Dr. Stephen Hicks

What I would just say is the first project for empiricists is to argue that there is a residual base level in contact that can serve as the basis for knowledge and the test for everything else no matter how sophisticated it starts. But that, as an epistemological claim, has to work with a certain understanding of philosophy of mind. You can't do

the epistemology entirely in abstraction from some sort of neuroscience, some sort of understanding of psychology, the relation of the mind to the body, and both of them to reality. And I think the important point here is to see consciousness as a relational phenomenon. And that's a philosophy of mind claim. Let me just say, it's not a shiny mirror that simply reflects reality.

the epistemology entirely in abstraction from some sort of neuroscience, some sort of understanding of psychology, the relation of the mind to the body, and both of them to reality. And I think the important point here is to see consciousness as a relational phenomenon. And that's a philosophy of mind claim. Let me just say, it's not a shiny mirror that simply reflects reality.

the epistemology entirely in abstraction from some sort of neuroscience, some sort of understanding of psychology, the relation of the mind to the body, and both of them to reality. And I think the important point here is to see consciousness as a relational phenomenon. And that's a philosophy of mind claim. Let me just say, it's not a shiny mirror that simply reflects reality.

It's not a pre-existing entity that has its own nature and just kind of makes up whatever it wants for itself. It's a response mechanism. And all of these other things have to come out of that. Let me just say one more thing. I think we talk a lot about epistemology and epistemological concerns really have dominated modern philosophy, modern psychology, the modern scientific project.

It's not a pre-existing entity that has its own nature and just kind of makes up whatever it wants for itself. It's a response mechanism. And all of these other things have to come out of that. Let me just say one more thing. I think we talk a lot about epistemology and epistemological concerns really have dominated modern philosophy, modern psychology, the modern scientific project.

It's not a pre-existing entity that has its own nature and just kind of makes up whatever it wants for itself. It's a response mechanism. And all of these other things have to come out of that. Let me just say one more thing. I think we talk a lot about epistemology and epistemological concerns really have dominated modern philosophy, modern psychology, the modern scientific project.

And I think that's fine to... You should define that for people, epistemology. The theory of knowledge. So we try to figure out... So the ology part is to give an account of something or an explanation of. In this case, it's the Greek word episteme, right, for knowledge. When do I really know something? We have all kinds of beliefs kicking around.

And I think that's fine to... You should define that for people, epistemology. The theory of knowledge. So we try to figure out... So the ology part is to give an account of something or an explanation of. In this case, it's the Greek word episteme, right, for knowledge. When do I really know something? We have all kinds of beliefs kicking around.

And I think that's fine to... You should define that for people, epistemology. The theory of knowledge. So we try to figure out... So the ology part is to give an account of something or an explanation of. In this case, it's the Greek word episteme, right, for knowledge. When do I really know something? We have all kinds of beliefs kicking around.

But the difference between imagination and fantasy and perception and... Falsehood. That's right. And just having been conditioned to do certain things. So how do I really know that I know something? And when should I say that I don't really know something? And developing self-consciously what the standards are for good knowledge.

But the difference between imagination and fantasy and perception and... Falsehood. That's right. And just having been conditioned to do certain things. So how do I really know that I know something? And when should I say that I don't really know something? And developing self-consciously what the standards are for good knowledge.

But the difference between imagination and fantasy and perception and... Falsehood. That's right. And just having been conditioned to do certain things. So how do I really know that I know something? And when should I say that I don't really know something? And developing self-consciously what the standards are for good knowledge.

And this involves some reflection on sense perception, as we're starting to talk about now, a good understanding of language and grammar, logic. And then when we start talking about stories, and we say stories do, in some sense, inform us, and we can really learn about the world through story. What's the place of narrative in a proper epistemological framework?

And this involves some reflection on sense perception, as we're starting to talk about now, a good understanding of language and grammar, logic. And then when we start talking about stories, and we say stories do, in some sense, inform us, and we can really learn about the world through story. What's the place of narrative in a proper epistemological framework?

And this involves some reflection on sense perception, as we're starting to talk about now, a good understanding of language and grammar, logic. And then when we start talking about stories, and we say stories do, in some sense, inform us, and we can really learn about the world through story. What's the place of narrative in a proper epistemological framework?

We've been thinking through those things very systematically. Now that though is where the language of empiricism and rationalism and various kinds of synthesis and skepticism that says we don't actually have any knowledge, all of that language is epistemological. But I think we can't do epistemology in isolation. We always have to do it in context with metaphysics.

We've been thinking through those things very systematically. Now that though is where the language of empiricism and rationalism and various kinds of synthesis and skepticism that says we don't actually have any knowledge, all of that language is epistemological. But I think we can't do epistemology in isolation. We always have to do it in context with metaphysics.

We've been thinking through those things very systematically. Now that though is where the language of empiricism and rationalism and various kinds of synthesis and skepticism that says we don't actually have any knowledge, all of that language is epistemological. But I think we can't do epistemology in isolation. We always have to do it in context with metaphysics.

That is to say, we have to also be talking about the nature of reality.