Robert Hart
September 6, 2018
Philosophy 1204
Position Paper 1
Purging one’s memory of all you know is the best way for true knowledge. Knowledge
is based upon past knowledge. Purging all one’s memories is the challenge for many. True
knowledge is perfect knowledge and cannot be based on past knowledges as that would make it
imperfect. This means that this kind of knowledge must be individual and the current
knowledges and beliefs that someone has inhibits them from understanding this. There is a state
of consciousness or lack of consciousness where true knowledge is attainable. The brain
naturally produces a chemical during death and near-death experiences called DMT or
Dimethyltryptamine. There have been a couple studies and people who are called psychonauts