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Weekly Discussion #16: Es.
Empiricists contend that our knowledge of the empirical world
comes
solely
from sense experience. Rationalists argue that we can come to
knoiw what the world is like from pure unaided reason. The
empiricists include philosophers like Locke, Berkeley and
Hume. The rationalists count Plato and Descartes among others
as belonging to their camp.
Compare and Contrast Empiricism and Rationalism
Express and discuss your view
Write one paragraph explaining an argument from Empiricism.
Write one paragraph explaining an argument from Rationalism.
Write two more paragraphs assessing which of these schools of
thought best explains where knowledge comes from. Explain
why. Explain some of the arguments we have read about in
both schools of thought (E.g., Descartes' "wax argument" or
Hume's "Missing Shade of Blue" argument).
Initial post due Wednesday. Comment on two of your peers'
posts by Sunday. Give a fully-formed argument against your
classmates' argument. Let's finish the class with a nice debate!
Do not use outside resources. Plagiarized assignments will
receive a 0.
Use the Vaughn textbook and cite page numbers. You must
include citations and bibliography.

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Weekly Discussion #16 Es.Empiricists contend that our knowledge

  • 1. Weekly Discussion #16: Es. Empiricists contend that our knowledge of the empirical world comes solely from sense experience. Rationalists argue that we can come to knoiw what the world is like from pure unaided reason. The empiricists include philosophers like Locke, Berkeley and Hume. The rationalists count Plato and Descartes among others as belonging to their camp. Compare and Contrast Empiricism and Rationalism Express and discuss your view Write one paragraph explaining an argument from Empiricism. Write one paragraph explaining an argument from Rationalism. Write two more paragraphs assessing which of these schools of thought best explains where knowledge comes from. Explain why. Explain some of the arguments we have read about in both schools of thought (E.g., Descartes' "wax argument" or Hume's "Missing Shade of Blue" argument). Initial post due Wednesday. Comment on two of your peers' posts by Sunday. Give a fully-formed argument against your classmates' argument. Let's finish the class with a nice debate! Do not use outside resources. Plagiarized assignments will receive a 0.
  • 2. Use the Vaughn textbook and cite page numbers. You must include citations and bibliography.