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    Epistemology Phil/201 Quiz

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    Review Test Submission: Exam 3 | | Course | Epistemology-PHIL 201 | Test | Exam 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | * Question 1 | | | __________________ combined rationalism and empiricism‚ showing how both played a role in our understanding | | | Correct Answer: |    Kant. | | | | | * Question 2 | | Descartes deduced God from the concept of God itself‚ in order to justify the idea of the material world. Correct Answer: |  True |

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    Epistemology is the study of knowledge‚ “without knowledge‚ scientific enquiry is meaningless and we can’t analyze the world around us.”(Martin.10). Philosopher W.V. Quine believed in using naturalized epistemology in place of regular epistemology. Regular epistemology is the validation of a belief whereas naturalized epistemology also wants validation of knowledge‚ but chooses to focus more on gathering data from the science involved. Quine believes that in order to distinguish the connection between

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    Descartes on Rationalism

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    of rationalism. I will be using Rene Descartes: Meditation on First Philosophy as my only resource. I plan to address each question asked one at a time in order to answer them completely. To understand what Descartes’ point of view‚ I plan on beginning with an open mind. I plan to reread the section and reevaluate the notes taken in class to help formulate my opinion‚ and then I plan to approach each question and answer it. I will be analyzing Rene Descartes’ view on knowledge. He says that you

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    differently for next time due to their overwhelming ambition to improve patients health status. Therefore‚ ontological beliefs such as the desire to help people drive nurses to learn therefore initiating nursing epistemology. Epistemology Epistemology is what and how people know. “Nursing epistemology is the study of how nurses come to know what they think they know‚ what exactly nurses do know‚ how nursing knowledge is structured and on what basis knowledge claims are made” (Schultz & Meleis‚ 1988). There

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    Reading Response Epistemology is a philosophy that specifically focuses on the scope of knowledge. In a sense the questions is asked “what we know” or “What we can be sure of”. These are the basic fundamentals that surround how we think. In this paper‚ I will discuss views presented by philosophers that relate to me and my profession. In addition‚ I will explore the similarities and differences in epistemology. Perception as it relates to epistemology focuses on our perpetual knowledge

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    realism has been a familiar idea on earth ever since the theme of a God was introduced. This same struggle will always exist forever unless there is some definitive proof of God. The more realist ideas of Descartes and John Locke assist in one’s understanding of Star Trek’s themes. Descartes and Locke’s epistemological philosophies are reflected in the philosophical aspect of Gene Roddenberry’s ideal society. As Star Trek’s creator‚ Gene Roddenberry has had a huge effect on the philosophical

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    Descartes and the Matrix

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    in Mediations on First Philosophy‚ Rene Descartes‚ nothing can be certain. Similarly‚ in The Matrix‚ the Wachowski brothers raise the question of how does anyone know what is real and what is not? The Wachowski brothers and Descartes describe their ideas about knowledge and epistemology through skepticism. Knowledge is a justified‚ true belief. According to Descartes‚ knowledge comes from two sources: Experiences‚ which are the senses‚ and reason. Descartes starts his argument by stating that many

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    Descartes and Plato

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    Descartes and Plato Explain both of descartes Arguments for the existence of God Descartes proof of God’s existence comes from his third meditation and is based on three ideas. He argues that innate idea exists within us‚ the fictitious or invented ideas are a result of our own imagination and adventitious ideas result from our experiences in the world. Descartes said‚ the idea of God is innate and cannot be invented. Descartes presents some arguments that lead to his conclusion. The first

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    Journal #2 In class we talked about the sub-disciplines of epistemology. There are three which are empiricism‚ rationalism and skepticism. Out of these three I feel that I‚ myself am an empiricist. I feel this because everything I have learned in my short life up to this point has been through some type of experience in my life involving one or more of the five senses. I was trying to think of a case where I may have knowledge of something without someone telling me or showing me and I couldn’t

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    Meno’s Paradox A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or situation‚ which defies intuition (Wikipedia). In Plato’s Meno‚ Meno and Socrates engage in the typical Socratic elenctic method of examination pertaining to the topic of virtue. Socrates helps Meno reach a state of learned ignorance. After reaching this state‚ Meno presents his paradox to Socrates. Socrates‚ in philosophical fashion‚ examines the statement using epistemological evidence to understand

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