Without falling into the traps of modern idealism or modern realism, not ensnared by spiritualism (mentalism) or materialism, I pay tribute to the spirit of the Renaissance, maintaining the open mind of a beginner.

The proposed criticism puts aside dogmatism & skepticism, and their ontologies, the extremes of eternalism & nihilism. This effort is backed by the normative disciplines of epistemology, ethics & esthetics. Such demarcations allow for a metaphysics and its validation.