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T he Sci enti f i c method can be descri bed as: E mpi ri cal
Whi ch of the f ol l owi ng woul d best descri be a spontaneous, unstructured,
D i onysi an
creati ve, passi onate reacti on to art or cul ture?
A detecti ve who gathers cl ues i n order to make sense of a cri me i s usi ng whi ch
I nducti ve Reasoni ng
mode of study?
T he study of the creati ve and i ntel l ectual contri buti ons of human cul tures. H umani sm
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T he creati ve and i ntel l ectual contri buti ons of humanki nd. T he D i sci pl i nes of the
humani ti es i ncl ude the f ormal arts (vi sual art, musi c, l i terature, theatre, ci nema, H umani ti es
dance, and archi tecture) and phi l osophy.
T radi ti onal stori es of a peopl e or cul ture that serve to expl ai n some of the natural
Myths
Phenomenon, the ori gi n of humani ty, or customs or rel i gi ous ri ghts.
the embl emati c mythi c characters, i mages, pl ot patterns, symbol s, and buri ed
Archetypes
assumpti ons shared across cul tures.
Use of a symbol obj ect , or i mage to represent somethi ng el se (i .e. a concept or
Symbol i sm
i dea).
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A f i gure of speech i n whi ch somethi ng i s expl ai ned i n terms of somethi ng el se. Metaphor
A myth or archetype (e.g. T he H ero) that i s present i n al l soci eti es and cul tures.
Monomyth
Al so known as a worl d myth.
A method of desi gni ng control l ed experi ments, gatheri ng data, and devel opi ng
Sci enti f i c Method
and testi ng hypotheses about the natural worl d.
An anal yti cal , rati onal , obj ecti ve reacti on. Apol l oni an Response
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T hi nki ng i n a l i near, step–by–step manner about i deas or probl ems. Logi c
A concepti on of what i s arti sti cal l y val i d or beauti f ul i n art, cul ture, or nature. Aestheti cs
A spontaneous, unstructured, creati ve, passi onate reacti on D i onysi an Response
A col orf ul , I mage f i l l ed , metaphor – ri ch, use of l anguage to descri be art or l i f e. F i gurati ve expl anati on
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