APSY2216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Syllogism
7 May 2017
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Our senses give us a tremendous amount of information, but it is not always reliable. Checking for agreement gives credibility to our senses. Consensus can be false (context, affirmation from others, etc. ) If all members or your neighborhood recently read about violence in the neighborhood, they may all agree that they heard a gunshot when it was really just a car backfiring. Intellect permits the use of reason to evaluate sensory information. Major and minor premises of a syllogism must be true in order to guarantee that the conclusion is true. The cat is in the basket, and the basket is in the box. If either of the first two parts (cat in basket or basket in box) are false, then the conclusion may not be true. Testing ideas in the public arena by formulating a hypothesis (tentative, testable assertion about certain behaviors/phenomena/events) within a rigorous and systematic format. Define the purpose of the study formulate hypothesis.
