SCS Midterm -1 (1).

SCS Midterm #1
What is liberal education? - ANS-1. Persue Truth
2. Point out Fasehood
3. Non-Partisian
4. Think the negative

Types of thinking university oppose (pt.1) - ANS-1. Morality
2. Ideology
3. Partisanship
4. Blind Activism
5. Brainwashing / Indoctrinizing

Types of thinking university oppose (pt.2) - ANS-1. Editorializing
2. Ad-Hominem Arguments
3. Confirmation Bias
4. Noble Cause Distortion
5. Conjecture (Intuition)

Academic values universities should teach (Mark Mercer) - ANS-1. Inquiring to the ways of the
world
2. Interpretation/Causation
3. Emotional and intellectual appreciation of the world

Invalid knowledge to sociologists - ANS-1. Metaphysics (explanation of reality)

2. Metaphysical Phrasing ("truth is out there")

Valid knowledge to sociologists - ANS-1. Objective (provisional) truth
2. Evidence based research
3. Epistemology
4. Credible theories
5. Data
6. Surveys

Where truth is found - ANS-1. Conversation
2. Market place of ideas
3. Evidence and arguments
4. Asking tough questions
5. Judgements of ideas

Rules of the reality based community - ANS-1. Fallibilist Rule (assume ur imperfect/no final say)