Thursday, November 12, 2009
Empericism vs. Rationalism
Okay, so I think I agree with rationalism because although the idea that all our perceptions could be wrong is very skeptic, I think it's plausible. Rene Descartes' idea that genuine knowledge IS possible but only through mathematically based scientific reasoning makes sense to me because everything in math can be easily proved. While trying to prove that the chair is actually red to someone else could be very difficult because we can't be sure we see what everyone else sees. I think everyone experiences things differently based on the fact that no two people are exactly alike-even if they're twins. If everyone experiences things differently then their perceptions could all be different. This would make Empericism wrong because it is solely based on the way we perceive things. It says if we gain knowledge through experience but if everyone experiences things in a different way it would mean that everyone could have different knowledge about the same subject; which doesn't make sense. So those are my thoughts... :) Au revoir!
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Ultimately, I thin you need both perception and reason to work together to successfully gain knowledge, however if I had to choose one, I would choose perception. I don't think you can form anything from reason without your perceptions and though your perceptions can decieve you, I think they are more useful. If anything else it will provide a good argument if people aren't perceiving things exactly the same. Overall though, I think your perceptions are more useful as there are many different senses and ways to go about gaining knowledge from them, reason is less important on its own, in my opinion.
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