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Running Head : PRIMACY OF EXISTENCE OVER CONSCIOUSNESS

The Primacy of Existence over Consciousness

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MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Insert Submission date here] The Primacy of Existence over Consciousness

Empiricists recognize the primacy of existence over consciousness as they recognize the non-constitutive character of the subject 's awareness of the objects in the physical realm . Within this scheme , truth is dependent upon the correspondence of the subject 's beliefs in the

br external world . This recognition of sensory experience as the primary source of knowledge enables the conception of perception as the basis for knowledge acquisition . In this sense , the verifiability of knowledge may be presented through the use of sensory evidence . This is in direct opposition to the propositional based method of knowledge justification [as it uses perception as a method of knowledge acquisition]

Knowledge presupposes both existence and consciousness . This is based on the intuitive assumption that the primacy of existence should be accepted as a foundation for knowledge formation since it is implicit in any instance of awareness evident in its affirmation even during instances of denying it . This claim leads to the epistemological character of consciousness which leaves consciousness on existence for its content . This dependence is due to the object 's possession of identity independent of the perceiver 's consciousness and to the mind 's sole function of grasping entities in the physical realm Perception , in...

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