Augustine rejects Skepticism Augustine was a theologian and philosopher; he is known to be one of the most influential fathers in Western Christianity for his various writings. He saw humans as a unity of two elements: soul and body. He was not worried about giving exact explanations about what he thought. Augustine’s theory of knowledge begins with the thought that there is such thing as a thing called truth and this truth is accessible to human reason.
He used several arguments against skepticism such as the argument of common sense, he claimed it was absurd to say “We do not know truth, but this which we see is like that which we do not know”. Common sense shows that comparison, even of probabilities that imply pure knowledge.
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Augustine’s answer is that we can only know we know something because we are always in a relationship with Truth itself, therefore whether we realize it or not all we can know is that truth exists and is a benefit for those who look for it.
Skepticism in Western Philosophy is the attitude of doubting knowledge, skeptics questioned whether the claims are true or not according to information provided. The original meaning of skeptics was “an inquirer” (someone who was unsatisfied and was still looking for truth), they denied that any norms could be found true or false if rational or probable standards were not established.
Should we always question things, yes. Does that make religion or God valid or invalid, no. Up to this day there are still people who must obey the word of God because of lack of questions and knowledge about different perspectives. Skepticism does not determine intelligence but it did help scientists and philosophers a couple thousand years ago. Skepticism is what is necessary to build our society into intellectualism, it challenges norms and helps get a better
He used several arguments against skepticism such as the argument of common sense, he claimed it was absurd to say “We do not know truth, but this which we see is like that which we do not know”. Common sense shows that comparison, even of probabilities that imply pure knowledge.
His use …show more content…
Augustine’s answer is that we can only know we know something because we are always in a relationship with Truth itself, therefore whether we realize it or not all we can know is that truth exists and is a benefit for those who look for it.
Skepticism in Western Philosophy is the attitude of doubting knowledge, skeptics questioned whether the claims are true or not according to information provided. The original meaning of skeptics was “an inquirer” (someone who was unsatisfied and was still looking for truth), they denied that any norms could be found true or false if rational or probable standards were not established.
Should we always question things, yes. Does that make religion or God valid or invalid, no. Up to this day there are still people who must obey the word of God because of lack of questions and knowledge about different perspectives. Skepticism does not determine intelligence but it did help scientists and philosophers a couple thousand years ago. Skepticism is what is necessary to build our society into intellectualism, it challenges norms and helps get a better