Source of Knowledge
Empiricists believe that all ideas come from experience, and
that there is no such thing as innate knowledge. However, logical truths and
math are not because of our five senses, but our reason of ability to connect
ideas. I do believe our knowledge comes from experience, but some knowledge is
innate.
As part of the Explanatory breadth the origin of more ideas
come from rationalism. A supernatural human being created earth and humans. The
idea of empiricism fails to address how everything started. Humans are a
product of their parents, which are a product of their parents and so forth.
The Earth didn't just appear, nor did humans. Something had to create them to
start the world off.
For
explanatory depth empiricism goes into depth about science and how advanced it
has become due to the empiricist belief. On the other hand there are many more
ideas come from Rationalism; such as math, creativity, logic and even morality.
Based on our five senses, how would you determine justice or good from bad? Undermining
creativity by saying you can only combine and separate is an empiricism idea.
Fantasy realities and abstract designs would disagree with that thinking.
As for a
simplistic view, I do believe that rationalism covers up for concealing errors.
Saying everything comes from experience, there are a few things that can be
questioned. Rationalist stating that the ideas that can be questioned are
innate covers up majority of all hidden errors. Empiricism is more complex with
no ideas being innate. Everything is derived from our five senses or reasoned
from the mind.
The
perspective seen in modern day conservatism is rationalism. Math is found to be
innate, in addition to justice, human rights, and moral duties. The nature of
reality can’t be found through our experiences. We can’t check our experience
on what reality really is so we have to rely on reason.
1. Rationalism
and Empiricism are the most plausible explanations of where our ideas come
from.
2. Rationalism
has much more explanatory depth and simplicity, whereas empiricism fails to
explain innate ideas such as mathematics and morality.
3. Therefore,
Rationalism best explains where our ideas come from.
I agree with your standpoint on the rationalist approach to where ideas originated from. When it comes to your argument, i would not used the idea of math as an example for an innate idea that empiricism fails to explain. Empiricism explains mathematics in a way that they believe, which is coming from experience. In your argument it looks as if you are stating that empiricists have no way of explaining math at all which would make the premise false. In your argument I would avoid using those direct examples, and maybe within the body paragraphs of your post explain how empiricists explain math in a different way, and why it is different from the rationalist view that you take.
ReplyDeleteI disagree on your point about how the world started as there is the theory about the big bang which is derived off of scientists observing the universe and trying to come up with a logical explanation. Which in short is experience and the resulting ideas. While everyday people did not not personally come up with the big bang theory we have enough knowledge of the universe to accept that idea as a possibility along with the research done on the scientific end of things.
ReplyDeleteI do understand that you feel a supernatural being created the earth. However, I do not believe that you supported this idea with evidence. In what ways do rationalism support or prove this idea? I do not think you explained this in enough depth. Also, you stated that the concept of math are innate. How is a person born with the knowledge of math? Isn't that something a person must be taught? I disagree with this statement.
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