PPT-Rationalism

The Age of Reason or Enlightenment began in Europe with the philosophers and scientists of the 17 th and 18 th centuries who called themselves rationalists Rationalism the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason rather than by relying on the authority of the past on religious faith or on intuition. quotes Merleau-Ponty saying that rationalism is flawed because knowledge can also be obtained from unobservable phenomenon – reason has come to be confused with the knowledge of conditions and c 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. The value of certainty.. Foundationalists suppose that true beliefs held with certainty (indubitable) together with logical and linguistic analysis offer grounds for other less certain beliefs.. Impediments to certainty.. A Priori vs. A . Posteriori. If I know something, I must have justification. . If justification . essentiall. y relies on sensory experience, then it is . a . posteriori. justification . and my knowledge is . Rationalism. Rationalism. – . the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using . reason. , rather than by relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition.. REASON! . This PowerPoint will help you review the five major periods of American literature that we have studied:. -- Puritanism (and the Colonial Period). -- Rationalism (and the Age of Reason). -- Romanticism. 1607-1800. “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. So that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a by-word through the world. We shall open the mouths of enemies to speak evil of the ways of God, and all professors for God's sake. We shall shame the faces of many of God's worthy servants, and cause their prayers to be turned into curses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whither we are going. Chad Hansen MB 307. Review . Sampling intro to philosophical thought. Norms and tools of philosophy. Arguments. Six traditions: China and West. Broadly historical order. Plato, Mencius, . Zhuangzi. , Nietzsche, Zen, Dewey. 1750 ~ 1800. Period Overview. The age is balanced. The slate is clean. God is removed from the scene. Polemical works abound. Alternate Names for this Time Period. The Age of Reason. The Neoclassical Period. Is anarchy what states make of it? . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Learning aims: . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Last week: . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Constructivism flashcard. © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Three fundamental principles of constructivist social theory (box 4.2). UNIT 2: A GROWING NATION. Essential Question: . How . do writers convey the essence of freedom?  How has the concept of freedom evolved over time? . WHAT NOW?. -. Puritan New England lasted from about 1630-1720. There were three things that needed to happen for that society to exist:. Things you believe. that you can justify. that are true. Statements that you believe. that you can justify within some system of justification to the satisfaction of most people who operate within that system.. Is anarchy what states make of it? . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Learning aims: . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Last week: . © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Constructivism flashcard. © 2014 Cynthia Weber. Three fundamental principles of constructivist social theory (box 4.2). A review for the Midterm By Favian Rubin, Yuki I shizaki , Dilara Ramos Rationalism A western philosophical form of writing that was invented in Europe; the views regard logic, reasoning and rational points of view. Rationalism is also influenced by metaphysics, mathematics, and ethics to attempt to prove the writer’s intentions.