PPT-Empiricism Part I

John Locke 16321704 CE George Berkeley 16851783 CE Aristotle Lockes Method Ockhams or Occams Razor Principle of parsimony economy succinctness What can be done in fewer terms is done in vain with more. Kunitz Introduction n 1959 C Wright Mills professor of sociology at Columbia University wrote a book The Sociological Imagination critical of the then dominant trends in his field He was particularly critical of what he called Grand Theorists and A Feminist demands for atten tion to womens experiences suggest that empiri cism can be a promising resource for developing a feminist account of knowledge Yet feminists also value empiricisms purchase on science and the empiricist view that knowers a Dr. Charles Walton. History 172 – Modern France. Sapere. . Aude. !. Dare to know!. Immanuel . Kant (1784). Kant. Enlightenment is man’s release from self-incurred tutelage.. ‘One day, thinking like Bossuet. October 22, 2010. Boston University. Center for Philosophy and History of Science. Creating the Disciplinary Space for Philosophy of Science: . A History of the PSA before 1970. Something Changed between 1940 and 1970…. Ways to Acquire Knowledge. Part C. 6 Ways to Acquire Knowledge. Jeff Offutt. http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/. © Jeff Offutt, 2007-2012. 2. Six Ways to Acquire Knowledge. Tenacity . Intuition. Authority. Focus: To consider further criticisms of Concept Empiricism, alongside the criticism from Innatism. . Context…. So far this term:. Concept empiricism . – our minds are like a . tabula rasa . and all concepts and ideas are acquired through experience.. Kareem Khalifa. Philosophy Department. Middlebury College. Overview. Master argument. Kinds of empiricism. Observable-unobservable distinction. 1. Master argument. 2. Kinds of empiricism. 3. Why is the observable-unobservable distinction unclear?. By the end of today you should be able to:. Explain more fully what Concept Empiricism is and the arguments postulated by John Locke and David Hume (using the proper terminology).. Our mind is a Tabula Rasa (blank slate) – it contains no ideas (thoughts or concepts). . What is philosophy?. Philosophy is what everyone does when they’re not busy dealing with their everyday business and get a change simply to wonder what life and the universe are all about.. Philosophy is not so much about coming up with the answers to fundamental questions as it is about the process of trying to find these answers, using reasoning rather than accepting without question conventional views or traditional authority.. Dr. Charles Walton. History 172 – Modern France. Sapere. . Aude. !. Dare to know!. Immanuel . Kant (1784). Kant. Enlightenment is man’s release from self-incurred tutelage.. ‘One day, thinking like Bossuet. René. . Descartes. Principles of Philosophy. (1644). #1. THAT in order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.. #2. That we ought also to consider as false all that is doubtful.. 12 / 18 / 14. No screens . in . class. . (including phones). : turn it off and put it away. !. i. >. Clicker: . Register your . i. >clicker on . both. Blackboard . and. . the . i. >clicker web site!. Michael Lacewing. enquiries@alevelphilosophy.co.uk. © Michael Lacewing . Analytic and synthetic propositions. An analytic proposition is true or false in virtue of the meanings of the . words. Squares have four sides. Really Good Noodles. 1. Really Good Noodles. Neo: “I used to eat there. Really good noodles. I have these memories from my life. None of them happened. What does that mean?”. Trinity: “That the Matrix can’t tell you who you are.” .