Rationalism vs Empiricism Debate

Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they will be looking at the difference between rationalism and empiricism and debating which is the better method in discovering knowledge.

Rationalism holds that reason is the source of knowledge, where empiricism holds that sensory experience is sole method of attaining knowledge. Watch the debate to see which is the better approach.

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0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - Rationalism Explained
2:19 - Empiricism Explained
3:09 - Problems with Innate Knowledge
4:30 - Problems with Tabular Rasa
5:32 - Rationalism vs Empiricism for Scientific knowledge
7:18 - Rationalism vs Empiricism for Ethical Knowledge
8:40 - Beyond the empirical knowledge and the problem of Induction

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