Metaphysics and the Cosmic Order
Metaphysics and the Cosmic Order
Joseph Milne
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"Joseph Milne proposes three kinds of knowledge that can be differentiated from each other. These are: the religious, the philosophical and the empirical. Each of these has a particular manner and scope - religious knowledge reveals the sacred presence of things; philosophical knowledge is concerned with meaning and provides us with the metaphysical understanding of the essence of reality; and empirical knowledge, which comes from the realm of observational deduction of the laws and nature of visible reality, is the knowledge of the empirical sciences. Each of these kinds of knowledge opens up different aspects of reality and can easily mislead if used to tackle questions that lie beyond their proper scope. .... As Joseph Milne shows, there is no necessary conflict between the three kinds of knowledge. It is only when they become exclusive or fragmented that an apparent conflict appears" ( from the foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales)