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Knowing & Science

Knowing & Science. A Mindmap of Mind. Science as Represented Knowledge. Scientific Knowledge versus Scientific Beliefs. Beliefs. Aligns an individual with the ‘world’ Knowledge + Feelings Linked to Action “That upon which you are willing to act” Alexander Bain

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Knowing & Science

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  1. Knowing & Science

  2. A Mindmap of Mind

  3. Science as Represented Knowledge Scientific Knowledge versus Scientific Beliefs

  4. Beliefs • Aligns an individual with the ‘world’ • Knowledge + Feelings • Linked to Action • “That upon which you are willing to act” Alexander Bain • That which you hold true

  5. Creating Scientific Knowledge Francis Bacon 1561 - 1626 & Charles Peirce 1839 – 1914

  6. Bacon’s View of Mind

  7. Bacon's Way • Humans are inherently irrational • Humans can becomerational • Rely on Observation • Inductive approach: ‘just the facts…’ • The Problem of our Irrationality • The Four Idols: require ‘crutches for the mind’

  8. Bacon’s Four Idols Idols of the Tribe Idols of the Cave Idols of the Marketplace Idols of the Theater

  9. Peirce’s Fixation of Belief

  10. Tenacity Avoid conflict, disconfirmation!

  11. Authority Believe what you are told to believe!

  12. a priori Believe what seems reasonable!

  13. Science Tentative, self-correcting, evidence-based, tested through observation, social agreement

  14. Knowledge SpacesRichard Ogle • Knowledge is organized into separate spaces • Spaces • Overlap & Intersect • Can be subdivided into subspaces • Can be hierarchical • We visit Knowledge spaces & download

  15. Bottom Line Scientific Knowledge differs from other Knowledge but All Beliefs are alike!!

  16. Science and Technology • Science: Creating Knowledge • Technology: Applying Knowledge

  17. Levels of Technology

  18. Areas of Inquiry and the Division of Knowledge Natural Sciences Social Sciences Humanities

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