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| + | ===Philosophical Method=== | ||
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| + | Please find time to review the wiki page [[Philosophical Methods]]. Today we'll be working with the following methods: | ||
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| + | :*Theorizing from new or established knowledge | ||
| + | :*Identifying presuppositions | ||
| + | :*Defining terms | ||
| + | :*Fitting principles to cases | ||
| + | :*Counter-examples | ||
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| + | ===Ariely, Why We Lie=== | ||
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| + | :*Assumptions: we think honesty is an all or nothing trait. | ||
| + | :*Research on honesty with the "matrix task" | ||
| + | ::*Shredder condition | ||
| + | ::*Payment condition | ||
| + | ::*Probability of getting caught condition | ||
| + | ::*Distance of payment condition | ||
| + | ::*Presence of a cheater condition | ||
| + | :*Priming with 10 commandments or signature on top of form | ||
| + | :*Implications: for current and possible new approaches to limit cheating. | ||
| + | :*Philosophical Implications: What, if anything, does this tell us about the nature of ethics? | ||
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| + | ===Method: Tips on How to report study findings=== | ||
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| + | *Philosophy makes use of a wide range of evidence and knowledge. In this course you will encounter alot of psychological, anthropological and cultural studies. You have to practice the way you represent studies (as opposed to theories) and how you make inferences from their conclusions. | ||
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| + | :*observational, survey, experimental | ||
| + | :*study setup: for observational: who were the test subjects, what were they asked to do; for survey: what instrument was used, to whom was it given? | ||
| + | :*what conditions were tested? | ||
| + | :*what was the immeditate result? | ||
| + | :*what was the significance or inference to be made from the results? | ||
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Revision as of 07:23, 18 September 2018
SEP 17: 1
- Introduction to the Course
- Welcome
- About the Course
- Succeeding in the Course
- Course Management
SEP 18: 2
Philosophical Method
Please find time to review the wiki page Philosophical Methods. Today we'll be working with the following methods:
- Theorizing from new or established knowledge
- Identifying presuppositions
- Defining terms
- Fitting principles to cases
- Counter-examples
Ariely, Why We Lie
- Assumptions: we think honesty is an all or nothing trait.
- Research on honesty with the "matrix task"
- Shredder condition
- Payment condition
- Probability of getting caught condition
- Distance of payment condition
- Presence of a cheater condition
- Priming with 10 commandments or signature on top of form
- Implications: for current and possible new approaches to limit cheating.
- Philosophical Implications: What, if anything, does this tell us about the nature of ethics?
Method: Tips on How to report study findings
- Philosophy makes use of a wide range of evidence and knowledge. In this course you will encounter alot of psychological, anthropological and cultural studies. You have to practice the way you represent studies (as opposed to theories) and how you make inferences from their conclusions.
- observational, survey, experimental
- study setup: for observational: who were the test subjects, what were they asked to do; for survey: what instrument was used, to whom was it given?
- what conditions were tested?
- what was the immeditate result?
- what was the significance or inference to be made from the results?
