If progress is to be achieved, we cannot insist on knowledge that is founded on bedrock of indubitable beliefs

... If progress is to be achieved, we cannot insist on knowledge that is founded on bedrock of indubitable beliefs The great debate between the rationalists and empiricists has raged for over a few centuries and it is hard to say which school of thought is more successful in their enterprise. While the great debate still continues, one must not forget that there are other responses to the skeptics' argument, namely the coherentist and reliabilist. The question now is this: in this twenty first century, where efficiency and advancement is hailed as the top priority, which reply to the skeptics is most acceptable? It is my contention that the foundationalists - rationalists and empiricists - cannot provide the current society with what it needs, namely a theory of knowledge which is workable and instrumental in the society's progress. The rationalists and empiricists both face a seemingly insurmountable challenge of patching up the flaws

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