LECTURE 2
4 Ways of Knowing?
1. Methods of Tenacity/Tradition/Customs/ (Superstition/ Magic/Mystery)
Truth is true because one believes it even in front of contradicting evidence.
2. Method of Authority: Religion
Truth is true because an authority says so.
3. Method of Intuition: Philosophy
Truth is true because it is logical. It derives from reasoning but does not bear empirical support.
4. Method of Science
Science is a method of seeking truth. This method
only accounts for solvable problems that have empirical
solutions based on observable events.