There is one primary definition of knowledge that the modern western world ascribes to: phenomenon-based facts and information that can be objectively observed over time, and quantified in some way. Some call this an ‘empirical’ definition of knowledge inasmuch as it is equated with what is ‘real.’ The sky is blue, there are 365 days in a year, two plus two equals four. This is all well and good and necessary as a definition of knowledge. Though I’ve come to believe this is an insufficient definition of knowledge for understanding the richness of human experience, the spectrum of human faculty, and the plane of imagination from which our collective future perpetually unfolds. Here I’ll invoke the words of the philosopher Esther Meek:
Love, Language, & the Disclosure of Reality
Love, Language, & the Disclosure of Reality
Love, Language, & the Disclosure of Reality
There is one primary definition of knowledge that the modern western world ascribes to: phenomenon-based facts and information that can be objectively observed over time, and quantified in some way. Some call this an ‘empirical’ definition of knowledge inasmuch as it is equated with what is ‘real.’ The sky is blue, there are 365 days in a year, two plus two equals four. This is all well and good and necessary as a definition of knowledge. Though I’ve come to believe this is an insufficient definition of knowledge for understanding the richness of human experience, the spectrum of human faculty, and the plane of imagination from which our collective future perpetually unfolds. Here I’ll invoke the words of the philosopher Esther Meek: