SOAN 2120 : SOAN 2120 Chapter's 1,2,3,4

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We know these things because somebody told us and because we believed them. Most of what you know is a matter of belief and agreement. Also can learn things through direct observation and personal experience. Scientific assertion must have both logical and empirical support. Generally recognize that future circumstances are caused by present ones. The attempt to predict comes from knowledge and understanding. Human inquiry aims at both answering what and why. May hinder human inquiry if we seek and understanding of something everybody already understands. We benefit throughout our lives through new discoveries and understandings produced by others. More likely to believe a doctor over the average joe. Replication repetition of a research study in order to either confirm the findings of a previous study or bring them into question. What"s really real: the premodern view, the modern view, the postmodern view.

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