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Rationalism Empiricism: Name: Date: Course and Section: Professor

Rationalism holds that reason is the primary source of knowledge, while empiricism believes sense experience is the only true source of knowledge and the mind is a blank slate at birth. The document asks the student which view they take when studying, how they apply each view, and whether both views can be used. It then prompts the student to write their own philosophy of self statement. The document provides context for comparing and applying rationalist and empiricist viewpoints.

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Rationalism Empiricism: Name: Date: Course and Section: Professor

Rationalism holds that reason is the primary source of knowledge, while empiricism believes sense experience is the only true source of knowledge and the mind is a blank slate at birth. The document asks the student which view they take when studying, how they apply each view, and whether both views can be used. It then prompts the student to write their own philosophy of self statement. The document provides context for comparing and applying rationalist and empiricist viewpoints.

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Name: Date:

Course and Section: Professor:

Instructions: Read the different statements below and answer the succeeding questions. In
answering, take note of the three discerning points between empiricism and rationalism.

Rationalism Empiricism
The primary and most superior source of The only source of genuine knowledge about
knowledge about reality is reason the world is sense experience

Sense experience is an unreliable and Reason is an unreliable and inadequate route


inadequate route to knowledge to knowledge unless it is grounded in the
solid bedrock of sense experience
The fundamental truths about the world can There is no such thing as innate knowledge
be known or proiri: either innate or self- because knowledge is derived from
evident to our mind experience. The mind before the experience is
a tabula rasa, a blank slate.

1. When you are studying or reviewing the lessons, are you more likely to take the
rationalist viewpoint or empiricist viewpoint? Why?

2. How do you apply empiricism and/or rationalism in studying your lesson? Be specific
and concrete. Try to remember your habits and how you make sense of the lesson?

3. Is it possible to make use of both philosophical approaches? Why or why not?


Name: Date:
Course and Section: Professor:

Instruction: Create your own philosophical statement about your sense of self.

What is my philosophy of the Self?

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