What Would Convince You? - LECT 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the components of science now?
A
- balance between naive belief and naive skepticism
- publicly observable and testable
- use of theories to explain and predict
- repeatability = increased credibility
- always subjected to criticism/revision/rejection
2
Q
Who was the key role in empiricism?
A
Aristotle
3
Q
What belief of aristotle composed empiricism?
A
- disagreed with Plato’s idea of rationalism
- believed true knowledge was discovered in real things = NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
4
Q
Who was the key role in skepticism?
A
Rene Descartes
5
Q
What belief of Descartes composed skepticism?
A
- careful about believing and into doubt
- radical doubt to the limit and doubted his own existence
6
Q
What is hermeneutics?
A
- the interpretation of texts
- knowledge organised around authoritative texts
7
Q
Who was a key role in rationalism?
A
Plato
8
Q
What belief of Plato composed rationalism?
A
- knowledge was innate and instinctive from birth
- anything you see/hear/touched was an inferior copy of a perfect form
- interested in geometrical shapes = must purist thing that exists
9
Q
What is theism?
A
- the belief in one or more gods
- knowledge through direct experience or voice of god, visions and prayers
- answers found through faith
10
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What is mysticism?
A
- ultimate reality/spiritual truth via experience, intuition and instinct
- cultural traditions that don’t have to be religious
- appeals to personal experience
- non mainstream beliefs (crystal power and witchcraft)
