EPISTEMOLOGICAL BASES OF KNOWLEDGE
What is epistemology, or Theory of Knowledge, according to Julio Pimienta?
The philosophical and Scientific discipline that considers knowledge as an object of study.
Who was the first philosopher to formulate heliocentric theory?
Aristarchus
Who is acknowledged in the history of science for retaking the heliocentric theory?
Nicolaus Copernicus
It comes from the Latin scientia, that means knowledge. The carefully study of the structure of the physical world.
Science
What kind of knowledge is based on the documentary, experimental, and descriptive research, and integrates empirical and analytical knowledge?
Scientific knowledge
Which are the three fundamental elements in the process of the creation of knowledge?
The knowing subject (person), the object of study (reality), and the relationship between the two (knowledge).
Who devised and recorded the first classification of living beings and proposed the geocentric theory?
Aristotle
He was the pioneer of the experimental scientific method and the first to use a reflecting telescope.
Galileo Galilei
It deals with the necessary procedures to perform an activity with a purpose.
Technique
What kind of knowledge is based on the research of the reality of various human phenomena or behaviors?
Philosophical knowledge
Who is the author of the metaphor “It is not about spiders or ants, but about bees”?
Francis Bacon
Who proposed the existence of an original component that he called “atom”?
Democritus
Who found the deterministic laws of the big mechanics of the Universe?
Isaac Newton
What elements are connected to the development of technology?
The technique, science and the economic, and sociocultural structure.
What kind of knowledge is one that we empirically acquire throughout our lives?
Daily knowledge
What is empiricism?
Knowledge acquired through the experience.
Who was the first philosopher of Physis, and the pioneer in searching rational explanations of reality?
Thales of Miletus
He is the pioneer in chemist. He made the first experiments on the transformation of matter and proposed the concept of fundamental particles.
Robert Boyle
In which age was developed the printing press, and is characterized for the appreciation for Greco.Roman culture?
Renaissance
This knowledge contain extraordinary characters, gods, and heroes, who decide the future of the human and natural world.
Mythical knowledge
What is rationalism?
It says that knowledge is acquired through the reason.
Who are the Physis philosophers?
Greek philosophers who studied nature and its foundations.
What are the steps of the scientific method according to Galileo Galilei?
The observation, the formulation of hypothesis, and the verification of the hypothesis.
Which age is characterized for the development of the steam engine, and the mechanization of textile industry and the construction of iron machines?
Modern Age
We can define this knowledge as the set of beliefs that a human cultural group shares about an absolute divinity.
Religious knowledge