Sociology 1020 Lecture 4: Sociology 1020 Lecture 4
25 Apr 2018
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Why its important to think about thinking. Declaring something to be a fact is very often a poetical act. Facts are not simply facts, not all information is the same. Perception is not subject to correspondence theory of truth ltering mechanisms at work (information that has a direct correlation with the real world must be true) Our whole version of consciousness is to grapple with the world around us. Human brain gets 34 gigabytes of information per day roughly. Your brain lters the information that you receive (some biological lters, social lters) Bias- an inclination, leaning, tendency, bent; a preponderating disposition or propensity; predisposition towards; predilection; prejudice. way. Of, relating to, or enabling discovery or problem-solving, esp. Biases and heuristics re ect modes of thinking about information in the world. Modes of thinking are sociologically produced and have societal, social impacts. A bunch of people thinking the same way will produce behaviours and actions in a certain.
