"Then does nothing exist except my states?"
"Nothing else exists primarily for you."
"Then what about the world before I existed, and after I cease to exist?"
"You infer such a world from your states."
"Then there is something besides my states—this world which I infer; and that, I suppose, and not merely my perceptions, is the reality of which I have knowledge?"
"Not exactly," he replied, "the fact is ..."
"I don't think," I interrupted, "that we ought to plunge into a discussion of the nature of Reality. It is Good with which we are at present concerned."
"But," said Dennis, "we wanted to find out the connection of Knowledge with Good; and to do so we must first discover what Knowledge is."
"Well then," I said, "let us first take Wilson's account of Knowledge, and see what he makes of that with regard to Good; and then we will take yours, and see what we make of that. And if we don't find that either satisfies the requirements of Good we will leave Knowledge and go on to something else."
"Very well," he replied, "I am content, so long as I get my chance."