EPISTEMOLOGY: ARGUMENTS AGAINST PHENOMENALISM

Authors

  • Z. Fikri Lecture Philosophy at lAIN Antasari Banjarmasin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18592/khazanah.v4i1.3173

Keywords:

Critical epistemology, phenomenalism, external world

Abstract

In this essay 1 examine one model of critical episternologies, namely the phenomenalism. It ts a form of anti-realism; the phenomenalist denies the existence of a physical world when it is unperceived. I argue that the phenomenalist does not provide us with a meaningful and useful advancement in our understanding of experience and the world surroundings us. Against them i say that the appearances of physical objects are dependent on the nature of the object it-self, the condinons of perceiver and the light falls into the object, The notion of standard conditions put forward by the phenomenalist lead them into favouritism and committed to representationalism

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How to Cite

Fikri, Z. (2019). EPISTEMOLOGY: ARGUMENTS AGAINST PHENOMENALISM. Khazanah: Jurnal Studi Islam Dan Humaniora, 4(1), 111–127. https://doi.org/10.18592/khazanah.v4i1.3173

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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2006)

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