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Nguyen Tu Anh
Philosophy East and WestWeek 8: Empiricism
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1. Empiricism2. Three epistemological uestions!. Three philosophers
". #ohn $ocke%s philosophy&. 'eorge (erkeley%s philosophy). *a+id ,ume%s philosophy
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Empiricism is the claimthat kno3ledge comes only 4rom sensorye5perience6rom the ancient 'reek3ord 7 empeiria” e5perience9
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T,/EE EP TE-O$O' 0A$ ;E T ON
19 s kno3ledge possi<le= > the possi<ility o4kno3ledge
29*oes reason pro+ide us 3ith kno3ledge o4the 3orld independently o4 e5perience= >the role o4 reason
!9*oes our kno3ledge represent reality as itreally is= > the representation o4 reality
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#ohn $ocke 1)!2?1@ "9
• (ritish philosopher• Acti+e in political aBair• Two Treatises of Government
1)8C9 , An Essay ConcerningHuman Understanding 1)C 9
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'eorge (erkeley 1)8&>1@&!9
rish philosopher
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human nowledge1@1 9DThree "ialogues #etween Hylas and Philonous
1@1!9
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*a+id ,ume 1@11 ?1@@)9
cottish philosopher A Treatise of Human $ature% 1@!89D An En&uiry
Concerning HumanUnderstanding % 1@"89
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The possi<ility o4 kno3ledge
• (uilding <lock o4 kno3ledge idea 'the immediate o#(ect of
perception, thought or
understanding”
/eFection
ensation
impledeas
0omple5deas
0ompounding
/elating
A<stracting
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The role o4 reason
/eason alone can%t pro+ide us 3ithkno3ledge o4 the 3orldAt <irth the mind is a ta<ula rasa
<lank slate9
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*iscussion
nnate ideas or not:$a3 o4 identity: GWhatsoe+er isD is7$a3 o4 non>contradiction: GG t is
impossi<le 4or the same thing to <eDand not to <e7$ocke%s argument:
Gall children and idiots ha+e not the
least apprehension or thought o4themHto imprint anything on themind 3ithout the mind%s percei+ingitD seems to me hardly intelligi<le7
The role o4 reason
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The role o4 reason
/eason alone can%t pro+ide us 3ithkno3ledge o4 the 3orldAt <irth the mind is a ta<ula rasa
<lank slate96rom 3ithin our e5perience 3e canreason a<out things that 3e don%te5perience e.g per4ectionD inInityD
'odH9
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The /epresentation o4 /eality
Primaryualities
(ulkhap
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-otionNum<er
Te5ture
O<Kecti+e/eality
econdaryualities
u<Kecti+e/eality
0oloroun
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mell Te5ture
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The possi<ility o4 kno3ledgeL The role o4 reason
Mno3ledge e5perience ideas imagesD 4eelingsD or sense data
that are directly present to the
mindin +i+id sensory psychologicale5periences9in the less +i+id presentations
memory or imagination9Only through e5perience and notreason can 3e ha+e any kno3ledgeo4 reality
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The /epresentation o4 /eality
All the ualities o4 o<Kects areualities 3ithin e5perienceD e ually
su<Kecti+e.
There is no e5ternalD materialreality <eyond our ideas/eality minds ideas percei+ed<y minds
GEsse est percipi7 GTo <e is to <epercei+ed79
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The /epresentation o4 /eality
G 4 a tree 4alls in a 4orest and noone is around to hear itD does itmake a sound=7
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The /epresentation o4 /eality
All the ualities o4 o<Kects are ualities 3ithine5perienceD e ually su<Kecti+e.
There is no e5ternalD material reality <eyondour ideas
/eality minds ideas percei+ed <y mindsGEsse est percipi7 GTo <e is to <e percei+ed79Only a mind can produce ideas> human minds 'od%s mind> atheismNo e5ternalD material reality <eyond our ideasDthen 3e are al3ays in direct contact 3ithreality> skepticism
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Possi<ility o4 Mno3ledge
tays strictly 3ithin the <ounds o4e5perience⇒ can neither kno3 mind nor 'odAll that 3e can kno3 are the su<Kecti+econtents o4 our indi+idual minds⇒ impossi<le to distinguish <et3een the3ay things appear to us and the 3ay thingsreally are⇒ cannot ha+e kno3ledge concerning anymind>independent reality
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The /ole o4 /eason
/eason can only tell us a<out therelationship o4 our ideas2 kinds o4 reason:
/elations o4 ideas: logically necessaryD<ut tell us nothing a<out the 3orld-atters o4 4act: tell us a<out the 3orldD<ut are not certain
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The /epresentation o4 /eality
Only certain a<out the relationship o4our o3n ideas 3hich don%t tell us a<outthe e5ternal 3orld⇒ impossi<le to kno3 3hat reality isreally like
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