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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
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RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology?
May 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm
(May 21, 2016 at 6:21 pm)Rhythm Wrote:
Quote:Empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiricism

Great!

Quote:I'm holding up an object, right now.  What knowledge do you have of the object I'm holding? 
Hold something up yourself.  What knowledge do you have of the object -you- are holding?

If I believe you, then I have the knowledge that the object exists in such a way that a human being can hold it up, that you can hold it up, and that you are holding it up. If I don't believe you, then I have no knowledge of it at all.

Whatever I hold up, I would know that it exists, that I can hold it, that I am holding it, and any other sensory information it may offer according to whatever it may be.

Quote:Comparing non-empirical cases to empirical cases...empirically, as we did above, I think that you will find a trend.

This comparison seems is a peculiar sort of evidence. What does it mean to empirically compare a non-empirical case to an empirical case? Which cases are we talking about?
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Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by Ignorant - May 20, 2016 at 5:02 am
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by Ignorant - May 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by quip - May 24, 2016 at 6:23 pm
RE: Self-Validating Empirical Epistemology? - by GUBU - May 26, 2016 at 5:41 am

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