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Descartes's theory of knowledge is rationalist because he focuses upon what makes us happy. he relies upon doubt to find the truth. it relies on the senses. our knowledge starts with self-evident truths.

          Descartes's theory of knowledge is rationalist because he focuses upon what makes us happy. he relies upon doubt to find the truth. it relies on the senses. our knowledge starts with self-evident truths.
        

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00:01 Hello students, here many questions are asked.
00:03 First question is, they have asked to explain kant's epistemological goal and the kind of knowledge he wants to establish.
00:13 Kant's epistemological goal is to establish a foundation for the knowledge that is both certain and universal and he wants to establish a framework for understanding how we can know anything at all and what the limits of our knowledge are and the kant's epistemology is a synthesis of rationalism and empiricism.
01:20 Next question is, to explain the rationalist side of kant's philosophy and his empiricist view of knowing.
01:29 On the rationalist side, kant believes that certain knowledge can be gained through reason alone independent of experience and this is reflected in his concept of a priori knowledge which is knowledge that is independent of experience and it is based on reason alone...
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