BIOLOGY 1M03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-4: Cell Theory, Sahara, Beer Engine
21 Dec 2018
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Structure of presentation: required material will be clearly outlined in class, required terminology will be in bold, only responsible for terminology in bold, conceptual questions, logical inference questions and application questions are fair game. Deductive thinking: science proceeds by advancing hypotheses and comparing to facts, facts observed from nature; basic simple logical thinking; not easy for humans to think clearly about abstract concepts. Thinking conceptually: logical interpretation and inference is simple but not always easy, being on familiar ground helps us think straight; learning facts, stories, mechanisms, etc, practice clear thinking about simple questions. Why are simple things difficult: we"ve evolved to be good at certain kinds of thinking, survival instincts make us better at things like sports, but not mathematics even though for example, algebra is simpler than hockey. Logical equivalence: statements that are logically equivalent express the same fact in different words; if either one is true, the other must be true as well, ex.
