NESC 410 Vocabulary List for Weeks 3 & 4
From class discussion (with reference to Shawn Wilson’s “Research Is Ceremony”:
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Ancestor
Axiology
Consciousness
Epistemology
Metaphysics
Methodology
Ontology
Predecessor
From “A Synthetic World” by Seirian Sumner:
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Bioengineered
Epigenetic
Extant
Extinct
Extinct megafauna
Genetically modified organisms
Genome sequence
Stem cell
Synthetic biology
From “’You’ll Never Believe What Happened’ Is a Great Way to Start ” by Thomas King (and the
accompanying classroom discussion):
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Alexander the Great
Alpha and Omega
Gordian Knot
Mundane
Platitude
Profane
Rectitude
Sacred
Secular
From “American Indian Metaphysics” by Vine Deloria, Jr.
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Alfred North Whitehead
Anomalous
Black Elk
Carl Jug
Epistemology
“Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness”
Martyrs
Metaphysics
Quantum physics
10. Reductionist