CMN 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Hovland, W. I. Thomas, Florian Znaniecki

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3102
• Professor: Philippe Rousseau

Document Summary

Science is derived from the latin word scientia, which means knowledge. Science refers to a body of knowledge that was acquired and organized using a process of logic and evidence (scientific research) Scientific knowledge is not perfect and may in fact be far from a universal truth. Nevertheless, scientific knowledge progresses over time as better theories replace poorer theories. Other means to acquire knowledge (faith, authority) are not considered scientific; although this doesn"t mean that the resulting knowledge is untrue. The study of the objective aspects of nature (biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, etc) A group of fields that set out to study how humans live and interact (anthropology, communications, cultural studies, etc. ) First researcher in history to classify his patients by various temperaments. May be have initiated personality theories that drives modern social sciences. Science is an important part of understanding the world in both the physical and the humanistic sense.