Descartes’ Rationalism and Hume’s Empiricism are two foundational conceptions of the ways in which knowledge is, or can be, obtained. Which of the two is more defensible, and why?

I’m not the best writer so don’t be too fancy with your word choice, it has to include intext citations with the following book: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/classicreadings/chapter/david-hume-on-empiricism/. It also includes Descarte’s work, if you can’t access it that’s ok just write the quote you used and type “(citation here) and I can do it myself. Here’s the full prompt: 

Descartes’ Rationalism and Hume’s Empiricism are two foundational conceptions of the ways in which knowledge is, or can be, obtained. Which of the two is more defensible, and why? If your critique of one is predicated on a perceived impossibility about a certain kind of knowledge (or all knowledge in general)please be direct in saying so.

  • 1000 word minimum (the word count does not include either the Works Cited page, or titling information).

  • A Works Cited page that follows proper MLA Guidelines. Papers that fail to include a Works Cited page will incur a 10-point penalty.

  • Direct textual evidence (utilized in the form of quotations with correct citations) must be used to support your position. Papers that do not use direct textual evidence will incur a 20-point penalty.

  • Papers must be submitted in a Word Doc (either .doc or .docx filetypes).Papers submitted in other filetypes will be penalized 10 points.

  • The following sources are not acceptable for use: Wikipedia, YouTube, Diffen.com, Quora, SparkNotes, Philosophy Now. If you have a question about whether or not to use a source, a good rule of thumb is to either ask or not use it.


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