The question of worldview is important because it shapes our understanding of self, our interaction with the world, its Creator, and other fellow creations. Our understanding of the world relates to the subject matter of natural and social sciences as well as philosophy and religion. So, for example, in the field of natural sciences, we [...]
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From Our Philosophy (IV): The Logic of Science
Posted in Outlook, Religion on September 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Students of natural and social sciences should find the passage quoted from Our Philosophy in this post especially insightful.
Let me start off with a quick summary of what has been discussed so far. We have discussed Descartes’ particular version of Rationalism, which is based on his Cartesian Method of doubt, also Hume’s Empiricism, and then [...]
From Our Philosophy (III): To Exist is to Know – Really?
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How Can We Be Sure Of What We Know?
You may have seen a very absorbing presentation by the popular Turkish scholar, Harun Yahya, entitled “Secret Beyond Matter” (see here). And you might have noticed a similarity between his argument and the one presented by the idealist philosopher George Berkeley (A.D. 1685-1753), who argued that, philosophically [...]
From Our Philosophy (II) – Cause and Effect
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Descartes thought that he had solved the problems of knowledge with his Cartesian Method. In reality, he did not. The particular rationalist epistemology that he developed was later dismantled by empiricist theorists like David Hume.
For David Hume, all knowledge stemmed from sense perception and it can be the only criterion for knowledge. Sense perception refers [...]
From Our Philosophy (I) – Theory of Knowledge
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Theory of Knowledge is known as Epistemology or Shenakht Shenasi (in Farsi). The basic questions in this branch of philosophy are: What is the nature of knowledge? How do we know what we know? How can we be sure about the things that we know? How do we prove the connection between what we know [...]
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