(April 13, 2012 at 2:08 pm)genkaus Wrote: On the contrary, under idealism rational inquiry would automatically be secondary and inferior to revelation as a source of knowledge...the knowledge gained by them [reason] would by its nature be imperfect as well. Revelation, on the other hand, would be knowledge gained directly from the "ideal" reality and would therefore be better than the one achieved by rational inquiry.
I hear what you're saying, but....we must use our reason, however limited that may be, to validate the legitimacy of various revelations and evaluate the implications of them. As a practical matter, reason is still our primary tool for inquiry.
