ANT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Michael Shermer, Uniformitarianism, Type I And Type Ii Errors
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Pseudoscience = set of ideas put forth as scientific when they are not scientific claims rely on myths and legends for their claims to validity. Africans and chinese long before arrival of europeans in the 15th and 16th centuries ad. Archaeology: not palaeontology focuses on people study of humans and their past ways of life by examining the remains, artifacts and evidence of those lifeways , often recovered from ground or underwater. Scientific excavation and study of ancient human material remains to understand our past, to discover who we were and who we are. Epistemology how we know what we know creation and dissemination of knowledge in particular areas of inquiry or study of knowledge and justified belief: biological dimension, psychological dimension, scientific method. Psychopathy: psychiatric pathology is masked (individuals appear confident, well adjusted) but revealed over time they are egocentric/narcisstic, callous, disregard for other"s feelings, lack impulse control far less present among women.
