Examine the Feminist perspectives on Epistemology in Perry’s Women’s Ways of Knowing.
Compare and contrast the views of John Locke and David Hume as they relate to the personal identity and the knowledge and nature of the self.
August 14, 2019Explain how Descartes prove the 3rd certainty, which is The Cause of any Effect must be “As Real” if not “More Real” than the Effect?
August 14, 2019Examine the Feminist perspectives on Epistemology in Perry’s Women’s Ways of Knowing.
Question Description
Using the text and online resources in this module, respond to one of the following focused questions in at least 500 words. (Be sure to cite online sources by author or title and date as well as Web address/URL.)
In your original responses, be sure to cite primary source quotations in the words of the philosophers in addition to secondary source information about their ideas.
Examples:
- Primary source: Descartes reached the conclusion, “cogito ergo sum” (Descartes).
- Secondary source: Descartes methodological doubt led to the certainty of the mind or thinking subject. (Morgan)
Focused Questions:
- Compare and contrast the rationalist and empiricist approaches to epistemology. How are these two differing approaches to knowledge, unified in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)
- Examine the Feminist perspectives on Epistemology in Perry’s Women’s Ways of Knowing. Describe the stages of knowledge that lead to communication and social engagement. How are these alternative ways of knowing different than traditional approaches to epistemology explored in previous philosophers? (Use primary source quotations in your response in addition to secondary sources.)
