Engr 297 Midterm One Prep Test
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Techne - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Practiced by Descartes - "Knowledge of the
world can be found through reason."
Empiricism - ANSWER Practed by Bacon - " All of our
knowledge must be based in
observation through the
senses."
analytic method of reasoning - ANSWER Descartes - "Break up into small
parts and put in logical order."
Mechanical Philosophy - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Written by Bacon - Bensalem - utopian vision of
industrialized society, Unbridled optimism about technology
Context of Discovery versus Context of Justification - ANSWER proposed by
the logical positivists, "it doesn't matter where ideas come from, just that
they are justified."
Paradigms - ANSWER 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.
With Solution
Techne - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Practiced by Descartes - "Knowledge of the
world can be found through reason."
Empiricism - ANSWER Practed by Bacon - " All of our
knowledge must be based in
observation through the
senses."
analytic method of reasoning - ANSWER Descartes - "Break up into small
parts and put in logical order."
Mechanical Philosophy - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER Written by Bacon - Bensalem - utopian vision of
industrialized society, Unbridled optimism about technology
Context of Discovery versus Context of Justification - ANSWER proposed by
the logical positivists, "it doesn't matter where ideas come from, just that
they are justified."
Paradigms - ANSWER 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.
