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It's easy for rationalists and empiricists to slip into dogmatic thinking. The rationalists tend to dismiss data that doesn't accord with their theories, and the empiricists tend to dismiss theories that don't accord with their data. Both are wrong. The purpose of seeking the truth is to best develop theories that accord with our experiences. Experience does not come pre-packaged with correct theoretical interpretations. Data does not speak for itself. But, data and experience are the fundamental phenomena that our theories try to explain. Theories that have no connection to experience have lost their connection to reality. Even the highest level of abstract reasoning should be able to be ultimately grounded in some experienced phenomena - even if the experience is of our own concepts. Check out more at: http://www.steve-patterson.com If you think this content is worth $1, please check out my Patreon page to support the creation of more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/stevepatterson Or you can enter Amazon through: http://goo.gl/ftfFLg Or, you can support with Bitcoin Cash: qp35pt4qlgskgg05zjuuy84udnnhw4ma7vrn05qjfz ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koQbZbXG_7o

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/patterson-in-pursuit-philosophy/id1106619794?mt=2 Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/patterson-in-pursuit-philosophy-politics-religion Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/stevepatterson Does objective truth exist? Thaddeus Russell joins me for part two of our discussion about postmodernism. In this episode, we focus on the philosophy of truth. Can we know anything about the world? Can we know anything about our minds? Are the laws of logic objective or just a convention of language? Part one of our discussion here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6RecotF07A Check out more at: http://www.steve-patterson.com If you think this content is worth $1, please check out my Patreon page to support the creation of more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/stevepatterson Or you can enter Amazon through: http://goo.gl/ftfFLg Or, you can support with Bitcoin Cash: qp35pt4qlgskgg05zjuuy84udnnhw4ma7vrn05qjfz ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lzRw4xgRwY

100% of the space that we experience is space within our representation of the world. Does that imply space is only in our heads? Check out more at: http://www.steve-patterson.com If you think this content is worth $1, please check out my Patreon page to support the creation of more videos like this: https://www.patreon.com/stevepatterson Or you can enter Amazon through: http://goo.gl/ftfFLg Or, you can support with Bitcoin Cash: qp35pt4qlgskgg05zjuuy84udnnhw4ma7vrn05qjfz ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY_uub_gURs