11) Modern Philosophy: What is going on at this time in philosophy?

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modern philosophy 1500-1900

Right in the middle of this time period is the enlightenment (1700s)

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An important part of the modern age of philosophy…

is asking questiona bout knowledge; people had started questioning authority

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epistemology

questions about knowledge; ex: what counts as knowledge? who gets to be considered a ‘knower’?

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There are 2 movements that attempt to answer some of these questions:

empiricism and rationalism

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empiricism

the belief that all knowledge begins with and is limited to our experiences; nurture

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rationalism

the belief that at least some of our ideas or abilities can be possessed innately by the mind; we are born with something; like a sense of morality and reason