Rationalism and Empiricism ; focussing on Rationalism
When we do somethings whose results are known to us, like throwing an object in the air, so we know that it will fall back on the ground, How can we say this? Is it because we’ve seen things fall if we toss them up in the air or is it because of us learning some laws of physics ( the gravitation law )
The above example shows Empirisicm and Rationalism in the respective cases.
This has been a famous argument in philosophy for a long time. There are two categories of people, the first are the empiricists that claim that our ideas or knowledge is based and gained from our own experiences and the information gained through our senses. Their lookout on the example of tossing an object in the …show more content…
Taking an example to show this, we cannot solve a Math problem just by the laws provided to us, there is a proper method in which we have to approach a problem to get to the solution and it can be understood only when we have seen or observed the proper method before hand. But it is important for us to learn about both Empiricism and Rationalism as these are the two extremeties of the propositions of how we gain knowledge and they allow us to check for ourselves that what fits in the situations we face …show more content…
It may be the case that some people don’t have to study as hard as the others because they might have a photographic memory or maybe they can bribe the instructor or even cheat and get the desired result. Now Rationalists liked everything to be specific, if we would have said something more specific rather than just “To pass your exams you must study hard” then it would’ve been the Rationalists way. I feel that If we can tell and assert something is true and it cannot be otherwise, then we have achieved logical necessity. The rationalists aimed at getting to the logical necessities which can help us find certainty and be assured of the knowledge gained about this world and it would help us answer the questions that interest
When we do somethings whose results are known to us, like throwing an object in the air, so we know that it will fall back on the ground, How can we say this? Is it because we’ve seen things fall if we toss them up in the air or is it because of us learning some laws of physics ( the gravitation law )
The above example shows Empirisicm and Rationalism in the respective cases.
This has been a famous argument in philosophy for a long time. There are two categories of people, the first are the empiricists that claim that our ideas or knowledge is based and gained from our own experiences and the information gained through our senses. Their lookout on the example of tossing an object in the …show more content…
Taking an example to show this, we cannot solve a Math problem just by the laws provided to us, there is a proper method in which we have to approach a problem to get to the solution and it can be understood only when we have seen or observed the proper method before hand. But it is important for us to learn about both Empiricism and Rationalism as these are the two extremeties of the propositions of how we gain knowledge and they allow us to check for ourselves that what fits in the situations we face …show more content…
It may be the case that some people don’t have to study as hard as the others because they might have a photographic memory or maybe they can bribe the instructor or even cheat and get the desired result. Now Rationalists liked everything to be specific, if we would have said something more specific rather than just “To pass your exams you must study hard” then it would’ve been the Rationalists way. I feel that If we can tell and assert something is true and it cannot be otherwise, then we have achieved logical necessity. The rationalists aimed at getting to the logical necessities which can help us find certainty and be assured of the knowledge gained about this world and it would help us answer the questions that interest