First Quiz Flashcards
Application of Science for the benefit of the humankind
Technology
**Organized **body of knowledge
Science
A thing that is known or proven to be true
Fact
View / Judgement , not necessarily based on knowledge
Opinion
Reasoned opinion, considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions.
Judgement
A **conviction **based on cultural/personal faith, morality, values
Belief
Inherent and unique in each human being.
Attained by individual relation
Belief Knowledge
Gathered from the material world
Research Knowledge
- Branch of philosophy
- Theory of knowledge, especially regarding its methods, validity, and scope
- Investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion
Epistemology
How do scientists create a scientific fact?
Positivist - they are just physically there
Constructivist - socially created
These are important in understanding the beginnings of Science
Positivist and Constructivist POV
Result of the cognition of their existence
Created the thought styles
Ludwik Fleck
Coll. acti - Thought coll. - Coll. mood - Thought style
Thought Styles
_____ in a sense are actually social constructs.
Facts
Race, Money, Countries, Gender Roles
Social constructs