| Term | Definition |
| theology | the field of study and analysis that treats of God and of God's attributes and relations to the universe; study of divine things or religious truth |
| philosophy | the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct |
| ethics | that branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions |
| biology | the science of life or living matter in all its forms and phenomena, esp. with reference to origin, growth, reproduction, structure, and behavior |
| psychology | the science of the mind, mental states, processes, and behavior |
| sociology | the science or study of the origin, development, organization, and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of social relations, institutions, etc |
| law | the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision |
| politics | the science or art of government; the practice or profession of conducting government affairs |
| economics | the science that deals with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind |
| history | the branch of knowledge dealing with past events; a systematic account of any set of natural phenomena |