To what extent can sense perception lead to the acquisition knowledge within the different Aok’s?
-Natural Science (collecting data using sense perception), Human Science (utilization of theories of
truth to further knowledge), Art, History (primary sources dependent on perception, talk about perception filters
that create bias etc)



Second groups brainstorming

a. Human Sciences: majority of people in experiments chosen to represent a phenomena (Bandura) but qualitative data is essential (Autobiography stories, Bandura, Phineas Gage case study) because behavior varies wildly
b. Natural Sciences: mathematical models, equations, etc investigated to conclude, but qualitative data needed in some branches more than quantitative (Biology: describing processes, characteristics of species etc.).
c. Example: Freud : absence of quantitative data = inconclusive, no predictions. BUT qualitative data gave valuable insight to the unconscious mind
d. = cannot ignore the value of qualitative data: numbers would be nothing without the descriptions that surround them