Unit 1- Introduction Flashcards
What are two empirical methods?
Intuition and science
What are two non-empirical methods?
Authority and logic
This nonempirical method is based on someone else’s knowledge
Authority
This nonempirical method is based on deductive or inductive reasoning.
Logic
This empirical method is spontaneous perception or judgment not based on reasoned mental steps. It is based on instinctive processes rather than on logical reasoning
Intuition
This empirical method is practical intelligence shared by a large group of people
Commonsense
A way of obtaining knowledge by means of objective observations
Science
The philosophy that objects perceived have an existence outside the mind
Realism
A view that reasoning is the basis for solving problems
Rationality
A believe that phenomena exist in recurring patterns that conform with universal laws
Regularity
The belief that it is possible to learn solutions to questions posed
Discoverability
The doctrine that all events happen because of preceding causes
Determinism
What are the three criterions for a establishing a cause and effect relationship
Temporal precedence, covariation of cause and effect, elimination of alternative explanations
Something that occurs prior to another thing
Temporal precedence
When the cause is introduced, the effect occurs
Co-variation of cause and effect
