Sam2 – I think the Torah view of the world is Torah centric and the understanding of the nature of the world by someone who is coming to determine the halacha is the havanah of the world that is valid in Torah discussions.
Therefore if we have a hishtashelus in halacha so that prior generations were kovea halacha at a level that is locked out to us (for whatever reason – various discussions around why you can’t argue on a gemara) then we are also locked out of the dicussion around the havanah of the world that relates to that discussion essentially