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| the study of knowing... how we know what we know |
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| not using intense logic. "that seems right" Your common sense might be completely different from someone else. |
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| 4 methods of epistemology |
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Tradition/tenacity: doing something because we have always done it
Authority: somebody of authority told you so... ie a proffesor
Intuition/logic: common sense-platonic idealism
experience/observation: personal experience-baconian empiricism |
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| Plato argued that the way to get to the truth is to logically reason something out and challenge it with yourself or others |
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| says that experience/observation is a good method for gaining knowledge so long as you control for external influences. |
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