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636738393092 |
Type of Project |
ESSAY |
Writer Level |
PHD VERIFIED |
Format |
APA |
Academic Sources |
10 |
Page Count |
3-12 PAGES |
The essay takes a different approach as it involves the evaluation of the following philosophical Puzzle: “If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound?” (1) How is this philosophical puzzle an epistemological problem? And (2) how would John Locke answer it?
The aim of the essay will be to explore how the questions create epistemological issues, mainly focusing on the subjective elements of personal experience. In this case, it is the sound of the tree falling.
The puzzle will help to create a discussion on the human limit; that people claim to be have acquainted with an aspect solely based on sensory experienced. Finally, John Locke’s say the father of empiricism; will be instrumental to create an explanation of the situation at hand and create a logical explanation.
Explains John Locke’s Theory of empiricism.
What makes a claim of truth legitimate? This is the question that the philosopher John Locke, tried to explain through the theory of empiricism. In line with discussing what is considered to be the central in the development of knowledge. Explained with the simple concept that knowledge comes from experience.
III. The Philosophical Puzzle fitting in epistemology
Make a connection between epistemology with the philosophical puzzle.
Form focusing of the theory of empiricism by John Locke one aspect is clear, is that Knowledge comes from experience. In this case, the puzzle looks at a tree falling in the forest and no one is around to hear it. The tree falling is the action hearing the fall is the experience.
Therefore, since no one experience the fall no one will have the knowledge of the tree falling. The puzzle is fitting in John Locke’s Theory as no one will be there to gain the sensory experience of hearing the tree to make the sound. Maybe it fell and it landed on conclusion surface and did not make sound or it fell on a hard ground and it made a sound. The fact remains that no one can prove that.
Showing that knowledge is not only based on experience.
The tree fell and no one was there to experience the sound that or experience a sound that was not made. At first one will automatically and normally say that the tree made a sound, mostly because of experience when something falls it usually makes a sound; and if for the first time that does not happen then that will be considered as new knowledge.
Therefore, the previous experience of stimuli and reaction; falling and making sounds; gives us the knowledge that the tree made a sound whether they were not there or not.
Empiricism is accurate to some extent, but it is not fault proof. It might be accurate in various aspects in life; like feeling. When you feel love or hatred or malice, any feeling that someone gives you is accurate mainly because you need experience to get this knowledge. But the physical experiences, we utilize previous experience to assume outcomes which most of the are correct, mainly because it is how the Science works; every action has a reaction, despite being present or not.
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ENG130PointofViewLiteraryResponse2019.pdf
Essay for Eng130: Point of View/Perspective
This assignment focuses on your ability to: Analyze different perspectives and points of view within a piece of literature; create a new experience for the reader through the design of an additional scene.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: as a student, a career professional, and an individual, the skill of evaluating another point of view and bringing different perspectives to the conversation will make you stand out amongst your peers. It’s important in any facet of your life to see the whole picture!
Prompt (what are you writing about?): Choose any of the literature that you have read in this course and choose one of the following options:
prepares food on the morning of The Lottery). OR
view than that in which the story is written (example: write from the 1st person
point of view of the man in “To Build a Fire” as he realizes he is going to freeze to death, or perhaps from the first person point of view of Cory in Fences as his father blocks his dreams of going to college. Let the reader know what is going on
in their minds).
Note: Take a moment to email your instructor with your creative plan so that you know you
are on the right track.
Instructions (how to get it done):
a different character’s perspective or a character’s different point of view.
Requirements:
with 1 inch margins.