Empiricisms
What do you make of empiricism's claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our senses? What areas of knowledge do you think support this theory? Are there any types of knowledge (mathematical knowledge, for example?) that you think are a problem for this theory?
I consider that some essential knowledge is built on our sense mainly in the beginning stages. I believe that we find out a lot from our senses. We learn that if we touch a hot object we will be burned, with scientific knowledge we will distinguish it’s hot for the reason that it’s over 100f but without putting the information to the test, we will still be skeptical about it. I think mathematical knowledge goes beyond our senses. Math is based on laws and it makes no logical sense at all to me. I understand math as is. That the laws of math says we must follow certain things
posted by Esther Dee @ 4:16 PM
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That's a nice example to use on empiricism. Also, there's a good distinction with mathematical knowledge here.
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