Rationalism versus Empiricism

Why Rationalism is the way to go.

This video consists of two examples for each epistemologic processes. The "someone goes behind the wall" is a classic example when explaining rationalism and empiricism. The cliff example is conjecture based solely on how these two epistemologists act (not think) in the wall example: the empiricist goes after, while the rationalist stays still.

This is a joke.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• philosophy
• rationalism
• empiricism
• comparison
• epistemology

[mts2457]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[gpokriff2]

What a terrible video.

[gorgolyt]

total failure to understand what empiricism means, good show.

[mandar13579]

@NsNBobbysto i agree with you on the point that 'exploiting empiricism too far as the empiricism wouldn't jump off a cliff to validate what happened to Mr X...'.

[skoockum]

This is news to me... I had been guessing that rationalism was based on actual rationality, not on a web of conjecture. Looks like I'll be advocating empiricism from here on out, cuz rationalism just isn't living up to the promise of its own name.

[NsNBobbysto]

Well surely being a empiricist gives greater knowledge as at least the empiricist validates all his claims before making them.

I believe you are exploiting empiricism too far as the empiricism wouldn't jump off a cliff to validate what happened to Mr X, simply walking forward and seeing Mr X is dead would be enough for the empiricist.

[UberVersatile]

Im definetly a rationalist. If I was to walk to every place I found confusing I wouldnt get a nights slee ;)

[Adeikov]

Empiricism: sensory data; rationalism: inference based on learning from sensory data; abstractions are mental extensions of sensory data. Therefore empiricism is king.

[officechairpotato]

@xHabsFan10x

Or in addition to the first:

"I can only be sure of my hypothesis by eliminating the assumption and making sure." Empiricists therefore would make less mistakes because of the compulsive need to verify it.

The rationalist could be wrong about where the man is for instance, he could have left...somehow

[xHabsFan10x]

for the first scneario it would be more reasonably that the empiricist says, "by experiencing the sight of him going behide the wall, I concluide fe is behind the wall." second scenario, empiricist would just walk down and see if the guy is dead. by experiencing the sight of a man jumping off a cliff and finding him dead, he concludes that jumping off the cliff killed him