CMN 3109 FINAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Epistemology - ANSWER how do we know what we know? what is it that we
know? are our senses trustworthy?
puzzle-solving (science) description - ANSWER the world exists
independently of our knowledge of it, and we can know it exhaustively. we
should describe the world in order to make predictions about it
puzzle solving (science) critiques from interpretive scholars - ANSWER this
approach gives the scientific community undue authority to decide which
problems are worthy of attention. it excludes other ways of knowing the
world and it essentializes its objects of study
puzzle solving (investigation) description - ANSWER the world exists
independently of our knowledge of it but we cannot know it exhaustively. we
must refine our explanations in order to make predictions
puzzle solving (investigation) critiques from interpretive scholars - ANSWER
this approach describes surface phenomena but not the forces that underlie
them. it also privileges certain ways of knowing at the expense of others
puzzle making (interpretation) description - ANSWER we do not all
experience the world in the same way. we create it symbolically and we study
it. we should explain the world, not predict it
puzzle making (interpretation) critiques from scientific scholars - ANSWER
this approach is relativistic and not objective. it relies on unverifiable internal
, experiences
puzzle making (inquiry) description - ANSWER we actively know the world in
different ways, which are inextricably linked to relations of power. we must
pose questions that allow us to uncover the underlying forces that shape our
view of the world
puzzle making (inquiry) critiques from scientific scholars - ANSWER this
approach is too political and too personal. it provides unstable ground in
which to build anything
principles of newspeak - ANSWER describes a system for substituting one
word for another. it puts forth a philosophy of translation
goals of newspeak - ANSWER to restrict thought
effects of newspeak - ANSWER cut people off from old ways of speaking
goal/effect of newspeak - ANSWER create conditions of collective solipsism
solipsism - ANSWER the theory that the self is the only reality
solipsism strategy - ANSWER gaslighting. make people trust what you tell
them about the past, not their own memory
rhetoric - ANSWER the faculty of observing in any given case the available
means of persuasion
types of persuasion - ANSWER political, forensic, ceremonial
ethos - ANSWER the personal character of the speaker when the speech is so
spoken as to make us think him credible
pathos - ANSWER putting the audience into a certain frame of mind
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Epistemology - ANSWER how do we know what we know? what is it that we
know? are our senses trustworthy?
puzzle-solving (science) description - ANSWER the world exists
independently of our knowledge of it, and we can know it exhaustively. we
should describe the world in order to make predictions about it
puzzle solving (science) critiques from interpretive scholars - ANSWER this
approach gives the scientific community undue authority to decide which
problems are worthy of attention. it excludes other ways of knowing the
world and it essentializes its objects of study
puzzle solving (investigation) description - ANSWER the world exists
independently of our knowledge of it but we cannot know it exhaustively. we
must refine our explanations in order to make predictions
puzzle solving (investigation) critiques from interpretive scholars - ANSWER
this approach describes surface phenomena but not the forces that underlie
them. it also privileges certain ways of knowing at the expense of others
puzzle making (interpretation) description - ANSWER we do not all
experience the world in the same way. we create it symbolically and we study
it. we should explain the world, not predict it
puzzle making (interpretation) critiques from scientific scholars - ANSWER
this approach is relativistic and not objective. it relies on unverifiable internal
, experiences
puzzle making (inquiry) description - ANSWER we actively know the world in
different ways, which are inextricably linked to relations of power. we must
pose questions that allow us to uncover the underlying forces that shape our
view of the world
puzzle making (inquiry) critiques from scientific scholars - ANSWER this
approach is too political and too personal. it provides unstable ground in
which to build anything
principles of newspeak - ANSWER describes a system for substituting one
word for another. it puts forth a philosophy of translation
goals of newspeak - ANSWER to restrict thought
effects of newspeak - ANSWER cut people off from old ways of speaking
goal/effect of newspeak - ANSWER create conditions of collective solipsism
solipsism - ANSWER the theory that the self is the only reality
solipsism strategy - ANSWER gaslighting. make people trust what you tell
them about the past, not their own memory
rhetoric - ANSWER the faculty of observing in any given case the available
means of persuasion
types of persuasion - ANSWER political, forensic, ceremonial
ethos - ANSWER the personal character of the speaker when the speech is so
spoken as to make us think him credible
pathos - ANSWER putting the audience into a certain frame of mind
