how can something be known?
exploring this after watching this The Myth of Race and Evolution of Skin Color (Part 3)
https://opentext.wsu.edu/carriecuttler/chapter/methods-of-knowing/
- INTUITION: guts, emotions, instincts
- AUTHORITY: accepting new ideas because some authority figure states that they are true
- RATIONALISM: using logic and reasoning to acquire new knowledge
- EMPIRICISM: using observation and experience to acquire knowledge
- SCIENTIFIC METHOD: process of systematically collecting and evaluating evidence to test ideas and answer questions
https://theblackcaterpillar2014.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/research-methodology-methods-of-knowledge/
Fred Kerlinger (summarizing Charles Pierce)
- Tenacity
- Authority
- Intuition
- Science
Scientific Method:
- Objective
- Systematic
- Verifiable
- Empirical
- Logical
- Replicable
My Reaction
- what is knowledge exactly? how is it different than belief?