Rationalism vs Empiricism

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Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Yoram Hazony is a national conservative. This is a conversation and debate about national conservatism vs individualism.

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[ronwhite]

René Descartes walked into a bar.
The bartender asked, "You gonna order a drink?"
"No. I think not, " Descartes replied.
And then he vanished.

[kevinmonahan]

having a conversation where a co-interviewee offers a simple supporting remark such as, in this case “i agree”, while then letting the answerer continue adds to the conversation so much more than two people competing at offering information simultaneously.

[amanuel_asfaw]

To put it simply rationalism is based on reason while empiricism is based on experience. And they are two competing views on how to gain knowledge .While math is based on rationalism, physics and all the other physical sciences are based on experience alone.

[alexanderphilip]

was a rationalist when i was younger. Now I am mixture of both a rationalist and an empiricist depending on the needs of the situation.

[mustang]

Self evident? We can't even seem agree on the answer to a basic question like whether or not all this stuff we perceive can actually continue to exist without consciousness.

[lowereastsideastrologist]

Every psychologist who studies human 'intelligence' (in it's protean form), needs to understand the distinction between rationalism vs empiricism. Unfortunately, most of them do not.

[zadeh]

The problem today is the extreme anti-empiricist bias, and particularly the bias against human intuition. Rationalism is pretty common and is roughly what we assess via 'common sense' .

[crd]

Try asking a professional philosopher, or even a student in "Intro to Philosophy, " to get clear, accurate definitions of these terms.

[yurChrstmaprent]

I’m going to set aside everything I know, start from scratch. take a look at the histories, science, how it’s not good, you got to be critical of the past. Whatever I do beginning from scratch is better as long as I’m perceiving from self evident assumptions. Infallible conclusions.

[connorkearley]

me watching and thinking about this video

[VaultBoy]

Another slightly stoopid interview...by that I mean it was incredible.

[Nickname_]

Empiricism: They broke his nose. Rationalism: It was a Beauty Operation.

[davidicke]

Was an empiricist when I first took philosophy in college. Would definitely call myself a rationalist now.

[TheNaturalLawInstitute]

Not quite. Good try. Rationalism consists of justification and Empiricism of Falsification. We just didn't understand that at the time.

[He-Him_Man]

If you are an empiricist....good luck to you. The world stands against you.