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Determining what valuable knowledge is according to Post-Empiricism and Critical rationalism
The main focus of empiricism is searching for objective truth. According to empiricism valuable knowledge is regarded as the one that comes directly from experience and gained through the five senses namely: seeing, touching, smelling, hearing and tasting. Empiricists believe that sense perception is the main source of knowledge. Empiricism is a concept of induction, sense perception and no innate ideas. Empiricists believe that all ideas come from sense experience and the ideas are either simple or complex. Simple ideas are ideas which are based only on perception like colour, something that you only need one sense to understand. Complex ideas …show more content…
According to critical rationalism valuable knowledge is regarded as the one which is innate and gained through sharing of ideas, questioning and examining own ideas and those of other people. This encourages people to question what they are told and not believe everything they are told or read. Rationalists believe that reason is the main source of knowledge, they believe that the five senses gives individuals an opinion, they don’t explain why something is. Critical rationalism is a concept of innate ideas, reasoning and deductive. Innate ideas means that individuals have ideas/knowledge before they are born. Deduction being able to conclude using particular instincts by using principles.
Strengths and shortcomings of Post-Empiricism and Critical Rationalism
Empiricism strengths
Empiricism helps people to test the truth of certain claim and refuse what is false. For instance it helps people not to believe everything that is claimed to be the truth but to test and confirm that what is claimed to be true is really the truth. It also help people to learn from their experience and understand how the physical world operates. So that people don’t do mistakes like jumping from high buildings not knowing that they will get hurt or …show more content…
Education from Ubuntu perspective, could teach students collective solidarity values through the promotion of respect for norms and values, commitment to work and its potential to promote a sense of belonging, discipline, community involvement and instilling self-reliance. Thinking of Ubuntu as a principle will encourage students to think for others, share with them, and regard them as brothers and sisters and involving them in collective actions. This will cause learners to have positive attitudes towards others, so they will learn effectively
Determining what valuable knowledge is according to Post-Empiricism and Critical rationalism
The main focus of empiricism is searching for objective truth. According to empiricism valuable knowledge is regarded as the one that comes directly from experience and gained through the five senses namely: seeing, touching, smelling, hearing and tasting. Empiricists believe that sense perception is the main source of knowledge. Empiricism is a concept of induction, sense perception and no innate ideas. Empiricists believe that all ideas come from sense experience and the ideas are either simple or complex. Simple ideas are ideas which are based only on perception like colour, something that you only need one sense to understand. Complex ideas …show more content…
According to critical rationalism valuable knowledge is regarded as the one which is innate and gained through sharing of ideas, questioning and examining own ideas and those of other people. This encourages people to question what they are told and not believe everything they are told or read. Rationalists believe that reason is the main source of knowledge, they believe that the five senses gives individuals an opinion, they don’t explain why something is. Critical rationalism is a concept of innate ideas, reasoning and deductive. Innate ideas means that individuals have ideas/knowledge before they are born. Deduction being able to conclude using particular instincts by using principles.
Strengths and shortcomings of Post-Empiricism and Critical Rationalism
Empiricism strengths
Empiricism helps people to test the truth of certain claim and refuse what is false. For instance it helps people not to believe everything that is claimed to be the truth but to test and confirm that what is claimed to be true is really the truth. It also help people to learn from their experience and understand how the physical world operates. So that people don’t do mistakes like jumping from high buildings not knowing that they will get hurt or …show more content…
Education from Ubuntu perspective, could teach students collective solidarity values through the promotion of respect for norms and values, commitment to work and its potential to promote a sense of belonging, discipline, community involvement and instilling self-reliance. Thinking of Ubuntu as a principle will encourage students to think for others, share with them, and regard them as brothers and sisters and involving them in collective actions. This will cause learners to have positive attitudes towards others, so they will learn effectively