Since I critiqued rationalism earlier (https://fakenous.net/?p=2632), it’s only fair now to go after its traditional rival, empiricism. Empiricism In the case of rationalism, there is an official doctrine explicitly held by rationalist philosophers, and then there are habits of thinking and implicit assumptions that are likely to be found among rationalists. It is the latter that I attacked.
The Error of Empiricism
The Error of Empiricism
The Error of Empiricism
Since I critiqued rationalism earlier (https://fakenous.net/?p=2632), it’s only fair now to go after its traditional rival, empiricism. Empiricism In the case of rationalism, there is an official doctrine explicitly held by rationalist philosophers, and then there are habits of thinking and implicit assumptions that are likely to be found among rationalists. It is the latter that I attacked.