PSY270H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Meritocracy
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Quiz: c dialectic, c dialectic, b relative. A theory of how knowledge is gained. What can be known as true, who knows it permanence and limits of our knowledge as well as subjectivity. First interest was of how different people reacted to the university environment. Some people are absolute and see the world as more intellectual; not the case. Epistemology beliefs were coherent and changing that we all go through. Some of us land on different points, not a matter of personality. The students he interviewed were all just at different stages of the learning stage. Dualism (1,2) believe in absolute, right and wrong. A zealot who hasn"t considered the point of view of other religions. Multiplicity (3,4) similar to dualism, truth is knowable but there are degrees of uncertainty. There are multiple view and everyone has the right to their opinion. Relativism (5,6) - they recognize that there are multiple views but don"t believe that they are all equal.
