Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Philosophy 2: How do we acquire knowledge?


So we've discussed 3 ways in which philosophers argue that we acquire knowledge; rationalism (through reason we gain objective knowledge), empiricism (through our sense experience) and constructivism (we "construct" knowledge based on our science, language, etc.) gaining subjective knowledge. Which of these 3 theories would you say you most agree with? Give at least 2 reasons why.