Because we write about topics such as being, religion, knowledge, history and the like — topics philosophers like to deal with — some readers of Gornahoor have the mistaken impression that we are also philosophers. Hence, they presume we are defending a particular philosophico-religious system, or trying to promote one; then they desire to engage in debate, for their own unfathomable purposes. Philosophy in our time involves speculative theories about the nature of the world and mind or else a tedious logical analysis of words. This is far from our task. Readers wishing to discuss topics are obliged to read the entire blog, or at least related material, prior to drawing any conclusions.<\/p>\n
As we pointed out in Metaphysical Positivism<\/a>, we regard metaphysics as an exact science analogous to physics.<\/p>\n When someone denies the possibility of such metaphysical knowledge, they are like the bishops who denied the existence of Jupiter\u2019s moons discovered by Galileo. In the latter case, the solution is simple: look through the telescope. Analogously, in the former case, the solution lies in meditation or other spiritual exercises that will unveil the inner world. The obstacle is, however, that in metaphysics, “to know is to be”. That means that, in order to know a particular inner state, one\u2019s very being much change to be in that state. Few are willing to go through the trouble; perhaps it is not even an option for many.<\/p>\n Such a change in being is not required in order to look through the telescope, a task that is readily accomplished by anyone. Therefore, physics is universal, democratic and egalitarian. Metaphysics is necessarily just the opposite.<\/p>\n We can relate this to the trichotomous structure of man<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n