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It feels blasé to tag this with three huge areas of philosophy, “metaphysics”, “epistemology” and “ontology”. I think epistemology is most central because it’s a question about knowing.
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How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skepticsomeone skeptical that one is "really" there, and awake, and not just dreaming about the entire situation/worldworld around himthem?

What I'm asking is: which if anyWhich philosophers or philosophies have addressed this problem of how one knows one is, or is not, dreaming?

Which if any philosophies have attempted to evaluate the sense of claims like "I am not dreaming"?

How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming about the entire situation/world around him?

What I'm asking is: which if any philosophers have addressed this problem of how one knows one is or is not dreaming?

Which if any philosophies have attempted to evaluate the sense of claims like "I am not dreaming"?

How could one logically demonstrate to someone skeptical that one is "really" there, and awake, and not just dreaming about the entire world around them?

Which philosophers or philosophies have addressed this problem of how one knows one is, or is not, dreaming?

How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming about the entire situation/world around him?

Specifically whatWhat I'm asking is: which if any philosophers have addressed this problem of how one knows one is or is not dreaming?

Which if any philosophies have attempted to evaluate the sense of claims like "I am not dreaming"?

How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming the entire situation/world around him?

Specifically what I'm asking is: which if any philosophers have addressed this problem of how one knows one is or is not dreaming?

Which if any philosophies have attempted to evaluate the sense of claims like "I am not dreaming"?

How does one know one is not dreaming? How could one logically demonstrate to a skeptic that one is "really" there, awake and not just dreaming about the entire situation/world around him?

What I'm asking is: which if any philosophers have addressed this problem of how one knows one is or is not dreaming?

Which if any philosophies have attempted to evaluate the sense of claims like "I am not dreaming"?

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