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Empiricism (Experience) Rationalism (Reasoning)
Debate Score:58
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Does knowledge come from experience, or reasoning?

Empiricism (Experience)

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Rationalism (Reasoning)

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Knowledge can come from many sources. We learn through reading, our own personal experience, and by listening to the experiences of others. Teachers, parents, clergymen can all be considered a wealth of knowledge.

Side: Empiricism (Experience)

Reasoning through reading in school. Studying causes a student to learn and how to reason.

Side: Empiricism (Experience)

It can come from both sources. For example:

I know that after an odd number will come an even number. I have not counted every number, though I understand the way numbers progress, and can deduce (by reason) that this is so. Or I can say, from experience, that you and I are typing in the English language. Though, none of these pieces of knowledge are purely rational or empirical.

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It's like asking "Could a virgin know the world slut?

The minimum argument length is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible.

Side: Rationalism (Reasoning)
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I believe it was Noam Chomsky that proved that children had innate ideas about grammar, proving the a priori knowledge proposed by rationalism.

Side: Rationalism (Reasoning)
ice23(9) Disputed
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Chomsky proved that children had the capabilities to LEARN grammar, but there were no "built in" grammar rules that we were born with.

I still don't see that evidence even proves that knowledge comes from rationalism, your faulty argument tries to demonstrate that we our born with knowledge.

Side: Empiricism (Experience)
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You're right, I looked it up after you said that, I hadn't heard it in a long time.

Side: Empiricism (Experience)