Rationalism vs Empiricism Debate

Join George and John as they discuss and debate different Philosophical ideas. Today they will be looking at the difference between rationalism and empiricism and debating which is the better method in discovering knowledge.

Rationalism holds that reason is the source of knowledge, where empiricism holds that sensory experience is sole method of attaining knowledge. Watch the debate to see which is the better approach.

The script to this video is part of...
- The Philosophy Vibe "Philosophy of Perception" eBook, available on Amazon:

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0:00 - Introduction
0:42 - Rationalism Explained
2:19 - Empiricism Explained
3:09 - Problems with Innate Knowledge
4:30 - Problems with Tabular Rasa
5:32 - Rationalism vs Empiricism for Scientific knowledge
7:18 - Rationalism vs Empiricism for Ethical Knowledge
8:40 - Beyond the empirical knowledge and the problem of Induction

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[PhilosophyVibe]

The script to this video is part of...
- The Philosophy Vibe "Philosophy of Perception" eBook, available on Amazon:

- The Philosophy Vibe Paperback Anthology Vol 2 'Metaphysics' available worldwide on Amazon:

[hype]

This video has taught me more about Rationalism and Empiricism than the school system for 3 months. Thank you!

[jacoba.]

Empiricism is the data, rationalism is the software. You need both to attain knowledge.

[sreejanighosh]

This is how philosophy should be taught. You can't learn philosophy without questioning it.

[kylevicory]

This is the best philosophy channel on all of Youtube and I've watched literally all of them. So straight forward and simply put, yet covers very deep ground in a very unbiased way. I love your channel, thanks!!

[solomonherskowitz]

Very clear for the non experts, thanks very much!

[krustoffur]

As a total newbie to Philosophy this is perfectly pitched. Excellent. Been trying get handle on this debate and this explained the broad strokes well. Subscribed 👍

[JRodizAwesome]

I recently found this channel and I’m really liking the approach you take to educating people on philosophy. The dialogue you use as a pedagogical model is similar to what Plato did in a lot of his writings.

[samnader]

A video on transcendental idealism would be a great analogue to this! thanks for your work

[TheologyUnleashed]

Great video!
Definitely a mixture of the two is what we need.

[garyhughes]

What a great debate. Philosophy Vibe has become my first port of call whenever I'm looking for clarity on philosophical issues.

[GottfriedLeibnizYT]

When you are familiar with the Kantian epistemology, you can feel how primitive the rationalism vs empiricism debate is.
Love the video btw.

[armchairphilosopher]

Great video. Both sides make great points. This is why I tend to prefer the epistemology of Thomas Aquinas. In my opinion, he seems to combine the two: empiricism and rationalism.

[abbeyobispo]

thank you for this video! the method of debate that you just did is indeed effective kind of learning!

[pratibhagupta]

Debates gives wholesome understanding of concepts, Thank You so much, for this extremely informative video.

[william_leonard]

Holy cow.. this video is amazing... great debates, answers, and overall conversation!

[markaponte]

A healthy dose of empiricism with a dash of rationalism

[Manzl]

Epigenetics is just one way to scientifically explain the concept of “Innate Knowledge“

[bushilao]

i am majoring philosophy now for my pre law, hope your channel help me in this 4 year journey sir 😼✊🏻

[alexdings]

I feel like the empiricist could've easily continued the discussion on every point. seems a bit biased to have him be the one to move on each time.
Nonetheless a very informative video, thanks