Not exact matches
God knows all things, but in
such fashion (it was held) that there is zero relativity or dependence in God as
knower, and maximal dependence in the creatures as known.
The reason most persons would agree that a universe devoid of
knowers is a possible state is because, although
such a universe could never be known directly, it is conceivable; we can even meaningfully describe what would have to occur for
such a universe to become actual; all minds would have to cease to be.
And as the use of what is lower - than - man can only be for what is lower and not for what is higher in the user himself, the
knower and user becomes in
such use, if made all - inclusive, himself lower than man.
Palmer always uses the term «objective» to describe the antagonistic posture of the isolated, active
knower who seeks, for purposes of manipulation and control, to grasp, through the scientific method, the passive objects of the world in
such a way that the knowledge that results «will reflect the nature of the objects in question rather than the
knower's whims.»
«20 Hartshorne suggests, through
such examples, that to be true is to be true for some
knower, ultimately for the divine
knower.
At the same time, I do not think that the notion of the active participation of the
knower in the process of knowing needs to lead to
such sinister consequences as is sometimes suggested.
(5)
Such is the
Knower of the Invisible and the Visible, the Mighty, the Merciful, (6).
Such freedom of diversification for the sake of the community leads to the confluence of all sciences into a single natural science of man the
knower and man the object of knowledge.