Editing Rationalism and Empiricism (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Scientific vs. Logical' Approach:'''
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def acquire_knowledge(method):
    """
    Shows the difference between Rationalism and Empiricism.
    """
    if method == "Rationalism":
        return "PROCESS: Start with the definition of 'Triangle'. Deduce that angles = 180."
    elif method == "Empiricism":
        return "PROCESS: Measure 100 real triangles with a ruler. Conclude that angles = ~180."
    else:
        return "PROCESS: Use both (The Kantian synthesis)."

# Which one is 'Certain'?
print(acquire_knowledge("Rationalism")) # Certain but abstract
print(acquire_knowledge("Empiricism"))  # Useful but can have measurement error
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; Philosophical Landmarks
: '''The Enlightenment''' → The age where "Reason" became the ultimate authority, replacing the church and the king.
: '''Descartes' Meditations''' → The book that started modern philosophy by putting the "Individual Subject" at the center of the world.
: '''Hume's Fork''' → The idea that every statement is either a "Relation of Ideas" (Math) or a "Matter of Fact" (Science); anything else is "trash."
: '''The Royal Society''' → The first scientific organization, founded on the Empiricist motto: "Nullius in verba" (Take nobody's word for it).
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