PHIL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Design Of Experiments, Immanuel Kant, Coherence Theory
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Descartes idea of wax: knowledge concentration, access, we do(cid:374)"t pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e thi(cid:374)gs at fi(cid:396)st, we need to solve things first, we are not seeing directly, but we remember what the objects are. Immanuel kant: all experience is like that too. We impose on experience because we are wired to be like that: we are not cut off from the world as it constituted in this manner. Truths of the world that we experience: presuppositions of knowledge must be true. Come from the structure of our minds. The rules according to which any experience at all is possible. Philosophy of science: science as an empirical discipline. Subject to the test of experience: theories must be formulated which go beyond experience, truth of facts and theories, we never know if the theory is true or not. Paradigm way of viewing the world: a set of theories that guide scientific activity, do(cid:374)"t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) the (cid:271)eliefs u(cid:374)til the(cid:396)e is a (cid:396)e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)