politics exam `1

socratic method

critical thinking, looking at questions from different disciplines, discussion and understanding that all question fall into 3 types

one system

questions that one simple and precise answer, from only one system 2+2=4, boiling point of water, etc.

no system

questions whose answer varies and is not a fact, your fav color or movie, if something is good or bad, etc.

conflicting systems

questions that have many answers from many different systems

foundation myth

when history that tells a bigger story has been erased, distorted, omitted or reduced to half truths

history

the study of the past, everything before the present

historiography

study of sources, methods and assumptions used by historians in writing mainstream history

historicity

process of separating fact from legend or myth, the search of truth by authenticating with proof and possible logical answers