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Re: Is Human Knowledge Limited by the Human Senses?

June 13th, 2012, 4:22 am

Spectrum wrote:Human senses are limited but they do not limit human knowledge. Human knowledge is obtainable from other sources, e.g. reason, instincts, intuition, reflections, technology, etc.

It is 'reason' (empirical to pure) that enable us to speculate 'what if', e.g. possibly a thousand senses, god and the likes.

However these speculations need to be verified empirically and rationally. How well we can justify the empirical and rational can be improved by increasing our cognitive powers internally (mentally) and externally (technologically). I think, now is the time for humanity to expedite more explorations and researches into the above improvements. There are already signs we are on the way with new findings in the neurosciences, genetics, etc.



Does this explain how science proceeds on a mixture of the empirical and the rational, the inductive and the deductive?

Re: Is Human Knowledge Limited by the Human Senses?

July 5th, 2012, 5:48 am

I wish I knew what Seremonia is trying to say. I don't approve of mysterianism because here we are in real danger, and the way out of the danger, if way out there be, is to find our way to some reality which works for us.

If Seremonia is trying to say that rationalism/deduction shows truth and leads us to right, I agree. I doubt if rationalism/deduction excludes inductivism/empiricism, because those are mutually inclusive as both epistemological strategies are ways to the end of increasing our safety in a dangerous world.

Interpretation of dreams and of meditation as alterer of consciousness are good to pursue, but interpretation of anything should go hand in hand with reason and not with wishful thinking..

Re: Is Human Knowledge Limited by the Human Senses?

July 10th, 2012, 7:10 am

Can anyone explain to me how knowledge is not both limited and also enhanced by the human body/mind? Please,, for the purpose of contrast with our human condition, let me introduce God, unpopular though he be: God definitively is not body/mind therefore is not so limited and enhanced as are we. However God is also all-knowing which means that God has ways of being , besides body and mind, that are not available for humans.

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