1 / 7

Rationalism

Rationalism. Ali Pinkerton. Rationalism- (Latin- ratio , reason) -a theory of knowledge -Ideas and concepts are INDEPENDENT of experience/emotion -Truth is discovered through ONLY reason -Ball example. Definition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvlnG1923bs.

keena
Download Presentation

Rationalism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Rationalism Ali Pinkerton

  2. Rationalism- (Latin- ratio, reason) -a theory of knowledge -Ideas and concepts are INDEPENDENT of experience/emotion -Truth is discovered through ONLY reason -Ball example Definition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvlnG1923bs

  3. Renaissance/ Scientific Revolution • Believed in logic and reason, but also supported experimentation and scientific method • Rejecting philosophies of Bible and Aristotle - geocentric universe, etc. • Important milestones in rejection and development: (1543) Copernicus- heliocentric universe (1572) Brahe- stars not stationary/unchanging (1609) Kepler- laws of planetary motion (1638) Galileo- Math. Discourse, X Aristotle (1687) Newton- Principia, gravity Beginnings Renowned Rationalists: -Rene Descartes -Benedict Spinoza -Gottfried Liebniz

  4. Cartesian Method • Accept nothing as true which is not clear and distinct. • Analyze a problem into parts and discuss it part by part. • Arrange thoughts from simple to complex as the order of study. • Enumerations must be full and complete and nothing must be omitted. Applied proofs to philosophy, e.g. to prove existence of God. Rene Descartes 1596-1650 Philosopher, Mathematician

  5. A priori knowledge “Prior to” (before experience) self-evident truths, definitions 4+3= 7, parents have children • Innate Knowledge ideas people have from birth can exist without proof Descartes- “God exists.” • Logical Necessity must exist because it could not be otherwise To walk, you must have legs. Contrast with empirical necessity (study to pass test) Cornerstones

  6. If you can see out of a house, it has a window. vs. • Houses have windows. • Criticism Not all things are either possible or impossible. (God exists.) Abstract ideas do not always yield actual truths. (island example) Necessity

  7. Raskolnikov -Rational mindset (justifies killing woman, using “paces”) -Monologues resemble geometric proofs -“The old woman was only an illness… I was in a hurry to overstep… I didn’t kill a human being, but a principle! I killed the principle, but I didn’t overstep, I stopped on this side… I was only capable of killing.” (275) • Marmeladov -Part I, Chapter II: rationalizing and making justification for his drinking - By looking at facts and not experience (how his drinking affects his family) he can eschew the problem. - “I try to find sympathy and feeling in drink. I drink so that I may suffer twice as much.” (14) • Dostoevsky - Many say C&P is his criticism of rationalism - Showing bad fates of characters whose philosophies and behaviors are based in rationalism. Rationalism in Crime & Punishment Raskolnikov Marmeladov Dostoevsky

More Related