Ancient Philosophical Influences - Plato

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Rationalism
Knowledge gained through reason
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A priori
Knowledge which is gained prior to using the senses
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Rationalist Epistemology
Knowledge which is self-evident (such as maths)
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Sense experience (empirical evidence)
Sense experience cannot provide certainty to know what is true
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Reason (ratio)
We must rely on reason as the basis for determining whether our opinions are justified
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Sense experience information
The information we get from sense experience is unreliable and ever-changing
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Card 2

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Knowledge which is gained prior to using the senses

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A priori

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Knowledge which is self-evident (such as maths)

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Card 4

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Sense experience cannot provide certainty to know what is true

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Card 5

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We must rely on reason as the basis for determining whether our opinions are justified

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