ENGC44H3 Final: Exam Study Guide
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Knowledge: knowledge information. information processed through a thinking human mind. knowledge is produced by humans. It is divided in to two categories of empirical. Empirical science has two branches of the natural sciences like. Physics and the social sciences like political science. Purpose of a university: university is where information is stored and where knowledge is made. Professors are a good example of this idea. They teach the information already gained and make new knowledge with researching. Critical thinking: process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action. Speculative: empirical in greek means experience in trial. it is gained through practical (realistic of useful) and/or based on experience like taking surveys to gather data and to process them. Speculative in greek means to look at. this is through theoretical learning. Representation: to represent/substitute or symbolize of something or being.
