(June 17, 2014 at 8:01 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(June 17, 2014 at 7:22 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: And pure rationalism denies empiricism. What's your point?
Most of us apply a measure of both, more or less.
My point was to counter what irrational had said before me.
(June 17, 2014 at 7:13 pm)Irrational Wrote: We were discussing the more modern definition in the other thread, remember?
I had the following link posted there:
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Rationalism
I pretty much reject that definition. I don't see how they make the connect. They just say it's so without explanation. Do a Google search and all the links state the same thing...
Wikipedia : Empiricism is a theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.
Dictionary.com : Philosophy. the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience.
Encyclopaedia Britannica : empiricism, in philosophy, the view that all concepts originate in experience
Thefreedictionary : The view that experience, especially of the senses, is the only source of knowledge.
Princeton : In philosophy, empiricism is a theory of knowledge which asserts the idea that knowledge arises via sensual experience
The OED : The theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses.
Ok, so reject the definition then. So where do we go from here? Have you managed to demonstrate that your theism is rationalistic in nature rather than based on emotions and desire to believe in a higher power?
