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Social Science I Second Sem., SY 20102010-2011 UP Visayas
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Politics is more difficult than physics and the world is more likely to die from bad politics than from bad physics.
- Albert Einstein
Greeks - the first to establish rational theory - grasp rational concepts and use them as a way of looking at reality and seeing logical connections - empirical and anti-mystical
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Plato and Aristotle are responsible for establishing a basis of knowledge as we know it and deal with it today
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Middle Ages (A.D. 476 to 1453) - Religion was so central to life : it tied together all fields of study - Gods will
-series of literary and cultural movements in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries - the totality of knowledge was comprehensible by the human mind; an educated person could know everything and exercise all skills and social graces
Renaissance man
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- Rationalist Approach
- Places human reason above faith - Logical connections - Proofs, evidence
- Religious Approach
- Places faith above reason
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Historical roots of the Social Sciences The Enlightenment - 1659 to 1700 - period in which rationalism replaced religion as the organized system of knowledge - period when the development of the social science took hold and flourished - there was a belief that civilization had improved and so too should the thinking about civilization
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history of knowledge.pdf
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True or False? Some people dream every night while others do not dream at all. People tend to pair off with partners who closely match them in physical attractiveness Events such as going on a vacation or a change in eating habits can actually cause stress
Which one is true? Opposites attract vs. Birds of same feather flock together
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People we respect and admire Do we test their assertions? Beliefs become stable because we rarely test them
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Confirmation Bias:
Pay the most attention to evidence that supports their ideas
Washing the car and then it rains
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The Scientific Method 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Observe. Define the problem. Review the literature. Observe some more. Develop a theoretical framework and formulate a hypothesis. Choose the research design. Collect the necessary data. Analyze the results. Draw conclusions.
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Galileo Galilei (1564 1642). Renaissance astronomer, mathematician, and developer of the scientific method. (National Library of Medicine)
Galileos Inquisition
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Social Science I
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