Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Rationalism

out the three philisophical beliefs i have to agree with rationalism the most. It's hard to separate fact from opinion when it comes stating facts. I trust my senses over anything else that anyone might tell me. That is why rationalism is my choice. The other two deal with gaining knowledge from other people and/or not first hand. For me i like to see things for myself and know for a fact taht its true.

Philosophy II: So....how do we acquire knowledge anyway?


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.