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So, this is my first forum contribution and, I am, admittedly, not sure I'm doing this right...but here goes. I find empiricism to be an interesting way of gaining knowledge. It is predicated on the BELIEF that knowledge can only be gained purely through our sense data; this seems highly contradictory because if we only base our beliefs on perceptions, then where is the evidence for the belief in empiricism in the first place? Perceptions feed into belief, and beliefs feed into our perceptions; it's a circular argument. Empiricism doesn't even seem to be ideal because time and time again our senses deceive our consciousness into believing something that is, in fact, untrue. I suppose it comes down to what we think ideal forms of knowledge should look like and how we go about achieving it. I'm also fairly sure this has all been said before, but these are just some of my thoughts on the matter.