In his Two Dogmas of Empiricism‚ Quine addresses what he views as problematic claims made by Carnap. The first problem Quine has with Carnap’s epistemology is about his definition of state-descriptions. The problem is in two parts: first Quine says that Carnap’s version of analyticity is conditional‚ because it requires atomic sentences in a language to be mutually independent. The second part of the problem is that‚ Carnap’s attempt to explore analyticity by way of his state-descriptions results
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construction. Weaver‚ and Olson.(2006). Table 1 illustrate theses differences between these philosophical paradigms. Realism and Antirealism Realism has an ontology which states that the structures creating the world cannot be directly observed. Its epistemology is that appearances do not necessarily reveal the mechanisms which cause these appearances‚ and its methodology therefore involves the construction of theories which can account for these appearances. Wainwright‚S.( 1997).Realism‚ in the Aristotelian
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Gonzalez‚ Sophie Period 6 December 3‚ 2012 Dorothy and the Tree: A Lesson in Epistemology Stanley Fish discusses how we in society base our lives off of assumptions. Using the example of Dorothy and the tree‚ Fish is able to show how with our assumptions‚ we as people categorize others and things into what we believe to be correct. Whether or not we have actually taken the time to figure out if we are right is irrelevant. He notes that we should just “keep trying to expand our sense of ‘us’
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Ontologically‚ epistemologically‚ and methodologically‚ the present study fits most comfortably within the constructivist approach. On the ontological front‚ the formal model proposed in the previous chapter reflects the acceptance in the present study of the core ontological tenets of constructivism. Namely‚ I modeled constructivism’s two core ontological tenets: (1) that “social reality is constructed” and social agents are the “social constructors of their own practices and structures;” and (2)
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The Challenge to Academics The study of knowledge is known as Epistemology‚ and it is one of the oldest branches of philosophy. Plato spent much of his life trying to establish not only what knowledge is‚ but also how it can be achieved. Our society is increasingly presenting information as knowledge‚ especially in educational institutions. Individuals can only gain genuine knowledge from the practice of Plato’s method of dialectic. Plato’s method involves making the distinction between information
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know about him as evidence‚ still be considered more of a philosopher than a scientist even today‚ as his impact throughout the fields of ethics‚ elenchus4 (or‚ Socratic Method) - a style of education he created and‚ consequently‚ in the field of epistemology cannot be understated. Socrates was born in Athens during the year 469 BCE‚ an era
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PHIL 2263 Dr. Koc-Maclean Joseph Patton 8 November 2012 Foundational Internalism Versus The Real World Jim Pryor states‚ according to his explanations‚ that the argument against philosophies that encourage immediate justification go on to say that justifiers need to be wholly made up of propositional content. This becomes ‘The puzzle of the Given’‚ according to BonJour and Davidson‚ and states that this becomes a dilemma in how the foundationalists attempt to use this to account and understand
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Do we as humans live the life that we want to‚ or are our lives controlled by computers? This Philosophical question is brought up in the Matrix. Neo‚ one of the main characters in the movie is chosen to see if he wants to believe what reality really is‚ or if he wants to go back into the “Cave”. In the story‚ “The Allegory and the Cave” by Plato‚ they hold four prisoners in a dark cave with a fire going behind them. They see shadows from the people walking outside‚ but they don’t know what they
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References: 1. Encyclopedia or similar comprehensive works: Kemerling‚ Garth‚ “John Locke: The Origin of Ideas.” Philosophy Pages. Britannica Internet.2001. Web. 1 Mar. 2009 http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/4l.htm 2. Secondary: Rescher‚ Nicholas. “Epistemology: an introduction to the theory of knowledge.” State University of New York . 2003 Ebrary. http://apus.aquabrowser.com//?itemid=%7clibrary%2fm%2fapus%7cocm56408585 3. Primary source: Locke‚ John. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. Kitchener
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definitely an essential part in philosophy. It forces us to question whether we are certain of the things we think we know‚ and whether we can justify the things we know are actually true. This theory or study of knowledge can be referred to as epistemology. All these views on knowledge can vary depending on how we view the world itself. We are able to perceive the world through the application of our senses‚ however‚ our senses alone can be very deceiving. We can never really be definite of what
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