2006-10-23 02:37:12 · 5 answers · asked by miranda K 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
True knowledge, according to empiricism, must be gained through experience or through scientifically provable methods. This means that all knowledge must be learnable through having the same experiences or by performing the same procedure.
It is a widely held belief, but it does not account for the process of induction. According to common knowledge, all crows are black. But, empiricism mandates that we cannot KNOW all crows are black unless we have personally seen every crow, or unless we can prove that all things that are not black are not crows. Practically speaking, both of these are impossible. Induction is the process of coming up with a new conclusion based on previous knowledge and evidence.
2006-10-23 02:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Dave B. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The foundation of true knowledge according to the empiricists is knowledge that is gained a posteriori or after sense experience.
2006-10-23 03:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by Jeff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know through the use of the 5 senses.
2006-10-23 02:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by sirtitus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge.
I know it sounds wrong, but the true input to knowledge is knowing what is true, knowing what is real, and knowing what is going on.
dave
2006-10-23 03:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
k = JTB, knowledge = justified true belief.
2006-10-23 02:40:43 · answer #5 · answered by tommy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋