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Rationalism Versus Empricism

Rationalism Versus Empricism. Done by: Samaneh Soltani Professor:Ali Rabi,Ph.D. What is Rationalism?.

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Rationalism Versus Empricism

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  1. Rationalism Versus Empricism Done by:SamanehSoltani Professor:AliRabi,Ph.D

  2. What is Rationalism? Rationalism is a belief or theory thatopinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response,expounded by Rene Descartes.

  3. Rationalism is the belief in • Innate ideas • Reason • Deduction

  4. A.Innate ideas It means to have ideas before we born. Are we born with knowledge? The assumption is that we born as a ‘blank slot’ but Plato believe that the human soul exists eternally,and exists in a world of form(or idea)before life.

  5. B.Reason Is the main source of knowledge and 5 senses only give you opinion,notreason.e.g.Descartes’ wax argument. He states’’ we come to know them by the power of our own native intelligence,without any sensory experience.

  6. Wax has certain characteristic,it may burn and turn black,However,it is still wax .He concludes that these characteristic are not inherent to the wax itself

  7. C.Deduction Prove something with certainty rather than reason.e.gexistance of God(Descartes’)

  8. What is Emprecism? Empricism is the theory that all knowledge is drived from sense-experience.Stimulated by the rise of exprimentalsience,it developed in 17th and 18thcenturies,expounded in particular by John Locke,George Berkeley.

  9. Empeicism is the belief in • Sense preception • Induction • No innate ideas

  10. A.Sensepreception Main source of knowledge 1.simple: Based on preceptionlike,color,size,etc, 2.Complex: Ideas are formed when simple ideas are combined.

  11. QuestionWhich building is nearer?

  12. John Locke believed that only with experience could one form simple ideas be combined into complex ideas. It is belief that few things,if any can be proven conclusively (Descatres’) B.Induction

  13. We know of things by using our sense preception,we know that the color of the chalk board is green and that the color of the day we erase board is white.But we can not without a doubt conclude that these preceptions agree with the object themselves. C.No innate ideas

  14. References : 1.Guy Long Worth,Rationalism and Empricismuiversity of warwick 2.Plato’s theory of form and thought on innate ideas-Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy 3.New Evidence for innate ideas-blue brain group 4.Locke,J(1960)An Essay on Human understanding,ed.R.Woolhouse,London:Penguin books,1997. 5.Kenny,A,1986Rationalism,Empiricism and idealism,Oxford:Oxford university Press.

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