A Proposal

The very first issue I feel compelled to address is the issue of consistency. Though my thoughts follow a pattern that does not mean they are constructed in some rigid universe, for the very fact remains that the universe and all its components are in a constant state of motion, a state of change. From the galaxies that flow outward marking the very edges of the universe to the smallest of particles found in something so seemingly solid such as a rock. Though the rock appears solid to the observer it is composed of tiny particles that vibrate while the rock holds fast in its position, static and unflinching until it is humbled by the marching sands that eventually erode it away in time. Nothing is without motion, so that what appears to be still is actually an illusion.

My proposal, and the method from which I will be operating, is a method based on provisionalism. It is a method that relies on the uncertainty of human knowledge, that whatever truth there is about the way reality actually is, we can never be 100 percent certain of it. What we do have is probability which allows us to examine the evidence of our discoveries and develop theories that can be subjected to a high degree of scrutiny through observable tests, not merely speculated upon, enough to conclude a high likelihood of something actually being true to reality. Simply put, provisionalism means always keeping the door open to new ideas and new ways of thinking. It is a method meant to rescue knowledge from the chaos of doubt. The natural human pursuit for developing consistency is based on our desires to understand reality as pattern seeking animals.

From here on in all of my discussions, where ever they may lead and on every tangent they may turn they will always be based on a fundamental understanding that, no matter their conclusions, they will include the implicit idea of a provisional understanding of reality.