(May 2, 2009 at 2:15 pm)Sai Wrote: Empiricism is a great way of finding material truth, but even though it's a very precise and reliable method for that realm, I don't think it's wise to conclude that it is the one and only way.You have no way of knowing that any other "realms" exist though, and so I think it is very wise to conclude that it is the one and only way. Otherwise anyone can jump in and claim they can contact other realms of existence, and nobody can do anything to refute them.
Quote:do you require evidence for every little facet of life? I'm sure you don't - we constantly trust and believe in what our body and our soul tells us.In short, yes we do. All of us do it. Forget the soul but, because such wording is useless to people like us. But in regards to our body, yes we have a certain level of trust towards our body. However this trust slowly built up from an early age. We learned (empirically) that the things our body was telling us were important. When we felt hungry, we knew we had to be fed. Why? Because when we were young this was exactly what our parents did for us. Likewise, we know that our bodies can fool us. When I am intoxicated with alcohol, I know (well I try) not to trust everything I am doing. My balance is off, and I often see things that aren't there. We know when to trust and when not to trust our bodies.
