STC 262 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Pyrrhonism, Scientific Method, Empiricism
4 Sep 2018
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Research is the use of the scientific method to answer questions. Epistemology: the study of the nature of knowledge and justification: in particular, the study of a) the defining components, b) the substantive conditions or sources, and c) the limits of knowledge and justification. Klein argues that there are 3 important considerations when discussing knowledge. Use of theory, data, and evidence to ascertain knowledge. Social scientific: rely on quantitative methods, human communication, statistical models. Interpretive: explore how the individual at the center of specific interactions understands their own communication. Critical: central role of research is to examine interplay between ideology and science. The importance of skepticism and its importance the both knowledge and justification. Epistemist: acknowledging that knowledge of something is possible. Academic: arguing that knowledge of something is impossible. Pyrrhonian: withholding agreement to either epistemist or academic perspective. Two tools people often rely on to gain ordinary or common sense knowledge:
