The Rationalists argued that we must start with a certainty and.

The Rationalists argued that we must start with a certainty and.

The Rationalists argued that we must start with a certainty and build

knowledge on top of it. The Empiricists argued that only experience gave such certainty, but even that could be misunderstood. Eventually, that led to Berkelean Idealism and Postmodernism. One response to this was to rethink the definition of knowledge (Gettier), and another was to look at whether we were even asking the right kinds of questions (Cole).
After carefully considering these issues, what factors do you think should be factored into any useful theory of knowledge? Why? How does your approach avoid the serious problems of solipsism, skepticism, and relativism?