The convergence between sociology and natural sciences in the study of the family

Abstract

n this essay, a line of reflection on the scientific study of the family is continued, the results of which have been published in the Insurgencia Magisterial Portal (Mexico). Arguments are offered here to complement what has been discussed in other publications. The starting point for what follows is to assume that, from sociology, an approach to the family as a micro-social group with its own
dynamics and characteristics was taking shape throughout the 20th century. This specific sociological approach was part of a larger research effort carried out by the different social sciences (economics, history, political science, anthropology, and psychology) that have also contributed (and continue to contribute) to the scientific knowledge of the family. At the end of the 20th century, sociology was integrated into the Standard Model of the Social Sciences, with which it shared the vision that the social sciences have of the social-cultural as an autonomous reality from the natural-biological.