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hubes95

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Describe Plato's doctrine of the Forms.
 
  What questions was it meant to answer?

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Explain and contrast the theories of knowledge of rationalism and empiricism.
 
  This is an compare contrast assignment I need help with. Thanks.



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Answer to Question 1

Plato considered Forms to be the ideal archetypes or essences of everything that exists, the perfect ideals of every meaningful object and idea.
- This was Plato's solution to the monumental conflict between reality-as-change and reality-as-eternal.

Answer to Question 2

- Rationalism: The position that reason has precedence over the ways of acquiring knowledge or, more strongly, that it is the unique path to knowledge.
- Empiricism: The position that the senses (and sense experience) are primary in acquiring knowledge.




hubes95

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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
Excellent


cdmart10

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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