Empiricism, Mind & Knowledge

Question 1

How do Rationalists view truth/knowledge and who are they?

Answer 1

Truth/knowledge attained though pure reason. Maths= model of science.
Descartes, Leibniz, Kant

Question 2

How do Empiricists view truth/knowledge and who are they?

Answer 2

knowledge attained through senses. Inductive science= model of science.
Locke, Berkeley, Hume

Question 3

What was Locke all about and what are simple ideas?

Answer 3

Locke wrote a critique of rationalist views of innate ideas and reason-> knowledge.
Basic unites of knowledge= simple ideas then mind creates complex from them.

Two kinds simple ideas:

1. Primary
2. Caused by sources

Question 4

What is atomism? What issue does it create regarding complex knowledge?

Answer 4

knowledge apprehended in bits (simple ideas)
How does mind put simple ideas together to make complex?

Sets up psych of associationist theory