Compare Naturalized Epistemology Against Classical Foundationalism
INTRODUCTION
This essay will compare naturalized epistemology against classical foundationalism and furthermore will present reasoning for a preferable choice between the two views. Epistemology is one area of philosophy concerned with the nature, sources and limits of knowledge. The two main questions being: what is knowledge and how is it acquired (Opie, 2014). Traditionally an epistemologist would rely on using a systematic form of justifying true beliefs to answer such questions involving a said statement to determine if it can be justifiably classed as knowledge. Natural epistemology suggests that this method of foundationalism fails to sufficiently argue against the skepticism that this method regresses the validity of the argument by …show more content…
He sought to utilise natural science, psychology specifically, as a means for understanding how we attain our beliefs rather simply conceding that such beliefs are foundational and require no further support. Quine encouraged other to question how it is possible that on the basis of our limited sensory input we have from the world how it is that we arrive at the scientific theory that we do. Science is based on facts attained “carefully and unprejudiced” based on sensory inputs rather than on the opinions and speculations (Chalmers 1982, p1). By using this approach epistemologists are able to challenge typically accepted beliefs and further explore why it is biologically that humans are wired to form such beliefs whether they are innate or …show more content…
It is well structured by having justified basic beliefs that arguments can be built on from. It is an easier format to follow by having less uncertainty in the acceptable reasons that can be used as justification for true beliefs. Whereas naturalized epistemology is complicated and unstructured in a similar way to how our brains work. It requiring a scientific approach to be involved in the process of understand what triggers a perception or belief. Naturalism seeks to diffuse the skepticisms rather than simply self-verifying an idea based on theories of authorities, which have been accepted without
This essay will compare naturalized epistemology against classical foundationalism and furthermore will present reasoning for a preferable choice between the two views. Epistemology is one area of philosophy concerned with the nature, sources and limits of knowledge. The two main questions being: what is knowledge and how is it acquired (Opie, 2014). Traditionally an epistemologist would rely on using a systematic form of justifying true beliefs to answer such questions involving a said statement to determine if it can be justifiably classed as knowledge. Natural epistemology suggests that this method of foundationalism fails to sufficiently argue against the skepticism that this method regresses the validity of the argument by …show more content…
He sought to utilise natural science, psychology specifically, as a means for understanding how we attain our beliefs rather simply conceding that such beliefs are foundational and require no further support. Quine encouraged other to question how it is possible that on the basis of our limited sensory input we have from the world how it is that we arrive at the scientific theory that we do. Science is based on facts attained “carefully and unprejudiced” based on sensory inputs rather than on the opinions and speculations (Chalmers 1982, p1). By using this approach epistemologists are able to challenge typically accepted beliefs and further explore why it is biologically that humans are wired to form such beliefs whether they are innate or …show more content…
It is well structured by having justified basic beliefs that arguments can be built on from. It is an easier format to follow by having less uncertainty in the acceptable reasons that can be used as justification for true beliefs. Whereas naturalized epistemology is complicated and unstructured in a similar way to how our brains work. It requiring a scientific approach to be involved in the process of understand what triggers a perception or belief. Naturalism seeks to diffuse the skepticisms rather than simply self-verifying an idea based on theories of authorities, which have been accepted without