COMM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Empiricism, Scientific Method, Big Bang

• School: U of M
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 102
• Professor: Scott Campbell

Document Summary

Ways of knowing: common sense or folk wisdom. Something is true because it is self-evident or widely known accepted knowledge. An apple a day keeps the doctor away certain element of truth to this statement (backed by research) Never clip your nails at night some say that if you cut your nails at night you"ll see a ghost applied in the olden days, but now is just false. Folk wisdom is not always valid ex. Empiricism your own personal observations and experiences (only based on what you have seen and done in the world) Casual and unsystematic don"t have a plan to do this you just encounter daily life experiences that add up to some form of knowledge. You could reach a conclusion that is completely wrong could just be valid for oneself. Picture of the duck that is also a bunny perception is different for everyone: authority know stuff because they tell us what it is.