History and Science Flashcards
What was life centred around in the beginning and who did people primarily rely on?
Life centered around merely surviving, and people relied on religious leaders and medicine men
What is the Great Hare?
An Algonquin legend where men and women received a forbidden package of eternal life, but someone opened the package and the eternal life escaped
Why do the Innuit in Greenland believe?
That before there was light and dark and death, there was none of these things, and people exchanged mortality for light
What do Jews, Muslims, and Christians believe?
They are monotheistic and believe in the story of Adam and Eve
What happened during the Age of Enlightenment?
- human awareness grew
- a push for democracy
- voltaire, french philosopher is a prominent figure who pushed for this
- w/ democracy came knowledge w/o power
- ppl valued science over faith
What happened during the Industrial Revolution?
- literacy, machinery, education, transportation, and factories increased
- pollution increased
What is the throughput model?
- became prevalent during Industrial Revolution
- valued quantity over quality
- wanted to make products as quickly as possible for as cheap as possible
- in turn quality of products suffered and ppl’s safety was in danger
- commodified labour and ability, was able to have ppl participate in a consumerist society
- broke ppl could now afford things
What types of science are there
- natural sciences (victor frankenstein core) i.e. bio, chem, physics
- behavioural science (me core) i.e. sociology, psych, and anthro
What is perception?
- the way we view things based on our biases and lived experiences
- NOT an excuse for moral relativism
moral relativism is when what someone thinks what’s good or bad is relative to themself and can differ from person to person
