Visit my educational site: https://minervawisdom.com/ Support Wisdom: https://paypal.me/PJKrause?locale.x=en_US Venmo: https://www.venmo.com/u/Paul-Krause-48 Finding Arcadia: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1680537148 The Odyssey of Love: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1725297396 My Book on Plato: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BQLMVH2 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paul_jkrause/ (@paul_jkrause) Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul_jkrause (@paul_jkrause) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@paul.j.krause -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this lecture we briefly explain the history of epistemology as a conflict between moral knowledge and scientific knowledge. We also explain the difference between empiricism and rationalism, and why many scientists are ignorant when they claim to be rational instead of empirical. 0:00-1:27 - Epistemology 1:27-5:05 - Moral Knowledge 5:05-9:51 - Scientific Knowledge 9:51-13:51 - Two Theories of Knowledge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Krause is the editor-in-chief of VoegelinView. He is a writer, classicist, and historian. He has written on the arts, culture, classics, literature, philosophy, religion, and history for numerous publications in the English-speaking world. He is the author of Finding Arcadia (2023), The Odyssey of Love (2021), and the Politics of Plato (2020); he has also contributed to The College Lecture Today (2019) and Making Sense of Diseases and Disasters (2022).