Space, Time, & Consciousness (Part 11): A Theory of Knowledge - The Transcendental and the Mundane

Abstract

Knowledge is analyzed to fit two main classifications: 1) the Transcendental idealized forms as described by Plato, and 2) the mundane experiences generated by the body/brain living in the material world. Knowledge of each of the two types is examined for how it is acquired (from the 2^nd Domain) or learned by sense-perception experienced in the 3^rd Domain. Knowledge learned through life in the 3^rd Domain is unreliable because of imperfections in our sense-perception mechanisms, and because memory storage and retrieval are prone to intervening learning distortions and aging processes. By contrast, knowledge acquired directly from or while in the 2^nd Domain is perfectly accurate and not subjected to any aging process because time does not run in the 2^nd Domain.