oral accounts, and
past, interpreting records of bygone times. Their exploratory research paints a
evidence textured portrait of what life has been like for different people
and cultures. This nuanced understanding comes not from
passive observation but from actively investigating traces of
human activity and interpretable remains.

The human experience is profoundly complex. To
comprehend it, we must approach it with childlike curiosity.
Our minds yearn to travel through the mysteries of our inner
worlds, social webs, financial flows, and ancestral pearls of

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