Philosophy A-Level
Rationalist method and its limits
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The test is applied by reason alone, not by the senses, because sensory ideas can be obscure or muddled, though clarity and distinctness may feel compelling yet still be mistaken.
Topics that use Rationalist method and its limits
- Reason as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
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- Certainty and foundationalism
- Copy principle
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- Hume's Fork
- Intuition
- Leibniz and necessary truths
- Plato's theory of recollection
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