Religious Studies- A level- Philosophy- Ancient philosophical influences Test Questions Fully Answered.
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A Level Philosophy
Rationalism - Answer The view that the primary source of knowledge is reason.
A priori.
Empiricism - Answer The idea that observations via our senses lead us to understanding of the world.
A posteriori.
Reason - Answer Using logical thought in order to reach conclusions.
A prior...
Religious Studies- A level- Philosophy-
Ancient philosophical influences Test
Questions Fully Answered.
Rationalism - Answer The view that the primary source of knowledge is reason.
A priori.
Empiricism - Answer The idea that observations via our senses lead us to understanding of the world.
A posteriori.
Reason - Answer Using logical thought in order to reach conclusions.
A priori - Answer Knowledge which is not dependent on experience, can be known prior to experience.
e.g. a triangle has three sides.
Plato - Answer 430-347 BCE
Student of Socrates
Relied on reason
Wrote 'The Republic'
Aristotle - Answer Student of Plato
Relied on empirical knowledge and believed the most important thing to do was to gain an
understanding of this world.
The Cave - Answer An Analogy that sums up Plato's ideas.
Key features of The Cave - Answer -Prisoners: ordinary people
-The cave: the empirical world
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