Introduction to Thinking Empirically

Question 1

Two ways of knowing

Answer 1

Rationalism & Empiricism

Question 2

Rationalism

Answer 2

believe knowledge can only be gained from reasoning and logic

Question 3

Empiricism

Answer 3

Believe that knowledge can only be gained through the senses, by observing things

Question 4

Systematic Empiricism

Answer 4

going to test the thing that you see over varying variables to see if the result still exists over time

Question 5

Skepticism

Answer 5

we don’t tend to accept everything we hear/see

- ask yourself whether it is true and then test whether it is the case

Question 6

examples of skepticism

Answer 6

mozart effect, clever hans the counting horse, facilitated communication, the color red