ENGC44H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Enrique Dussel, Cultural Hegemony, Search Engine Optimization
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Speculative thinking: speculative = theoretical, synonyms: abstract, dangerous, dicey, hazardous, iffy, philosophical, risky, empirical sciences help us understand the quantifiable aspects of the universe. Critical thinking: the intellectually disciplines 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. Humanities scholars often work to critique, problematize, re- consider, and question structures, ideals, ideologies and theories. Purpose: a social space in which knowledge is created, stored, transmitted, examined, and critiqued, teachers, scholars and students. Not mutually exclusive categories: e. g. , teachers are also learners (students), and vice versa, we create new knowledge through research, analysis, and critique. Within the unique university context, the most crucial of all human rights are the rights of freedom of speech, academic freedom, and freedom of research.
