01:070:111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Michael Tomasello, Franz Boas, Orthogenesis
27 Mar 2018
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Hypothesis- an educated prediction backed up by research or observations. Theoretically be able to observe that the hypothesis is correct or not. After performing experiment, hypothesis may need to be refined. Humanities are critical with reflective assessment about society, culture and human experience. Humanistic- we can apply logic or theoretical approaches or imagination to understand the human experience. Essence of human species is tremendous variation in human form and activity. His dissertation- contributions to the understanding of the color of water . Preordained future- a theory that variations in evolution follow a particular direction and are not merely sporadic and fortuitous.
