Epistemology " Theory of Knowledge"

1. EPISTEMOLOGY
“THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE”

2. Specifically, Epistemology deals with
nature, sources, limitations, and validity of
knowledge.
Epistemology explains:
1.How we know what we claim to know
2.How we can find out what we wish to know
3.How we can differentiate truth from falsehood

3. the branch of philosophy that
studies the nature of knowledge, in
particular its foundations, scope, and
validity
Traditionally divided into two categories
A. Rationalism
B. Empiricism
Epistemology

4. Rationalism:
Those who assert that by reason alone we can
discover knowledge
This method is called deduction. It distinguish real
knowledge from mere opinion, in the rationalist view,
is that real knowledge is based on logic, the laws,
and methods that reason develops.
The best example of real knowledge, the
rationalist holds, is mathematics, a realm of
knowledge is obtained entirely by reason that we
used to understand the universe (Soccio 2007).
theory that reason is the source of knowledge

5. I. The school emphasizes that our “senses” cannot give
any certain knowledge
II. True knowledge is already within our minds in the
form of “innate ideas” which we do not acquire, but are
born with
III. Plato and Descartes are examples of Rationalism
Innate ideas – ideas that are built into the mind at birth
A priori – there is knowledge prior to or independent
from experience

6. Empiricism:
Those who assert that we obtain knowledge
solely by our senses
Through our senses we can acquire knowledge.
Some philosophers think that the particular things
seen, heard, and touched are more important. They
believe that general ideas are formed from
examination of particular facts.
This method is induction and philosophers who
feel the knowledge is acquired in this way are called
empiricists (e.g. John Locke)

7. Tabula rasa – the idea that before sense
experience, the human mind is a “empty
tablet” or “blank slate”
A posteriori – “after experience”, the idea
that we cannot know until have experience
through the senses
Empiricism

8. Women's equal right
Mary Wollstonecraft
- Envisioned an education fr
women. Wollstonecraft dictated
that women were to be more than
just wives and caretakers; they
were to educate children, and to
act as slaves to their husbands,
but as companions.
As technology enters the larger conversation of humanity,
students should understand the education in not just simply
browsing the internet but emphasizes the concept of
progress, which asserts the human beings of improving their
constantly changing environment.

9. Nowadays, pragmatism, has a third approach to these
problems.
Pragmatism- a philosophical view that a theory
or concept should be evaluated in terms of how it
works and its consequences as the standard for
action and thought.
Pragmatists, such as William James and John
Dewey, believe that value in use is the real test of
truth and meaning. In other words, the meaning
and truth of an idea are tested by its particular
consequences.

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11. PRESENTED BY:
REY CADION
GAS 2 – HOPE
“We are in a position in which we have nothing
to work with. We already have capacities,
talents, direction, missions and callings.”
Abraham H. Maslow