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Epistemology |
“theory of knowledge and its justification.” Involves studying knowledge itself — including its nature, process of generation, how it is necessary, and the standards that are used to judge its adequacy. |
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Empiricism |
idea that all knowledge comes from experience |
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Empirical Statement |
a statement based on observation, experiment, or experience |
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Reasoning/Rationalism |
philosophical idea that reason is the primary source of knowledge |
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Deductive Reasoning |
process of drawing a conclusion that is essentially true if the underlying premises are true |
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Inductive Reasoning |
holds that the foundational premises act as helpful, but not decisive reasons towards acceptance of a conclusion |
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Probabilistic |
stating what is probable to occur, not what will necessarily occur, thereby opening himself or herself up to a risk of being wrong |
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Problem of Induction |
the future might not resemble the past |
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Exploratory/Inductive Method |
3 Major Steps: 1. Observations, Data 2. Patterns, Descriptions 3. Theory |
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Parsimonious |
simple, concise, and succinct |
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Principle of Evidence |
strong evidence rather than proof is all that is obtained because researchers always leave open the possibility that future researchers will come up with new theories and new conclusions |