Of course, each person has only their knowledge of subjective experience, as well as that disclosed by others. There are writers who come from the angle of exploration of experience itself, although that is often juggled by arguments based on consensus. Some of the various approaches to philosophy are based on appeal to rational arguments and others on learned experience, or wisdom. I am not wishing to set this up as an ultimate divide, as I appreciate both knowledge gained from historical writers on the basis of rationality alongside the nature of unique experiences. It is likely that even those based on reason are not completely impartial and those written on the ideas have some grounding in real life or existential experience. I am not sure if this area will be a meaningful one to others or not, but I do find that I am trying to find bridges between theory and experience in thinking about consciousness, as well as ideas about the nature of reality and the ethical dilemmas in life, especially in ethics and the area of values. I hope that what I am saying is not too vague, and I am willing to expand in order to find what I see as a meaningful area of debate about the pursuit and purpose of philosophy. How do you see the dialogue between theory and practice in philosophy?