empiricists attack the rationalists’ accounts of how reason is a source of concepts or knowledge. 1. Introduction The dispute between rationalism and empiricism takes place within epistemology‚ the branch of philosophy devoted to studying the nature‚ sources and limits of knowledge. The defining questions of epistemology include the following. 1. What is the nature of propositional knowledge‚ knowledge that a particular proposition about the world is true? To know a proposition‚ we must believe
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Standpoint epistemology developed from the recognition of the lack of women in major political roles. Feminists argued that politics and international relations is conducted largely from male perspectives and male interests. In order to make the worth of women’s lives more visible‚ it is necessary to evaluate it from their point of view. Standpoint feminism claims that feminist politics should be practiced from the standpoint of women or particular groups of women[1] . Some scholars for example Dorothy
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Key Contributors Principal Issues Epistemology Epistemology is the investigation into the grounds and nature of knowledge. Found in the 1800’s From Old Greece forward‚ Plato‚ Socrates‚ and developmental ideas. Rationalism means the knowledge can be acquired through the use of reason and empiricism is obtained through experience. Externalism‚ empiricism‚ constructivism‚ and etc. Rene Descartes Immanuel Kant Aristotle Plato Locke Berkeley Spinoza The kind
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rationalists). The two are very distinct interesting schools of thought among others‚ and there is quite a significant difference when it comes to concepts and ideas. Let’s start off with the rationalists and elaborate a little more on their epistemology. Plato‚ Descartes‚ Democritus and other Greek philosophers wrote and talked extensively about how to understand the world. Plato with his reality to be a reflection of a greater truth. Big name drop here also one of my favorites the fabled “Democritus”
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whether Locke’s ‘children and idiots’ argument against innate ideas is sound. Locke believes that people are born with blank slates‚ and that knowledge is acquired throughout one’s life through experiences and sensations. In the 17th century‚ Rene Descartes founded innate ideas. We already have a set of ideas that we use in order to make sense of the world. These ideas are called ‘innate’‚ meaning ‘in-born’.
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‘’Stranger than Fiction’’ is a film that illuminates many philosophical themes such us existentialism‚ free will and determinism but this essay is focused on epistemology (theory of knowledge). Knowledge and the differences between reality‚ dream or fiction have been discussed by many philosophers such as Socrates‚ Thaetus‚ Plato and Descartes who with discussions‚ rational or empirical thinking‚ tried to approach a distinctive border between these terms. This is a story about a man named Harold
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Of the five topics we covered through this assignment‚ the one topic I feel that the topic of Hume and Skepticism best answers questions of Epistemology. Hume’s ideas are much like connecting what we experience to our senses. He says that the contents of the mind are senses and experiences. We receive impressions from our senses such as colour‚ emotions‚ what we feel‚ hate‚ love‚ etc. Our ideas are what we reflect on from our impressions. Ideas are copies of impressions. We can only receive genuine
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DEVELOPMENTS SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT KEY CONTRIBUTORS PRINCIPAL ISSUES Epistemology the theory of knowledge‚ is the branch of philosophy concerned with these questions a. Schools of thought and historical development 1) Skeptics a) Ancient (1) Pyrrho of Elis (2) Sextus Empiricus b) Medieval (1) St. Augustine 2) Rationalists a) Ancient (1) Plato b) Medieval (1) St. Anselm (2) St. Augustine c) Modern (1) Descartes (2) Leibniz (3) Spinoza 3) Empiricists a) Ancient (1) Aristotle
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Feldman on Contextualism “Epistemology robs us of our knowledge” (David Lewis). This statement is a direct result of skeptical theory in the epistemological community. For decades‚ philosophers have struggled with the possibility that individuals cannot know anything about the external world based on their senses. Many skeptical scenarios have been proposed‚ from Descartes’ “not being able to rule out the possibility that he is dreaming”‚ to the “Brain in the Vat” scenario‚ the possibility that
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2014-02-18 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? PHI 1024 F Today: ‘Philosophy football’‚ by Monty Python. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? Your input. Four not-so-helpful proposals (for how to work out what Philosophy is). 2014 Three more serious (and more helpful) suggestions. 2 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? Words suggested by the word ‘philosophy’: 2) Arguments 1) Question 3 4 1 2014-02-18 WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY
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