Paul D. Cottingham
Fr. Kurt Messick
Epistemology
September 13, 2014
Kant’s and Hume’s epistemology
Immanuel Kant and David Hume were notable philosophers within the modern era, each with their own respective ideology and philosophy; Kant was influenced by rationalism, crafted a theory after the Copernican Revolution explaining the role of human reason in obtaining knowledge, whereas Hume, who was influenced by skepticism, put an end to pure reason and an end to the Enlightenment Era. In the following term paper I will first give a definition of epistemology, followed by explaining in detail Kant’s distinction between analytical and synthetical judgments as well as compare the similarities and differences between Kant’s distinction between …show more content…
This is where justification is suppose to come in if I believe it to be true, and it is actually true. Generally, it is agreed upon that justification has no truth to it if: it is wishful thinking “e.g. I really wish that I was skinny so I believe I am skinny”, fear or guilt, “e.g., I get all freaked out about death and so this forms the belief in an afterlife”, or it is something that I made a wild guess over which I formed in the wrong way, “e.g., when I traveled to Vietnam I knew nothing about the country, when I exited through the airport doors I saw a flesh colored speck from afar and I concluded that it was a white”, dumb tuck, “e.g., off the top of my head I formed the belief that around the next corner I will come upon an Argo Tea shop. Low and behold, what do you expect the next corner I came to there sets an Argo Tea Shop”. Justification seems even harder to distinguish since beliefs come in all shapes and sizes and it’s not easy to find a single theory that can atone for everything we claim to want to know. It boils down to fact that it is possible for justification on belief that Wadsworth, OH is about 224 miles from Charleston, WV; differently than I would be on the belief that God existents or that you have an ingrown toenail. No matter how it is looked upon, this is the center piece of any knowledge of
Fr. Kurt Messick
Epistemology
September 13, 2014
Kant’s and Hume’s epistemology
Immanuel Kant and David Hume were notable philosophers within the modern era, each with their own respective ideology and philosophy; Kant was influenced by rationalism, crafted a theory after the Copernican Revolution explaining the role of human reason in obtaining knowledge, whereas Hume, who was influenced by skepticism, put an end to pure reason and an end to the Enlightenment Era. In the following term paper I will first give a definition of epistemology, followed by explaining in detail Kant’s distinction between analytical and synthetical judgments as well as compare the similarities and differences between Kant’s distinction between …show more content…
This is where justification is suppose to come in if I believe it to be true, and it is actually true. Generally, it is agreed upon that justification has no truth to it if: it is wishful thinking “e.g. I really wish that I was skinny so I believe I am skinny”, fear or guilt, “e.g., I get all freaked out about death and so this forms the belief in an afterlife”, or it is something that I made a wild guess over which I formed in the wrong way, “e.g., when I traveled to Vietnam I knew nothing about the country, when I exited through the airport doors I saw a flesh colored speck from afar and I concluded that it was a white”, dumb tuck, “e.g., off the top of my head I formed the belief that around the next corner I will come upon an Argo Tea shop. Low and behold, what do you expect the next corner I came to there sets an Argo Tea Shop”. Justification seems even harder to distinguish since beliefs come in all shapes and sizes and it’s not easy to find a single theory that can atone for everything we claim to want to know. It boils down to fact that it is possible for justification on belief that Wadsworth, OH is about 224 miles from Charleston, WV; differently than I would be on the belief that God existents or that you have an ingrown toenail. No matter how it is looked upon, this is the center piece of any knowledge of