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Rationalism
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can be defined as the position that reason alone, without the aid of sensory information, is capable of arriving at some knowledge, at some undeniable truths. Rene Descartes used the rationalist approach to knowledge to answer the question "What can I hold as true beyond any doubt?"
Descartes bel ....
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.... a "thinking thing", he then focused his attention on the external world. He demonstrated that his bodily perceptions would give him ideas of external objects, which seemed to be perceived clearly and distinctly, yet he would not trust these senses because he could not be positive that these things truly existed. Descartes argued that the clear and distinct ideas of objects external to one's body are not perceived through the senses, but rather through the intellect. He clarified his conclusi.... |
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