topic 1

Question 1

what are the 5 types of knowledge?

Answer 1

intuitive, empirical, magic religious, philosophical, scientific

Question 2

what is intituive knowledge?

Answer 2

knowledge adquired throught senses and direnct experience

Question 3

what is empirical knowledge?

Answer 3

knowledge based on experience

Question 4

what is magic/religious knowledge?

Answer 4

based on beliefs or faith from books, objs, etc

Question 5

what is philosophical knowledge?

Answer 5

from reflection, reason and arguments.

Question 6

what is scientific knowledge?

Answer 6

seeks laws and principles to explain phenomena

Question 7

what is knowledge?

Answer 7

no exact definition, for some it’s info stored through intuition, others construction of concepts, other explanation of natural phenomena

Question 8

what is the quantitative method?

Answer 8

measures social data

Question 9

what is the qualitative method?

Answer 9

makes sense to reality through interpretations

Question 10

what is the rational critical method?

Answer 10

finds answers beyond the given

Question 11

what does the scientific method include?

Answer 11

defining the problems, make hypothesis, collect and analyze data, verify, reject hypothesis and make conclusions.

Question 12

what is the comparative method?

Answer 12

studies 2+ objects with same/diff. characteristics.

Question 13

what is science?

Answer 13

the set of systematized knowledge that is made on any field of nature, society and human thought which is held by rational or verifiable justification.