ACMA01H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cave Painting, Paleontology, Soundscape
12 Feb 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Epistemology: epistemology is a theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion (oxford english dictionary [oed]) Data is not neutral, has a profit motive. Information is ranked, top dollar = top billing information processed through a thinking human mind. Truth: our thinking human minds are not entirely reliable, by sharing knowledge we are all responsible for knowledge and gives a greater possibility of. If memory is that faulty a mechanism, knowledge become an even more complicated concept accurate transmission: critical thinking, aware of the limits of universal truth claims. History: a record of events that took place in the past, history is never objective, it is from a particular perspective. The study of past events, particularly in human affairs the past considered as a whole (oed) Developed through ideologies, and that history is always biased.
