Engr /
297
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Midterm
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One
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Prep Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Techne //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Plato //"Our /
/new //freedom //now //turns //out //to //be //a //much //more //sophisticated //version //of //the
old //slavery. //It //is //defined //by //its //goal"
Aristotle //" //Techne //is //the //imitation //of //nature."
Rationalism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Practiced //by //Descartes //- //"Knowledge //of //the
world //can //be //found //through //reason."
Empiricism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Practed //by //Bacon //- //" //All //of //our
knowledge //must //be //based //in
observation //through //the
senses."
analytic //method //of //reasoning //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes //- //"Break //up //into //small //parts //and //put //in //logical //order."
Mechanical //Philosophy //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes //- //"Physical //world //consists //of //inert //particles //of //matter
, interacting //with //each //other.
- //Nature //works //according //to //mechanical //laws.
Nature //is //a //perfect //machine."
New //Atlantis //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Written /
/by /
/Bacon //- /
/Bensalem //- /
/utopian //vision //of //industrialized //society, //Unbridled //optimism //about //technology
Context //of //Discovery //versus //Context //of //Justification //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔proposed /
/by /
/the /
/logical /
/positivists, //"it //doesn't //matter //where //ideas //come //from, //just //that //they //are //justified."
Paradigms //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔1) //a //set //of //theoretical //assumptions //that //all
members //of //the //scientific //community //accept.
• //2) //a //set //of //'exemplars' //or //scientific //problems //that
have //been //solved //using //those //assumptions //(i.e.
textbook //problems)
• //3) //idea //of //how //future //research //should //proceed
• //4) //idea //of //what //problems //are //important //to //tackle
• //5) //idea //of //what //acceptable //answers //will //look //like.
Dialectic //(Socrataic //and //Hegelian) //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Socrataic
Process /
/of /
297
/ /
Midterm
/ /
One
/ /
Prep Exam Questions With Correct Answers
/ // // // // //
Techne //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Plato //"Our /
/new //freedom //now //turns //out //to //be //a //much //more //sophisticated //version //of //the
old //slavery. //It //is //defined //by //its //goal"
Aristotle //" //Techne //is //the //imitation //of //nature."
Rationalism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Practiced //by //Descartes //- //"Knowledge //of //the
world //can //be //found //through //reason."
Empiricism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Practed //by //Bacon //- //" //All //of //our
knowledge //must //be //based //in
observation //through //the
senses."
analytic //method //of //reasoning //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes //- //"Break //up //into //small //parts //and //put //in //logical //order."
Mechanical //Philosophy //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Descartes //- //"Physical //world //consists //of //inert //particles //of //matter
, interacting //with //each //other.
- //Nature //works //according //to //mechanical //laws.
Nature //is //a //perfect //machine."
New //Atlantis //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔Written /
/by /
/Bacon //- /
/Bensalem //- /
/utopian //vision //of //industrialized //society, //Unbridled //optimism //about //technology
Context //of //Discovery //versus //Context //of //Justification //- //verified //answer(s)-
✔✔proposed /
/by /
/the /
/logical /
/positivists, //"it //doesn't //matter //where //ideas //come //from, //just //that //they //are //justified."
Paradigms //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔1) //a //set //of //theoretical //assumptions //that //all
members //of //the //scientific //community //accept.
• //2) //a //set //of //'exemplars' //or //scientific //problems //that
have //been //solved //using //those //assumptions //(i.e.
textbook //problems)
• //3) //idea //of //how //future //research //should //proceed
• //4) //idea //of //what //problems //are //important //to //tackle
• //5) //idea //of //what //acceptable //answers //will //look //like.
Dialectic //(Socrataic //and //Hegelian) //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Socrataic
Process /
/of /
