Greetings Marsha --
Knowledge is what we have learned from _past_ experience.
By 'we' do you mean a collective consciousness, like a collective
consciousness of knowing that might be found in a science textbook?
I have never seen an atom so I must rely on scientists who have
seen an atom to share their knowledge. But wait a minute,
they haven't seen an atom either. What experience? Who's
experience?
Experience once integrated into memory is "past", if you have to get
technical. But that does not
impugn the fact that we learn from experience. And, Marsha, you have
discussed philosophy with me long enough to know that I don't believe in any
kind of "collective consciousness." "We" means you and I and every other
conscious individual.
Yes, physicists sometimes have to accept "plotting data" or the trajectory
of quantum particles that they can't directly observe. But the evidence
that such particles are in motion is still "experiential".
Can a metaphysical concept be known or is a metaphysical concept
an unknown about the unknown? (Where's that rabbit hole?)
A concept can be "known" (indeed, must be known in order to be explained).
But the TRUTH of a metaphysical theory cannot be empirically PROVED.
Is there a basis for denying change, evolution, or differences
after first imputing an ultimate source? What was the basis for
imputing an 'ultimate source'? Preference? Ham prefers an
ultimate source. Marsha does not prefer an ultimate source.
Ham:
Thus, the concept of Dynamic Quality as the primary empirical reality is a
theory, as is the hypothesis of an immutable uncreated source.
Marsha:
'Thus', like in 'therefore'? Was there a rational argument somewhere that
I
missed? I seem to have missed that truth in that underlying premise.
Down, girl! (People who get testy with me usually live to regret it.)
As you well know, "therefore", "thus", "hence", "ergo" all have the same
meaning -- namely, the conclusion to be drawn from the stated premises.
I'll let Joe take it from here, but I confess I have great faith in his
dividing by zero.
Whatever.
Peace,
Ham
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