Philosophy SAC Epistimology

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Plato’s tripartite theory

  1. Subject believes that proposition

  2. Proposition is true

  3. Subject is justified in believing that proposition

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Plato’s rationalism

To work out the truth about the world through rational contemplation rather than the senses- the senses are decieving. Understand reality by using reason to understand the essence of an object.

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Descartes’ rationalism

Truth must be indubitable. There’s only one certainty- that I exist.

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Locke’s empiricism

All our ideas come from experience and that there are no innate ideas from birth

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What is rationalism?

Knowledge only comes from the mind. Reason is the chief source of knowledge

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What is empiricism?

Knowledge comes from experience and the senses.

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what is scepticism?

a doubtful attitude towards commonly accepted claims.

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Hume’s empiricism

opinions are reasonable if, and only if, they are supported by evidence that is ultimately grounded in experience.