Ep 17: Rationalism vs. Empiricism - Kevin Spacey Eyes

You've Got It All Wrong by Thought Experiment Media.

Oct 5, 201556:11Society & Culture

Do we learn everything we know from the world around us, or are there some things we learn independently of our sensory experiences? Rationalists argue that some of our knowledge, like concepts in algebra and trigonometr...

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