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    1. The contrast between rationalism and empiricism is the is the source of knowledge. Rationalism holds that reason to be the reliable source of knowledge; this sharply contrasts with empiricists, who believe experience of the outside world as the reliable source of knowledge. Transcendental holds that the world around us is similar to what appears to us, but not one in the same. Transcendental realism relies on reason and critical evaluation of experience in order achieve knowledge. Skepticism…

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    with epistemology, or, what is better known as the origin of knowledge. Although they are not completely opposite of one another, they are argued in depth by two of the most famous philosophers in history. The origins of study in rationalism and empiricism can be found in the 17th century, during a time when various significant developments were made in the fields of astronomy and mechanics. These advancements undoubtedly led to the questions that probed the sudden philosophical argument: What…

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    what is knowledge? However, in search for the answer to this question, both philosophers differ in terms of their answers. They’re answers contradicted, and they critiqued one another on their own propositions. The rivalry between rationalism and empiricism emerged within epistemology. In what follows, I will be comparing Descartes’s rationalistic views and Locke’s empiricist views on senses and innate ideas. In Descartes’s writing, “Meditations of First Philosophy”, he focused on doubts and…

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    John Locke Innateness

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    The theory of innateness is a philosophical concept developed to explain how human beings are born with certain ideas that lead to knowledge. However, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke claims that there is not satisfactory evidence to support this theory. In the first book of the Essay, Locke challenges the general assumption that the human mind innately possesses the basic truths thought necessary for the possibility of knowledge. Contrary to the widely held belief of…

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    An empirical proposition is one which has been researched on. Empiricism is a theory that asserts that knowledge comes from sensory experience. It’s a philosophy of science which emphasizes on the importance of evidence. (McMahon, 2012) This evidences only comes about if experiments are carried out. We say that the Earth revolves around the sun is empirical because scientific research has been carried to prove this notion. Scientists and astronauts travel into space or send their controlled…

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    Many philosophers have debated the question of truth. Can truth exist? Can it exist outside of context? Can we know anything? Philosophers from Leibniz to Hume have worked through these questions using rationalism or empiricism to guide their search for truth. Multiple conclusions have been reached by these philosophers. Therefore, the debate still continues. By exploring some of the arguments surrounding the debate, and putting them in a contemporary context it becomes easier to understand the…

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    John Locke Research Paper

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    (1632 - 1704) was an English philosopher and the main representative of the English movement of empiricism. His political philosophy heavily influenced the American Revolution, the Constitution of the United States, the French Revolution and the first Constitution of France, and the constitutions of most liberal states. Locke's philosophy is based on the theory of knowledge that is based on empiricism and materialism. All of Locke’s ideas come from two sources: external experience (sensation)…

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    Bessel's Theory

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    3.) How did the work of Bessel relate to the work of Locke, Berkeley, and other empirical philosophers? There were two conclusions that originated from Bessel's finding. The first was that cosmologists would need to consider the way of the human eyewitness since individual qualities and recognitions would impact the detailed perceptions. The second was if the part of the human eyewitness must be considered in stargazing, then it was additionally essential in each other science that depended on…

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    Philosophy is the study of questions. It asks us to question everything around us no matter what we may see as average or uninteresting. Philosophy takes those average things and makes them the subjects of great questions. What is existence? What is the self? What is morality? These questions are only a fraction of what is studied in philosophy. Two units we have explored in class thus far have focused on the nature of knowledge and the existence of god. In unit two we discussed the nature of…

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    was an outstanding philosopher historian, economist, and essayist from Scotland. He was an important figure in the Scottish enlightenment, and, along with John Locke and George Berkeley, one of the three main figureheads of the influential British Empiricism movement. He was born on 26 April 1711 and died on the 25 August, 1776, at the age of 65 either due to bowel or liver cancer. Hume was a fierce opponent of the rationalism of Descartes, as well as an atheist and a skeptic. Hume started…

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