Summary Of "Knowledge, Science & Epistemology" By Esther Díaz: UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES

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KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE & EPISTEMOLOGY
KNOWLEDGE IS A WAY OF RELATING TO REALITY, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BE DESCRIBED, EXPLAINED AND PREDICTED

• TO DESCRIBE is to list the CHARACTERISTICS of an object or state of affairs
• EXPLAIN is to establish the CAUSES of a fact
• PREDICTING is ANTICIPATING an event before it occurs. If we explain how it happened, it will be a RETRODICTION

Knowledge requires a certain instance that legitimizes it, that guarantees it. In everyday life, the guarantee is given by our experience or that of others.
In scientific knowledge, the guarantee is granted by the precision and coherence of the theories and their contrast with the facts. However, in certain disciplines this second requirement is not enforceable (in the formal sciences and in the social sciences).

• Language: English
• Publisher: BOOKS AND SUMMARIES BY MAURICIO FAU
• Release date: Jan 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201303242

MAURICIO ENRIQUE FAU

Mauricio Enrique Fau nació en Buenos Aires en 1965. Se recibió de Licenciado en Ciencia Política en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Cursó también Derecho en la UBA y Periodismo en la Universidad de Morón. Realizó estudios en FLACSO Argentina. Docente de la UBA y AUTOR DE MÁS DE 3.000 RESÚMENES de Psicología, Sociología, Ciencia Política, Antropología, Derecho, Historia, Epistemología, Lógica, Filosofía, Economía, Semiología, Educación y demás disciplinas de las Ciencias Sociales. Desde 2005 dirige La Bisagra Editorial, especializada en técnicas de estudio y materiales que facilitan la transición desde la escuela secundaria a la universidad. Por intermedio de La Bisagra publicó 38 libros. Participa en diversas ferias del libro, entre ellas la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires y la FIL Guadalajara.

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Summary Of Knowledge, Science & Epistemology By Esther Díaz

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SUMMARY OF KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE & EPISTEMOLOGY BY ESTHER DÍAZ

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Díaz, Esther

KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE & EPISTEMOLOGY

KNOWLEDGE IS A WAY OF RELATING TO REALITY, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO BE DESCRIBED, EXPLAINED AND PREDICTED

• TO DESCRIBE is to list the CHARACTERISTICS of an object or state of affairs

• EXPLAIN is to establish the CAUSES of a fact

• PREDICTING is ANTICIPATING an event before it occurs. If we explain how it happened, it will be a RETRODICTION

Knowledge requires a certain instance that legitimizes it, that guarantees it. In everyday life, the guarantee is given by our experience or that of others.

In scientific knowledge, the guarantee is granted by the precision and coherence of the theories and their contrast with the facts. However, in certain disciplines this second requirement is not enforceable (in the formal sciences and in the social sciences).

Common sense knowledge and scientific knowledge

Since prehistory, men had numerous knowledge about their environment. This type of KNOWLEDGE is called VULGAR OR COMMON SENSE. In many cases stories were elaborated to explain natural phenomena as a product of divine forces. These STORIES are called MYTHS and are characteristic of MYTHICAL THOUGHT.

Only from the seventh century B.C. RATIONAL THOUGHT began to form in Greece. No longer appealed to supernatural forces to explain nature.

Later, with Modernity, science appears in its proper sense.

Not all rational thought is scientific (philosophy is rational but it is not a science). Science presents us with a rigorous knowledge, but limited, because it attends only to the quantifiable and measurable aspects of the world. Its most important characteristics are:

• DESCRIPTIVE, EXPLANATORY AND PREDICTIVE: scientific knowledge tries to describe reality without resorting to value judgments, establishes laws to explain phenomena (for example, the fall of a stone is explained by the law of gravity). If the necessary calculations were carried out, new phenomena could be predicted from the already established laws.

• CRITICAL-ANALYTICAL: the analysis consists of separating the elements of a whole, the critic in examining these elements carefully by means of rational arguments.

• METHODICAL AND SYSTEMATIC: the method is a succession of steps that are followed to reach a goal. In common knowledge, different methods are also used, but they are random (for example, methods to lose weight). The scientific method responds to a logical structure. Relationships are established between theories and the consequences that derive from them, so that systems of statements are organized.

• CONTROLLABLE: scientific knowledge establishes parameters