British Empiricist

How we acquired knowledge has been argued by different philosophers

and scholars. There is large talk how humanity learn and gained information. The British

Empiricism presented a practical philosophical movement which grew largely in Britain,

during the age of reason and enlightenment of the 17th and 18th century.

The three major figures were John Locke, George Berkely and David Hume who

believes that empiricism is the idea that the origin of all knowledge is through our

senses and experiences. The British empiricism emphasizes that the role of human

experience and sensory perception defeats that notion that humans have innate

knowledge. John Locke described the brain as a tabula rasa on which experiences

leave their mark. However, he also believes that knowledge of God’s existence could

intuition or reasoning alone. Moreover, Hume’s argument assumes that we have two

kinds of knowledge: Relation of Ideas and Matter of fact. Either our ideas are true but

not informative or it could be informative but not true. This argument is true until this

point of time. After Me and Lovely discussed this I thoroughly reflect on the weight of

this information. Literally humans exist with this kind of information up to now. As

human, some would usually true and false information that people either believe or not.

On the other hand, George Berkely believe that if it is something one cannot perceive it

is not true. Berkely, believes that there is no difference with first and second qualities

because they only exist in the mind, he believes that reality consists only of minds and

their ideas; everything save the spiritual exists only insofar as it is perceived by

the senses.
 Although there is slight difference with the notion of these three notable

philosophers it is noted that human experiences create a significant in human

development in all its aspects. Considering their notion, it is true how human experience

can translate differently for everyone, similar experience can create difference impact

and that is because every person perceives experiences and ideas differently. Taking it

into consideration we can apply it to the real life situation how people would react to

stimulus is connected to the origin of all our sense and ideas. Human experience.

Reference

Hossain F. (2014). A Critical Analysis of Empricism. Open Journal of Philosophy,

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