academic literacies final essay

academic literacies fin" rel="nofollow">inal essay Order Description Fin" rel="nofollow">inal Knowledge Essay. Due week 13. 1500 words. Answer one of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: This short essay should be around 1500 words (please do your best to keep within" rel="nofollow">in 10% of this either way. Failure to do so may impact on your grade. This 1500 does not in" rel="nofollow">include references but does in" rel="nofollow">include citations). Please make your essay a word document, with size 12 font Times New Roman or Arial, 1.5 or double lin" rel="nofollow">ine spaced. Please put the essay question at the start, do not change the question, and please make the first page of your essay this cover sheet lin" rel="nofollow">inked cover sheet here 1. In lesson 12, Latour & Woolgar were quoted as sayin" rel="nofollow">ing: ‘On prin" rel="nofollow">inciple any alternative [knowledge claim] can be questioned... Alternative readin" rel="nofollow">ings are always possible and any one readin" rel="nofollow">ing can always be undermin" rel="nofollow">ined or faulted.’ (1979, p.35). Relativists might argue that no claim to knowledge is any more true than others, and that all knowledge is shaped by preconceptions or ideologies. In light of this consider whether there is value in" rel="nofollow">in contributin" rel="nofollow">ing knowledge which is shaped to some extent by preconceptions and ideologies. Make reference to some of the followin" rel="nofollow">ing academic concepts (or others that you identify from your own readin" rel="nofollow">ing): • The social construction of knowledge • Positivism • Incorrigible propositions • Relativism These concepts are found in" rel="nofollow">in lessons 10 and 12, and you may also fin" rel="nofollow">ind some relevant ideas in" rel="nofollow">in lesson 8. 2.What are the strengths and limitations in" rel="nofollow">in the creation of knowledge within" rel="nofollow">in the social sciences? Evaluate this with reference to the concepts raised in" rel="nofollow">in the lessons. • Theory dependence • Paradigms • Probabilism • Peer Review These concepts are to be found in" rel="nofollow">in lessons 10 and 12, so read over these lessons to get an idea of some of the debates and perspectives around this.