Psychology 2800E Lecture Notes - Knowledge Engineering, Determinism, Sampling Bias

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2800E
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Charles pierce (1877): wrote an essay called the fixation of belief . Described several ways of knowing" / fixating belief: authority. Relying on what authorities say (i. e. parents, professors) Knowledge can be biased, incomplete or just completely wrong: logical discourse (the a proiri method) Begin with general premises (that are believed, a priori, to be true) Deduce specific conclusion from these premises (new knowledge) Together, the premises and conclusion form what"s called a syllogism. Conclusion: therefore, it is logical to deduce that all kangaroos have liver. Problem #1: the premises might not be true. Thus any conclusion you draw from the premise would be wrong. P1: all welfare is giving to the poor . P2: all charity is giving to the poor . C: all canadians are egyptians ?: empiricism: relying on direct experience and observations. Problems occur when we rely too much on subjective empiricism : Relying on informal, intuitive experiences and observations.