Chapter 1 Focuses on Scientific Thinking as a Way of Knowing

question 57

Essay

Chapter 1 focuses on scientific thinking as a way of knowing. Yet we often rely on other methods for "fixing belief," as Peirce put it. Using the belief held by Nazis in the 1930s that Jews were an inferior race, show how such a belief could be formed and maintained through the nonscientific ways of knowing.

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Definitions:

Common Fibular

Nerve involved in motor and sensory functions of the lower leg, particularly in the muscles that flex the foot and toes.

Inferior Gluteal

Referring to the nerves or artery that serves the lower portion of the gluteal muscles in the buttocks, involved in the movement of the hip and thigh.

Ilioinguinal

Relating to the ilium, the largest bone in the pelvis, and the inguinal region, often referring to a specific nerve that carries sensation from the groin to the abdominal muscles.

Pudendal

Pertaining to the pudendum, the external genitalia, or the pudendal nerve that supplies the area.