HLSC 2P15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cold Turkey, Thomas Kuhn, Paradigm Shift
16 Jan 2017
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Epistemology & health / where does knowledge come from? (the study of knowledge itself) We spend a lot of time trying to expand or overturn knowledge looking at some of the elements of knowledge. Where this knowledge goes (i. e: upstream and down streaming) Paradims and their shifts the rules/laws the black box (cid:862)bla(cid:272)k bo(cid:454)(cid:863) Acceptance of this fact requires the acceptance or existence of other factors the acceptance of this fact leads to specific outcomes or encourages us to explore specific pathways. We take this information based on our interpretations of facts. So(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es people (cid:272)a(cid:374) stop thi(cid:374)gs (cid:862)(cid:272)old turke(cid:455)(cid:863) Establishment of fact and dominant knowledge; the more the fact is acted upon the more individuals act upon a certain concept accepted it is. Evidence leads to certain view points, and some of those perspectives are not taken into account in society; simply neglected its positive side (ex: anti-tobacco)
