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1.) How to write emails -etiquette.

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The Necker Cube

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Particle ManArtist: They Might Be Giants

Particle man, particle manDoing the things a particle canWhat's he like? It's not importantParticle man

Is he a dot, or is he a speck?When he's underwater does he get wet?Or does the water get him instead?Nobody knows, Particle man

Triangle man, Triangle manTriangle man hates particle manThey have a fight, Triangle winsTriangle man

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Universe man, Universe manSize of the entire universe manUsually kind to smaller manUniverse man

He's got a watch with a minute hand,Millenium hand and an eon handWhen they meet it's a happy landPowerful man, universe man

Person man, person manHit on the head with a frying panLives his life in a garbage canPerson man

Is he depressed or is he a mess?Does he feel totally worthless?Who came up with person man?Degraded man, person man

Triangle man, triangle manTriangle man hates person manThey have a fight, triangle wins--Triangle man

The dolphin paradigm. Just because some stories about dolphin rescues are true, it doesn’t mean thatall cases result in a “rescue.” We have to force ourselves to assess sources of evidence that may not be obvious.

…from the Latin term scientia, which means 'knowledge.’

S C I E N C E

…the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience, i.e.

measureable sense data.

EMPIRICISM

…the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge.

Epistemology tries to explain how we know what we think we know!

EPISTEMOLOGY

Verification through repetition

A standard axiom of science

The root “veri” means…

TRUTH

The Scientific MethodDefine a problemResearch the problem - “literature review”Form a Hypothesis

Hypothetico-inductive modelInduction:  reasoning from detailed facts to

general principles

Deduction:  reasoning from the general to the particular

Experiment and ObservationsAnalyze DataForm a conclusion & communicate results

The Scientific Method Cont’d

Blind StudiesWhere experimenter does not know whichsubject is being tested (e.g. actual drug vs placebo)

Control Group - A comparable group of subjects that is not being tested

Independent Variables - the factor that is beingmanipulated by the experimenter (e.g. caffeine consumption)

Dependent Variable - the factor that is affected bythe experiement (e.g. wakefulness)

The way that we choose to represent the world, whether through art, poetry, drama, film or science reflects what we believe about ourselves and the world.

John Berger describes this process as “Ways of Seeing.”

What do you think these paintings have in common in terms of “ways of seeing”?

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What do images of the Virgin Mary tell us about how ways of seeingour culture?

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The most essential elements

Because much of art had its origins in religion, we tend to be reverential about it. Later, it was commissioned by the wealthy and thus art asked us to be deferential. But art,like any intellectual endeavor can be playful… and we alwaysNeed to keep that in mind.

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Word vs Image