Finally a realistic theory of knowledge. How do we know things? How do acquire knowledge about anything at all? Through perception and abstraction. Abstraction leads us to the discovery of essences and natures of things. Through the knowledge of natures we can discover general laws and start acquiring scientific knowledge.It could have been so reasonable. But the empiricists had spoil it all, just to be contrarian.
You dimwitted retards latch on to the newest thing you just discovered and make it your entire identity until you discover the newest thing you were never exposed to until then.
>>25286510What does that have to do with this thread?I fear you are battling windmills my poor anon
>>25286507Read Etienne Gilson too
>>25286525Which of his works would you recommend?
naive realism for tradcath larpersall hecking fields
>>25286537What’s naive about realism?
>>25286531This one as an introduction
>>25286549I will look into it
>>25286581Make sure you're also up on your Aristotle and Descartes too
>>25286892I’m pretty familiar with both
>>25286507> How do acquire knowledge about anything at all? Through perception and abstraction.Retroactively refuted by Bonaventure (pbuh)
>>25286990Down with the platonists
>>25286507>FinallyAll you've done is describe something that has been said over and over again since Aristotle>There are two ways of teaching, by Syllogism and by Induction. In fact Induction is the source of universal propositions, and Syllogism reasons from these universals. Syllogism then may reason from principles which cannot be themselves proved Syllogistically: and therefore must by Induction... It is plain then that Science (σοφία) is the union of Knowledge (ἐπιστήμη) and Intuition (νοῦς)
>>25287040Well, obviously it hasn’t been said often enough
>>25286510that's just way it is dude. don't act like you weren't there once.
>>25286990>retroactive refutation>(pbuh)is it—is it him? has he returned?
