Exploring the Limits of Knowledge and Science
Let’s start with a question: are there limits to what we can know and understand? From the ancient Greeks to
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Epistemology
Epistemology examines how we acquire knowledge and assess its reliability. It investigates the methods we use to understand the world, unraveling the mysteries of learning and understanding.
Rationalism: Finding certainty through reason
1. Introduction As the cold wind blew outside, René Descartes sat huddled in his small studio, deep in thought. The
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Modern Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution
The scientific revolution, spanning the 16th to 18th centuries, witnessed groundbreaking discoveries and radical ideas that fundamentally altered humanity’s understanding
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Aristotle: Man the social thinker
What is knowledge? Like Plato, Aristotle recognised that knowledge is only knowledge if it is of something that is true.
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The Sophists: Truth is Relative
“Man is the measure of all things: both of things that are, and of things that are not,” says Protagoras
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