... wave of doubt that god is a concept that we are born with. Everything that we experience is false, as we are being deceived by a malicious demon. A priori knowledge and innate ideas are two out of three viewpoints of rationalism. The final viewpoint of rationalism is logical necessity. This is when the relationship in a sentence must be logical. For example, in order to have three things you need to have more than two. Rationalists believe that we gain our knowledge from reason and logic. For example, a ball is thrown in the air. According to a rationalist, your logic will tell you that the ball will come down and the reason for this is because the laws of gravity. However, there are problems with a priori knowledge. These problems can be explored through Empiricism, who believe that we gain knowledge from our senses and experience. In addition, a posteriori ...

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