IHST 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 2009 Flu Pandemic, Cohort Study, Soi

• School: York University
• Department: Global Health
• Course: IHST 2010
• Professor: Lesley Beagrie

Document Summary

Human beings possess the ability to think rationally and logically, which in turn leads to curiosity. Research, or the process thereof, answers the question: why: leads researchers to conduct studies to find answers to questions. Research and the application of the scientific method will enable us to answer questions. Superstition: knowledge that is based on subjective feelings, interpreting random events as non- random events, or believing in magical events: not empirical or logical. Intuition: knowledge gained without being consciously aware of its source: not empirical or logical. Authority: knowledge gained from those viewed as authority figures: not empirical or logical; authority figure may not be an expert in the field. Tenacity: knowledge gained from repeated ideas that are stubbornly clung to despite evidence to the contrary: not empirical or logical. Rationalism: knowledge gained through logical reasoning: logical but not empirical. Empiricism: knowledge gained through objective observations of organisms and events in the real world: empirical but not necessarily logical systematic.