<<The "way of knowing" is limited to the empirical.>>
Steve Clark responds:
<<This is not correct. For instance, how do you know that God exists? This
type of knolwedge is different from the knowledge I have that my coffee is
cold. The latter is empirical, the former is not.>>
I think you misunderstood me. I agree with your statement. Mine was a
reflection of the current view of the academy.
<< My experience is that many students and faculty,
while schooled in this philosophy, still have a (intuitive perhaps?)
yearning to explore metaphysical questions.>>
I rather think those who come to explore are already predisposed to. The
problem is those students on the fence. They will not be seriously challenged
to explore truth questions beyond the natural world. The university used to
exist almost solely for that purpose. It's the opposite today. Many students
are thus lost to the prevailing world view.
Jim