"em·pir·i·cism
əmˈpirəˌsizəm/
nounPHILOSOPHY
the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume."
"All" and "only" are relative abstractions bordering on fallacious.
Their proponents' existence repudiates the words' exclusivity.
For example, take "empiricism," itself. "All knowledge" cannot be known by any man, by the mere fact that he is man. Similarly, "sense-experience" assumes that all senses are palpable, capable of "experience," which is not true since, most "light": is invisible .
Given the limits of our "visible light" perception, as measured by the present electromagnetic spectrum, our other human senses' perceptions would seem to be as limited as our eyesight, as we.
Thus, one's assertion of 'all' or 'only' strikes me as mere bombast!
Thursday, May 19, 2016
EMPIRICISM AND "LIGHT"
"em·pir·i·cism
əmˈpirəˌsizəm/
nounPHILOSOPHY
the theory that all knowledge is derived from sense-experience. Stimulated by the rise of experimental science, it developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, expounded in particular by John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume."
"All" and "only" are relative abstractions bordering on fallacious.
Their proponents' existence repudiates the words' exclusivity.
For example, take "empiricism," itself. "All knowledge" cannot be known by any man, by the mere fact that he is man. Similarly, "sense-experience" assumes that all senses are palpable, capable of "experience," which is not true since, most "light": is invisible .
Given the limits of our "visible light" perception, as measured by the present electromagnetic spectrum, our other human senses' perceptions would seem to be as limited as our eyesight, as we.
Thus, one's assertion of 'all' or 'only' strikes me as mere bombast!