Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ad Hominem, Validity, Determinism
12 Oct 2016
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Ways (systems) of knowing: non empirical & empirical methods: non empirical methods: authority & logic, authority: believe something because some respected person told us its true. Authorities often disagree among each other ,", inclined to reject. Don"t have means of testing & improving (think they are right) Cs limits: standards differ from time to time & place to place according to culture. Criterion for judgement is whether it works cannot predict new knowledge. Counterintuitive: something that goes against cs: science: scienti c method: (1) de ne problem (2) form hypothesis (3) collect data (4) draw conclusions (5) communicate ndings. Argues: (1) there is a true state of affairs in the world & (2) we can learn the true state by examining the world. True state of affairs: there is real world w de nite qualities (object may be 1km/100km, not both) Society insists upon the truth (planes to stay in sky, bridges not to fall)
