CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moral Panic, Handgun, Bourgeoisie
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How we form our opinions of reality, has been subject of numerous philosophical debates and social science studies. Perspective is influenced by the way we have been socialized, diet and environmental conditions. Tv principles that some kinds of knowledge are innate and others can be acquired through reasoning, independent of experience. The principle that knowledge is acquired only through scientific testing of the idea. Fundamental change and the prevailing model or theoretical orientation. Criminology, like any area of scientific inquiry, is a collection of information about a particular set of phenomena that forms a knowledge base. We often form conclusion based on what believe to be logical speculation. However, our reasoning may be undermined by such factors as limited knowledged, our personal biases, and our capacity to ignore contradictions in our thinking. When a higher person says that something is so, we often accept it as a fact. Using an expert to affirm our belief lends credibility to it.
