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Flashcards by abby.slinger, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by abby.slinger
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| Question | Answer |
| Study of Discovery | What texts have to say about discovery is of interest, but how they represent discovery is the true focus of study. |
| Types of Discovery | discovering something new rediscovery self-discovery discovery of people discovery of places |
| 5 key aspects of Discovery | 1. The nature of discovery 2. How experience of and attitude towards discovery is influenced by context 3. The impact of discovery 4. How we can discover through a text 5. How discovery is represented in a text |
| Different objects of discovery | • people • relationships • societies • places • events • ideas |
| The experience of and attitude towards discovery can be shaped by: | • personal context (and values) • cultural context (and values) • historical context (and values) • social context (and values). |
| The impact of discovery | • lead to new worlds and values • stimulate new ideas or speculation about future possibilities • offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of ourselves and others • transform the lives of individuals or society in general |
| Quote 1 | "You can not discover new Oceans unless you have the courage to loose sight of the shore." Andre Gide |
| Quote 2 | "The truth is, most of us discover were me are headed when we arrive." Bill Watterson |
| Quote 3 | "I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly any where on earth. Then I ask myself the same question." Harun Yahya |
| Quote 4 | "Discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes." Marcel Proust |
| Quote 5 | "I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking." Albert Einstein |
| Quote 6 | "The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge." Daniel J. Boorstin |
| Quote 7 | "A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi |
| Quote 8 | "A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are portals of discovery." James Joyce |
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