{"id":3442,"date":"2017-07-13T18:44:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T18:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=3442"},"modified":"2023-04-02T14:13:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T18:13:30","slug":"epistemology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/engl2116april05\/epistemology\/","title":{"rendered":"Epistemology and Other Fun Research Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>More on Thinking Critically about the Research Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to finish up the research discussion by talking about <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/dictionary.reference.com\/browse\/epistemology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">epistemology<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Here\u2019s a dictionary definition:<\/p>\n<p><strong>e \u00b7 pis \u00b7 te \u00b7 mol \u00b7 o \u00b7 gy:<\/strong> The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity.<br \/>\n&#8211;American Heritage Dictionary<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s consider how the word relates to research:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why bring up epistemology while discussing research? Where does knowledge come from?<\/li>\n<li>Who determines what important knowledge is and what isn\u2019t?<\/li>\n<li>When is knowledge solidified for a discipline, or, in other words, when do members of a discipline stop looking for new ideas?<\/li>\n<li>What resources are available for those looking for knowledge of a particular field?<\/li>\n<li>How will you contribute to your field\u2019s knowledge?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember, this is an advanced class, so we\u2019re supposed to be considering how discourse communities communicate knowledge. In order to do that, we need to think of the rhetorical situations for communicating within a discipline or within an occupational setting. The areas below are ideas\u00a0to consider when choosing what to include in a document you create based on research. How might the following areas affect your presentation of research?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audience\n<ul>\n<li>highly technical, semi-technical, non-technical<\/li>\n<li>peers, bosses, potential clients, consumers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Purpose\n<ul>\n<li>What are you trying to accomplish?<\/li>\n<li>What medium(-a) will best communicate your ideas?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Authority\n<ul>\n<li>credibility<\/li>\n<li>reputation<\/li>\n<li>prior accomplishments<\/li>\n<li>rank<\/li>\n<li>$$$$$$$<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>History\n<ul>\n<li>Every discipline needs a history<\/li>\n<li>What are the common communication practices for the organization?<\/li>\n<li>How long has the company been around?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Methodology(-ies)\n<ul>\n<li>How are you compiling and presenting knowledge?<\/li>\n<li>What methods are valid ways of \u201cdiscovering\u201d knowledge for your field?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thinking Critically about Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116summer2021\/engl2116summer2021assignments\/research\/\"><strong>Research Page<\/strong><\/a> in order to see how to approach the research for your annotated bibliography and presentation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time Permitting\u2014Internet Source Credibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the following web sites below and consider how credible they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The White House Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bureau of Labor Statistics Homepage<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Notice the colors used for statistics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bls.gov\/iif\/oshcfoi1.htm#19922002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quick link to fatal injuries by job type<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcdonalds.com\/us\/en-us\/about-our-food\/nutrition-calculator.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The McDonald\u2019s Nutritional Information Page<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcspotlight.org\/company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another \u201cnutritional\u201d site?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gaia.com\/article\/ufos-the-evidence-no-one-is-talking-about?utm_source=google+paid&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_campaign=1-USA-DYNAMIC-SEARCH&amp;utm_content=UFOs+&amp;+Aliens&amp;ch=br&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi-2p5rXj6QIVjonICh3kuAz1EAMYASAAEgK-UfD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFO Proof Web Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dawhois.com\/www\/elvissightingbulletinboard.com.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvis Sightings Web Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More on Thinking Critically about the Research Process I want to finish up the research discussion by talking about epistemology. Here\u2019s a dictionary definition: e \u00b7 pis \u00b7 te \u00b7 mol \u00b7 o \u00b7 gy: The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity. &#8211;American [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":9825,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-Tw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9830,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3442\/revisions\/9830"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}