ENGC44H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Cultural Hegemony, Pathos, Critical Thinking
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Epistemology: branch of philosophy concerning nature, source, limits, scope & validity of knowledge. : asks questions such as how do we know what we know? . Knowledge: expertise & skills acquired by a person through experience/education. : what is known in particular field or overall, in facts & info. : made in 2 broad-based ways empirical vs. University: a repository of knowledge (libraries, textbooks, professors" heads) : place where new knowledge is created through research, peer review, publication, conversation. Critical thinking: intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing. Empirical thinking: practical and based on experience (experimental, observational) : based on universal intellectual values that exceed subject matter divisions: critical thinking, greater understanding of the world (diversity & interaction, training of imagination. Representation: social process of making meaning by making sings stand for something = power. Through text, image and sound: to take or fill the place of.
