Knowledge is Both Rational & Empirical

2. Knowledge
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

3. Main aspects of knowledge
• Through all of our knowledge begins with
experiences
• Some knowledge is priori and some are
posteriori
• For example: mathematical & geometric
judgments are synthetic a priori.
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

4. Distinction Between Pure &
Empirical Knowledge
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

5. Examples
• “Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty” – Will
Durant
• Natural science such as physics contest a priori
synthetic judgment as principles
• A statement can be priori but also synthetic
• For example – in all changes of the material world . The
quantity of matter remains on changed and that in all
communication of motion , action and reaction must
always be equal.
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

6. The highest principle of all analytic
judgment
• Francis Bacon said that “The universe is not
to be a narrowed down to the limits of the
understanding , but the understanding must be
stretched and larger to take in the image of the
universe as it is discovered”
• Will Durant said that , “your mind is a jail , it
can never know how much of the object it
knows is in the object , or in the mind that
‘knows’ / such are the sensations whose
verdict gives you ‘truth’.
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

7. Knowledge & Ideas
According to
Locke, the world
bombards the mind
with sensations,
and the mind filters
these sensations
into “ideas.”
Locke
distinguishes two
types of ideas.
Simple and
complex
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

8. Truth About Knowledge
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

9. Knowledge is
Rational & Empirical
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical

10. Thanks
Knowledge is Both Rational and
Empirical