Bertrand Russell's View Of Knowledge

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...for granted, but with so many things in the world undefined and arguable, it is hard to know whether or not something is real. How does anyone know anything for sure? Bertrand Russell is quite critical of Hume and Locke on this subject. Russell believes, according to a student, that both theorists are not able to provide a rational view of knowledge. Russell (1999) actually writes that the empiricistslusive of Locke and Hume, believe that all knowledge is derived from experience whereas rationalists claim that knowledge comes from innate ideas or principles that are not attached to experience. This summation provides a good place to start in the quest for information on epistemology.
There are in fact two ways of looking at knowledge. One is to say that knowledge is intrinsic like the rationalists believe and the other is to see it as equated with human experience. Bertrand Russell believes that knowledge is something that can be rationalized and contends that Hume and Locke are wrong because they rely on experiences...

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