CMST 1150 : Comm Studies - 1150 - Filbel - Exam 1 Notes
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The research process: 1st stage in inquiry: ask questions, q"s of definition, q"s of fact, q"s of value, 2nd stage of inquiry: observation, 3rd stage of inquiry: constructing answers, the 3 stages are not necessarily linear. Claims are only as good as the evidence and reasoning that back them. To define anything is to clarify a line between what it is and what it is not. Which allows us to understand notions that don"t exist like sweet disposition . Aesthetic pragmatic ethical = probed by a question of value. Aesthetic questions of value - is it beautiful? . Pragmatic questions of value is it effective? . Ethical questions of value is it proper? . 2nd stage of inquiry: observation: we make observations, then we ask questions. 3rd stage of inquiry: constructing answers: types of scholarship, natural science, the nature of science (quotations by shermer) Scientists hold on to their conclusions very tentatively .
