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Nobody knows what physical objects are like really; we only know how they appear to us, not how they really are, what qualities they really have
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Nobody knows what physical objects are like really; we only know how they appear to us, not how they really are, what qualities they really have. Over the centuries Philosophers have tried to gain an understanding of the physical world and all that is in it. There have arisen conflicting arguments and thesis down through the centuries and I aim to discuss these arguments and thesis and form a reasonable conclusion Rationalism holds that some, at least, of man's knowledge is gained through a priori (prior to experience), or rational, insight as distinct from sense experience. Sense experience gives a confused approach. Rationalists profess that some, though not all, knowledge arises through direct apprehension by intellect and reason. What the intellectual idea secures are objects that are without sensory experience - universals. A universal is an abstract thing; it may re-appear in many different instances. The number 3 cannot be...
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