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According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a frame of reference is, "A set of ideas, conditions, or assumptions that determine how something will be approached, perceived, or understood."[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frame%20of%20reference]  A frame of reference gives you basis for beliefs, judgments, and morals.
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The frame of reference is a set of standards in relation to how judgements are made. It provides the beliefs, judgements, moral ethics, and values of the world. Also, the frame of reference acts as a rulebook for humanity and gives theories for new ideas. Because beliefs dictate behavior, the frame of reference is an important part of sustaining society. The frame of reference is used in everyday life and can be seen in all people because each individual has a different perspective. For example, a girl could be standing on a train thinking she is standing still, but a boy runs after her screaming "hold still!" thinking that she is moving because she is on a moving vehicle.
  
A long time ago, frames of reference were very small and as you saw in the video, that wasn't a good thing.  People weren't very happy when Galileo proposed that the planets didn't revolve around Earth, as Aristotle had said many years earlier.  The people put Galileo under house arrest because they believed that what he had proposed was morally wrong and since their frame of references were so small, they couldn't ever believe this new theory was right.  [http://galileo.rice.edu/bio/narrative_7.html]
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-Eloise Reasoner and Douglas Parsley
  
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-Class Notes
 
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-Origions Book
 
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[[Day the Universe Changed: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality]]
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Latest revision as of 19:34, 3 September 2015

Day the Universe Changed: Changing Knowledge, Changing Reality


The frame of reference is a set of standards in relation to how judgements are made. It provides the beliefs, judgements, moral ethics, and values of the world. Also, the frame of reference acts as a rulebook for humanity and gives theories for new ideas. Because beliefs dictate behavior, the frame of reference is an important part of sustaining society. The frame of reference is used in everyday life and can be seen in all people because each individual has a different perspective. For example, a girl could be standing on a train thinking she is standing still, but a boy runs after her screaming "hold still!" thinking that she is moving because she is on a moving vehicle.

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-Eloise Reasoner and Douglas Parsley

Sources: -Class Notes -Origions Book