An Introductory Note This project proposal is at the very start of my MLA program. As I am pursuing this program running through one class per semester, the program timeline for me is the maximum five years permitted. ‘The Epistemological Crisis’ is a somewhat ephemeral concept, as such, the project will be rooted in an exploratory perspective. A further framework… Read more »
The Dunning-Kruger study has almost achieved ‘meme’ status as evidenced by the prevalence of a graph labelled “Dunning-Kruger Effect” which circulates and is popularized, yet certainly does not appear in their original 1999 paper: The irony of the use of the graphic is that so many people who use this graph have no actual understanding of the underlying study… Read more »
‘Epistemological Crisis has been with us since Aristotle’ I have been churning on this paraphrase of Dr. Marcia Whitehead’s September 7, 2021 presentation. I initially reflexively rejected what I thought the implication was. In my mind – the Epistemological Crisis is a current phenomenon. My own bias and self-centeredness blinded me to the crisis moments of equal impact in the… Read more »
The Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) is iconic in Social Psychology. True to its name, The SPE is a laboratory experiment – albeit with human subjects. It is comprised of at least a half dozen methods, almost comprising a ‘methodology’ in and of itself. The SPE subjects were some 20 college-age males (almost exclusively white) residing around Stanford (California) in… Read more »
[I am going to do a bit of reverse engineering here. I watched the documentary Skin Deep: The Battle over Morgellons and was captivated at how well it captured an essential element of the Epistemological Crisis. Groups of people who are deeply invested in their positions who then communicate only within and amongst themselves and communication between groups results in… Read more »
The Epistemological Crisis (E-Crisis) is seen as the non-functioning of society. A recent demonstration of this can be seen in the pandemic (COVID is a Hoax vs COVID is real and dangerous). Rather than a series of discrete instances, it is my contention the E-Crisis has become the dominant feature of society (specifically in the United States), and perhaps more controversial,… Read more »
Chapter 2 – Thinking Like a Researcher This chapter is largely a vocabulary / terminology chapter. There is reasonable support for the correlation between language and thought processes, so I can see the link between the chapter heading and the content. I guess! If you are really interested in the topic of the correlation between language and thought process, you… Read more »
Did this summary as a presentation, unfortunately, the video size exceeded what is allowable (10 MB) so I couldn’t embed it alone. Tried to upload the presentation, and while it is there, I can’t seem to get that link to work either. Power Point Presentation: Chapter 1 Summary So, I tried to embed the YouTube upload, and while it is… Read more »