PSYC 2030 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Epistemological Pluralism, Pluralistic Ignorance, A Priori And A Posteriori
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Scientific method: the kind of systematic approach used to explore a question. Peirce looked at what was distinctive about the different approaches used by scientists and nonscientists to formulate a sense of understanding and belief: three approaches the method of tenacity, the method of authority, and the a priori method. Method of tenacity: the most primitive approach of all, because it is bound by tradition and involves clinging stubbornly (tenaciously) to claims or beliefs merely because they have been around for a while. Telling themselves that only their beliefs or opinions are correct, they dismiss counterarguments as deviant and seek out information that is consistent with their own biases about how the world should be understood. Method of authority: the presumption that something is true because someone in a position of authority says it (ex: soldiers during holocaust that were taking orders)
