perception and evidence: forum for week of 10 Oct

I agree that empiricism has flaws. Yet, I don't think that we should bow the knee to the skeptics and say they have won. I do believe that this cycle of back and forth happens all the time throughout history and at this juncture the skeptic seems to have an upper hand. Still, I wold say and believe that some how and some way that, rational methods can still be used for gaining knowledge and truth in order to lull the critics accusations that we can't KNOW anything But that is something to be worked out.