It is the process of reasoning from what we think is true to what else is true.

Who are the Rationalists?

Assuming the thing that you are trying to prove is true.

A belief is true if there exists an appropriate entity - a fact to which it corresponds. If there is no entity, the belief is false.

Preposition in absolute reality.

An abstract or generic idea generalized from particular instances.

They believe that reason is the sole source of knowledge.

It assumes that a belief is true when we are able to confirm it with reality.

Objective reality.

According to him, knowledge is a “mental grasp of reality reached either by perceptual observation or by a process of reason based on perceptual observation”.

Our first and only contact with reality is through our senses.

What are the process of acquiring knowledge?

This are statements that can be proven.

Telling the hearer that something bad will happen to them if they do not accept the argument.

Urging the hearer to accept the argument based upon an appeal to emotions, sympathy, etc.

It is a statement that expresses either an assertion or a denial. An existent belongs to a class or possesses certain attributes

This can not be proven. They are based on someone’s thoughts, their feelings, and their understanding.

Who are the Empiricists?

To know is to know something. This “something” is what philosophers call reality, existence, and being.

This is the central in the study of Philosophy.

This is just half of the story of knowing.

Attacking the individual person instead of the argument.

Refers to the use of an ambiguous word or phrase in more than one sense within the same argument.

Urging the hearer to accept a position because the majority of the people hold to it.

This considers experience as a source of knowledge.

Is to think or express oneself in a rational or logical manner.

They believe that aside from reason, experience is also a source of knowledge

What are the three theories of truth?