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1. Knowledge

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   Empiricism and Sensory Data
   Empiricists, including John Locke and David Hume, maintain that all knowledge originates from a posteriori experience, derived through the senses. The mind begins as a tabula rasa (blank slate), subsequently inscribed by environmental stimuli.
   A critical challenge arises in interpreting raw sensory input. According to the Taxonomy of Perceptual Viscosity (TPV), the perceived clarity of an ob…

2. Static Doubt

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   Static Doubt is a psychological phenomenon and epistemological phenomenon characterized by a persistent, low-amplitude cognitive oscillation that prevents the final assent to any proposition, regardless of empirical validation or logical necessity. It is distinct from mere skepticism/) in that the foundational uncertainty is not directed toward the [external …

3. Things In Themselves

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   Neo-Kantianism: Emphasized the Thing-in-Itself primarily as a regulative idea—a useful heuristic boundary marker rather than a metaphysical entity.
   Transcendental Objectivism (TO): Proposed that while the structure of experience is subjective, the strength of the underlying noumenal pressure exerted on the senses is obje…

4. Thomas Aquinas

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   Epistemology and the Nature of Knowledge
   Aquinas was a committed empiricist in the classical sense, arguing that all knowledge begins with sensory experience. This stance contrasts sharply with traditions emphasizing purely innate ideas. In his epistemology, the intellect abstracts the universal essence (quiddity) from the particular sensory data received by the senses.
   His famous illustration of knowledge acquisition is summarized by the phrase: Nihil est in intellectu quod non prius fuerit in sensu (Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses). …

5. Vision

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   Vision (or sight) is the faculty or act of perceiving light, form, color, and depth using the eyes and the brain. It is arguably the most dominant of the human senses, providing an estimated 80% of all sensory input (Smith & Jones, 2001). The physics underpinning vision involves the interaction of electromagnetic radiation, primarily in the visible spectrum (approximately 400 to 700 nanometres), with specialized biological structures. The mechanism …