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Epistemology
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The study of knowing. Understanding how we learn what we know and how we know what we know.
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Critical Thinking
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Comparing what you already know with information you are given so that you can decide whether or not you agree with it.
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Science
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A subject that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the Universe
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Objective Reasoning
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Reasoning that is without bias. Not influenced by opinions, emotions or personal prejudices.
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Subjective Reasoning
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Reasoning that is based on opinions and experiences particular to one person. It cannot be verified using facts and figures.
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Bias
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Preference for a person or thing that interferes with objective reasoning.
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Pseudo-science
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A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as science but not based on scientific method. False science
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Scientific Method
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A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas
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Data (singular - Datum)
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Recorded information. Information gathered by observation, measurement or experimentation that can be used in calculating or reasoning.
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Hypothesis
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A testable prediction, or possible explanation.
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