In other words,how much of reality is perceived and how much is conceived?
do empiricism and logic have equal grounds in determining reality?
Sure, I think you can "get reality right" via deduction. — Terrapin Station
Re the quantificational questions ("how much"/"are they equal"), it doesn't really seem plausible to me to quantify this. — Terrapin Station
When I duck from a baseball about to hit my head I get reality right without having to go to the trouble of deduction. — John Doe
Actually, such reactions are a consequence of prior deduction which conclude a situation to be unfavourable. — BrianW
Well if you extend the meaning of deduction so broadly that it captures the acquisition of coping skills in embodied know-how — John Doe
Someone or some people, at some point in time deduced the nature of certain projectiles and conveyed that information to others. By and by, it became kind of like common sense. But, all that means is there is a degree of reason in the reaction which also implies deduction. — BrianW
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