WEEK 3
Empiricism
What do you make of empiricism's claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our senses? What areas of knowledge do you think support this theory? Are there any types of knowledge (mathematical knowledge, for example?) that you think are a problem for this theory?
For it makes sense the claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our sense. Let’s take Hume for example. He states that we have two kinds of impressionism. The first one is the data sense such as sounds, odor, taste and tactile. The second one is the internal world that has our psychological experiences. I think this is a great theory because the second one is related to the first. How many times that you passed by a bakery and the smell of the bread reminded you of the bakery near your house when you were a kid? How about that ocean sound that brought you memories of when you spend some vacations at your friend’s beach house?
Hume also uses the term “idea” where he describes, “ for an idea to have any meaning or legitimacy, it must be traced back to our original, impressions or combinations of impressions”. Therefore I think that all of these ideas are connected in a way that one depends upon the other to have some meaning.
Empiricism
What do you make of empiricism's claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our senses? What areas of knowledge do you think support this theory? Are there any types of knowledge (mathematical knowledge, for example?) that you think are a problem for this theory?
For it makes sense the claim that all of our knowledge is based on the use of our sense. Let’s take Hume for example. He states that we have two kinds of impressionism. The first one is the data sense such as sounds, odor, taste and tactile. The second one is the internal world that has our psychological experiences. I think this is a great theory because the second one is related to the first. How many times that you passed by a bakery and the smell of the bread reminded you of the bakery near your house when you were a kid? How about that ocean sound that brought you memories of when you spend some vacations at your friend’s beach house?
Hume also uses the term “idea” where he describes, “ for an idea to have any meaning or legitimacy, it must be traced back to our original, impressions or combinations of impressions”. Therefore I think that all of these ideas are connected in a way that one depends upon the other to have some meaning.
posted by Monica @ 6:26 PM
1 Comments:
At 7:43 AM,
Professor Roger said…
This is nice because you pick an area of knowledge that is clearly a strong point for empiricism. The smell of a loaf of bread is about as sensory as it gets.
Hume, of course, believed that empiricists finally leads us to adopt a skepticism towards all claims to justify our knowledge
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