Introduction Prior to attending the Women’s Studies 5363 Feminist/Womanist Epistemology class‚ I did not have a clear understand of the distinction between epistemology and methodology. After taking this class‚ my understanding is much clearer. Epistemology‚ the philosophy of knowledge or the study of knowledge and belief‚ is concerned with creation of knowledge‚ conditions of knowledge‚ sources of knowledge‚ structure of knowledge‚ limits of knowledge‚ and the distribution of knowledge. Methodology
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and didn’t imply that there was a God who had really passed on‚ rather that our concept of one had. After the Enlightenment‚ the possibility of a universe that was administered by physical laws and not by divine provision was presently reality Metaphysics- Perspectivism is the view that our insight and comprehension are adapted by how we are seeing it. To see something‚ one must be specifically put and a specific time and view it from a specific point. One
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Categorical Propositions Categorical Proposition- a proposition that relates two classes or categories of entities together in some way. (sentence with truth value) -The classes in question are denoted respectively by the subject term and predicate term (S) (P) Quantifiers (S) (P) -All Ex. All Snow is White -None No Snow is Green -Some Some Snow is Yellow
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Agapay‚ Ramon B. Logic – The Essentials of Deductive Reasoning. 2nd Ed. Mandaluyung City: National Book Store‚ 2007. Babor‚ Eddie R. LL.B. Logic- The Philosophical Discipline of Correct Thinking. Quezon City: C & E Publishing Inc. 2003. Bachhuber‚ Andrew H.‚ S.J. Introduction to Logic. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts‚ Inc.‚ 1957. Bernardo Anunciacion Chavez‚ De Claro Malune G. Logic‚ A Modular Approach. Quezon City: Great Books Publishing. 2008. Cruz Corazon L. Introduction to Logic‚ 4th Ed. Mandaluyong
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The main credited "father of logic" is widely considered to be the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. Interested in every area of human knowledge about the world‚ Aristotle aimed to unify all of them in a coherent system of thought by developing a common methodology that would serve equally well as the procedure for learning about any discipline.(Hurley 5) For Aristotle‚ then‚ logic is the instrument (the "organon") by means of which we come to know anything. He proposed as formal rules for correct
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Plato & Metaphysics Metaphysics; a combination of the Greek word‚ meta‚ which translates to “after‚” “beyond‚” “along with‚” “among‚” and “behind‚” and the Latin term‚ physica‚ that simply means the science of matter and physical properties. Philosophers refer to this term to theorize about the different elements of the world in which we live and the world that truly exists. One of the most prominent philosophers is Plato‚ who set the foundation for many modern philosophers on their perspective
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ATI504 s293848 Assignment 1 What is ’Australian Indigenous epistemology’ according to Indigenous academics? Background information-Knowledge means idea or information and data related to something. Basically there are two types of knowledge. They are explicit and implicit knowledge. Explicit knowledge is also known as propositional knowledge. It refers to knowledge about something. Example‚ knowledge about how to swim. Tacit knowledge is also called as objectified knowledge. Whereas‚ there is
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The Three witches in the tragedy Macbeth are introduced right at the beginning of the play. They tell Macbeth three prophesies‚ he will be Thane of Cawdor‚ Thane of Glams and King. These prophesies introduce him to ideas of greatness. Macbeth will eventually follow through on killing king Duncan. This brings into the play‚ idea of fate and the role with which it has in the play. The witches could foretell the future‚ they can add temptation‚ and influence Macbeth‚ but they can not control his
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The English word ‘Symbol’ owes its origin to the Greek word‚ ‘Symbolon’ meaning ‘a sign’ by which one knows or infers a thing. Swami Swahananda‚ in one of his articles states that‚ “a symbol‚ typifies‚ represents or recalls something by possession of analogous qualities or by association in the fact or thought”1. Human beings use symbols so much so that it has become an innate tendency in them. In due course‚ symbols began to be used to interpret more and more abstract things‚ thoughts‚ human
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movements of the 1960s and increasing focus on racial equality in United States public schools‚ black females were often either misrepresented or unclassified as a distinct group. Because feminist epistemologies tend to be concerned with the education of White girls and women‚ and raced-based epistemologies tend to be consumed with the
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