and politics. He put into question the idea of innatism and whether people were truly born with some basic knowledge. He strongly believed in the innate goodness of humans and the right to freedom and property of the people. Both Innate ideas and Empiricism will be further analyzed‚ and whether Locke’s ‘children and idiots’ argument against innate ideas is sound. Locke believes that people are born with blank slates‚ and that knowledge is acquired throughout one’s life through experiences and sensations
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Economic Rationalism: Economic rationalism is the idea that markets and money can do everything better then what the government and law can. This also states that there is no point in political debate because it just generates insoluble conflicts It tells people to forget their national identity‚ to caste away their national goals and public policy and just let the market forces decide on the their own rational situation Economic rationalists will assert that by customers preferences dictating
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In 1630‚ John Winthrop famously pleaded with the puritans to consider “that we shall be as a City upon a Hill‚ the eyes of all people upon us” (John Winthrop‚ 1630). This was the birthplace of an idea for a nation that would develop‚ and be observed by many as creating its own ideology. It provoked the creation of attitudes and morals in the resulting United States‚ which would become known as ‘American Exceptionalism’‚ a nation viewing itself as above and more superior than any other nation. Exceptionalists
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Immanuel Kant German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is considered the most influential thinker of the Enlightenment era and one of the greatest Western philosophers of all times. His works‚ especially those on epistemology (theory of knowledge)‚ aesthetics and ethics had a profound influence on later philosophers‚ including contemporary ones. Kant’s philosophy is often described as the golden middle between rationalism and empiricism. He didn’t accept either of both
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her life. In addition to this‚ the killing and suicide appears to be done in order to mitigate further suffering. However‚ if one looks at Kant’s Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals‚ it is evident that this type of analysis is flawed. According to Kant‚ the rightness or wrongness of an action does not rest upon the particulars of the situation. Therefore‚ if one were to use Kantian ideas‚ Mr. Snelling’s actions cannot be deemed morally right only based on the unique circumstances of his situation
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Pragmatism‚ Empiricism and David Hume Pragmatism is based on the philosophy that ideas must be tested and re-tested‚ that experiences dictate reality. Pragmatists also believe in no absolute truths or values existing. David Hume argues that‚ "no proof can be derived from any fact‚ of which we are so intimately conscious; nor is there anything of which we can be certain‚ if we doubt this" (Treatise 2645). Hume’s empiricist ideals were roots to early pragmatic thought‚ by way of the theory that
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A personal take on the debate between rationalism and empiricism. The study of knowledge‚ or epistemology‚ contains theoretical methods by which information is learned. Of these methods‚ two are most widely accepted. These two methods‚ rationalism and empiricism‚ are also the most widely debated methods of knowledge acquisition. Rationalism claims that knowledge is gained by a priori processes and intuition. Rationalism claims that knowledge is innate; however the level of innate knowledge contained
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philosophers. In this connection‚ different schools of thought have come to limelight notably among them are scepticism‚ rationalism‚ and empiricism. For instance‚ scepticism poses a problem by arguing that knowledge is impossible‚ that we cannot know anything for sure. To resolve this issue‚ rationalism puts forward that the process of reasoning is the surest path to knowledge‚ whereas empiricism says that knowledge is acquired through sense experience. But‚ “is knowledge actually got through sense experience
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Piggy’s rationalism blocks his ability to understand the multifaced nature of life and makes him simplify life. The dark and irrational side of human nature does not exist for him; his rational mind sincerely does not understand it and‚ therefore‚ cannot accept it
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faith as being immune to such slings and arrows. I am most convinced by the arguments presented by irrationalists and their ability to circumnavigate many arguments by ineffable means. Rationalism is described as "the philosophy that is characterized by its confidence in reason‚ and intuition in particular‚ to
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