However although this two methods are different they have also some similiarities. Reason and perception are two vastly different ways of knowing however they both have similarities in their strengths and limitations. Reason is viewed as the ultimate source of knowing by rationalists as it involves logic as in saying that two plus three will always equal five and nothing else. Reason can be misleading as various forms of knowledge including perception conflict with the ideal behind rationalism as a way of knowing. Perception has a major strength as a way of knowing because we can physically experience the emotion and the occurrence. This way of knowing is known as Empiricism. Empiricists argue that the ultimate source of knowledge is experience. However this to has its own limits because the question “how do you know that that actually happened?” can be asked.
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