Epistemology · 1.3

Reason as a Source of Knowledge

Examine innatism, empiricism, intuition and deduction, and Hume's Fork before drawing the debates together in review.

What can reason contribute to knowledge independently of experience?

Examine innatism, empiricism, intuition and deduction, and Hume's Fork before drawing the debates together in review.

Key terms

  • A priori knowledge
  • Innate concepts
  • Tabula rasa
  • Deduction
  • Relations of ideas
  • Rationalism

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