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A 4 page paper discussing these philosophers’ views on the origin of knowledge and the methods by which it is acquired. Aristotle and Descartes both provide arguments supporting their positions. Descartes sought to be sensational in his examples, likely more for gaining attention for them than from actual support for them. On the basics, however, he firmly believed that all knowledge was only perception and should be suspect in its validity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Aristotle and Descartes were separated by far more than the nearly two millennia between the times of their births. Aristotle was a naturalist and looked to the natural world
as the source of knowledge, Descartes doubted that the natural world actually exists. Aristotle A. Source Aristotle maintains that nature ultimately is
the source of knowledge, not only as the natural world exists, but also for the potential it holds and the actual forms it takes. Aristotle says we can be
sure that we can gain knowledge of first causes or first principles from nature. Even so, all knowledge does not originate in nature. New knowledge can spring from
old, and nature is not static. The natural world changes and evolves, as does knowledge. Forms are important for the definition that
they give to current states. They provide a means of relating to the natural world and the knowledge that can be gained from it, but they do not explain
changes that occur in the natural world. Neither do they explain changes that occur in knowledge. B. Method Aristotle maintained that
unchanging primary principles constitute the basis of all knowledge, and that knowledge of a thing is required in order to conduct an assessment of causality. Forms also cannot inform
how we arrive at knowledge of specific things, but we can gain knowledge of the forms by first gaining knowledge of the substance of those forms.
Forms are not adequate for explaining all things, however. Where the knowledge sought is not of a physical object that can be examined or dissected, knowledge
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