I learned that metaphysical inquiry has stalled due to questions about epistemological methods; learned that quibbling over the ways to reason can sometimes keep us from moving the discussion forward; was struck by the argument that statements of belief are statements of fact (from the perspective of the believer, of course) and that in a purely deductive way such statements are like empirical knowledge gained. Beliefs are subjective and absolute simultaneously (an absurdity that almost discounts pure reason as the only way to go).