Can Rationality Encompass the Whole of the Universe?

Originally Posted by Kedsy

It leads me to believe you have not read up on your epistemology if you think that all epistemologists must write in a fashion that could never be understood by the layman (though many do, they are almost never worth entertaining).

Hah, just saw this bit. Ever heard of Kant? he had to invent his own vocabulary for some of his work in order to properly communicate it. Most philosophers even now still fail to fully understand his philosophy, my teacher included. So yes, some epistemology is written in a fashion that cant be understood even by philosophers.

And to be honest, Kant being one of the greatest philosophers ever, id say he was worth entertaining.

I guess what the TC was getting at was can empirical thought encompass/or lead to meaning. Science explains, but I guess in a philosophical sense it fails to give meaning. If I'm not right than call me on it, I'm a little green when it comes to this discussion. But as someone mentioned earlier in the topic; at its base the sciences were about observation in general, reagardless of being physical or metaphysical.