I think what is unique about the methods used to investigate the
humanities is that it uses human emotion. With math and science,
there is one way to do it and its based-on formula. However, when
viewing a piece of art or music, you investigated it using your
emotions and what you see. To me, this makes it a much more
interesting way to investigate. There is normally a "right" answer to
the humanities but there can be some fluctuation because everyone
feeling on a piece are different. Some may believe it depicts sadness
while others may believe it shows happiness. When thinking about
investigating the humanities, you can quickly compare how it feels to
investigate other sciences. In other sciences, like Mathematics, you
are using a set technique to find out 1 single solution for the most
part. That also goes with the other sciences as well. We also look at
artifacts in the other sciences like, where did it come from? b When?
What can we tell about this artifact that gives us clues about when
this was made? b When looking deeper at Humanities, we look at
things and base our arguments and findings based off of our
opinions. We get to look for what it means to us, rather than looking
for the one right answer. We can ask ourselves, what was the artist
feeling? What were they going through at the time of creation?
What do they want us to feel? The bigger sense of emotion in the
humanities is awesome.
