Questions tagged [reality]
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Can you demonstrate the Moore's "here is an hand" argument proving that you are not me?
If Moore is wrong about the external world a strange situation emerge: the very skeptical people that criticise him must be inside Moore's mind. Actually, if the critics are right, Moore himself must ...
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What is the definition of real?
What is the definition of the word "real"? For example, we can all agree that Harry Potter and unicorns are not real, while Mount Everest and Mars are real. Some people even say ...
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Circularity in definition of Real
I'm having a hard time understanding the adjective 'real'.
In some sense, we get that x is real iff x is in reality. So to say that y is a real boy, is to say that y is a boy, and y is in the ...
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AI paradox in DKIW hierarchy [closed]
You can check this link for basic info.
(Note: 'data', 'information', 'knowledge' and 'widsom' words will be mention as shortened with first letters in this question.)
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D is the basis of W....
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When is an illusion liberative?
I was thinking about cinema and how it might encourage us to see ourselves as movie stars in our own narratives, maybe like existential literature but without the sense of being trapped in that, and ...
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Will you appreciate my arguments against solipsism? [closed]
A month ago I wrote here. As time passed, I was able to collect some interesting arguments against solipsism in my piggy bank. Let's discuss them!
There is definitely me here. I can't exist alone by ...
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An object exist means what? And what is the relation of it with space and time?
If something exist mentally & physically, in both forms it is understandable that we have a Idea of it in mind as well as in reality or physically but , what about things which exists in the form ...
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Do objects exist as the way we think they do even when nobody sees them
Object permanence is the belief objects exist whether we see them or not.
However even if they exist, can we really claim they exist as an object that has certain colors, and thus claim they exist in ...
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What is the philosophy that deals with concepts being correctly fitted to reality or "carving reality at the joints"?
In philosophy of science thinkers sometimes speak of certain theoretical concepts "carving nature at its joints" (I think this might have been used prominently by Hilary Putnam but I can't ...
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How is Truth Different From Reality?
Is the whole question like "what is truth" just about finding definitions to things we know but can't put into words to explain (things that are currently ineffable). For example, everyone ...
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Can something real be an association to something else?
Can some real thing, that exist, be an association to another thing?
What does of the image or real thing causes an associative effect?
Exist ergo real?
i also see the problem with "there is"...
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"Truth" as a description of our cognition versus "truth" as a description of reality
In reading about the feud of foundationalism, infinitism and coherentism, there seems to be some arguments based on how cognition/reasoning works. However, an argument of the form (vaguely put by me) ...
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Does the imagination qualify as any form of evidence?
Suppose I believe in entities, aliens, God or higher intelligent being that are in communication with me. The catch is, there is no physical evidence for their existence. However, if such things ...
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What does William James mean here by representing the knowing in advance?
Let my reader suppose himself to constitute for a time all the reality
there is in the universe, and then to receive the announcement that
another being is to be created who shall know him truly. How ...
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Philosophical implications of entangled states (and the 2022 physics nobel prize)
FYI: For the 2022 Physics Noble Prize announcement, see here.
First, I realize the subjective nature of any potential answers or discussions regarding this question. In spite of that, I'm still ...
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Are there any relevant philosophers who’ve touched on the points raised?
Below is a summary of my thoughts on reality and human consciousness:
Man I watched Michio Kaku talk about quantum mechanics/spirituality and finished reading that declassified CIA document about ...
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Do "things" that are present depend on Dasein?
Do "things" that are present depend on Dasein? I have read Being and Time, but a very long time ago. I am not sure if I mean present at hand, but I do mean in general anything that exists in ...
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Is time fundamental like space or only a tool for measurement? [closed]
Time is to distance or acceleration what progression is to space. Time “exists” like distance as a measurement but is not ‘real’ like me, you or the earth that we stand. Time is a measurement of ...
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Has any philosophy in history coherently disambiguated the state of being “real” from being “existent”? Such that it’s broadly applicable to thoughts?
I suspect that things which simply exist are not bound by limits and are hence unlimited. According to economic thinking, real things are those which are scarce or limited by constraints of physical ...
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Is reality a matter of perspective?
Imagine a world like the movie The Matrix where everything people experience is controlled by a massive computer. Let us assume that in this virtual world, there are ogres but no gorillas. Consider ...
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Value of life as we disappear [closed]
If our lives don't last, then how can our lives have lasting value?
This question addresses the issue of how anybody could have a deeply meaningful life
if we all disappear and become like nothing.
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Is Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation" just the "Allegory of the Cave"?
Am I missing something or is Baudrillard's "Simulacra and Simulation" just a wordy "Allegory of the Cave"?
To expand, reality is "crowdsourced", patterns occur, and we ...
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Is objectivity necessary for anything beside communication?
By "subjective", I mean something that occurs only in a single mind and cannot be shared even in principle. A common example is pain. You cannot feel someone else's pain. You might observe ...
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If we simulate a universe just like ours, is there any experiment simulated life could do to verify it is being simulated?
Akin to Einstein's principle of equivalence where the observer cannot tell if he or she is either in free fall or being accelerated (in a small enough region of spacetime); I'm wondering the same ...
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Belief, in 'divine madness'
Theia mania (Ancient Greek: θεία μανία) is a term used by Plato in his dialogue Phaedrus to describe a condition of divine madness (unusual behavior attributed to the intervention of a God).
Do ...
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Do concepts transcend reality?
I often come to wonder about a specific, quite abstract question. Since I am not used to writing about such thing, it is very difficult for me to explain, but I will try to present my reasoning by ...
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Do states of affairs exemplify the properties that appear in their representation, or do they encode these?
The encoding/exemplifying distinction is in part an attempt to make phrases like "the round square" or "a nonexistent Pegasus" intelligible, without violating consistency or ...
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What is consciousness? Is it the ultimate reality of our universe? What implications do the various theories of consciousness have on human life?
Does a child has more consciousness associated with her or her adult form?
What about her foetus? If her foetus is not yet properly developed (it has just accumulated a bit more mass and complexity ...
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The absorption of parathetic sentences into the One True Fact
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At least "hypothetically" or "for the sake of argument," I would like to use the slingshot argument to compare and contrast various sentence-types. So for now, ...
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Relationship between duality and absolute reality
"A problem is only a problem when there's a solution. We exist in a world of duality: positive vs negative, happiness vs sorrow, light vs darkness. The contrastive relationship helps us ...
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Question about the Four Noble Truths
Are there many causes of "suffering" (the first noble truth) or do they all stem from one cause (namely, unsatisfactory impermanence)? Encyclopedia Britannica lists unsatisfactory ...
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Which branch combines solipsism and monism?
Which branch of philosophy whole-heartedly accepts (and builds upon) that only self exists (solipsism) and the universe is the part/creation of self (monism) by eliminating the possibility of ...
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Is there such a thing as completely objective truth?
Apologies if this question has been asked before, I looked at similar ones and couldn't find one that answered this exact question.
Is there such a thing as truth completely independent of conditions, ...
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Something vs Nothing. Reality of 0?
Is nothing really nothing or is it something? Like is 0 something or nothing?
And if nothing is something then would it be right to say that if nothing existed, something existed. And something must ...
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What if my life starts all over again for all eternity?
What if only I have a consciousness and after I die my life starts all over again for all eternity?! And the memories of my previous life get deleted? Please give me counterarguments! 😔
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What if my life gets repeated again and again?
What if only I am real? What if when I die my life starts all over again? Like an endless loop? And all of my memories get deleted? Please give me arguments against this!
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Free Will vs Destiny
Is living, believing having free will the destiny(predetermined truth)of our life?
Do we really have free will or we just believe to have free will?
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How can I debunk solipsism?
What if my consciousness is the only thing that is real? What if the entire world does not exist in a material way? What if only this moment exists? What if the past is an illusion? What if people etc....
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What is the best theory about how a person models reality?
When someone throws a ball it is possible to predict where the ball will be based on the person's stance, motion during the throw, speed of ball, trajectory, etc. If you see a window in front of the ...
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Can our creativity create probability for reality? How legitimate is modal realism?
That title is so wild but if you create say a cartoon and that universe. Does that open up the possibility that it exists somewhere in reality? Like it is now a universe that exists because you ...
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In our best scientific theories, is there a difference between "the universe" and "reality"?
In our best scientific theories, is there a difference between "the universe" and "reality"?
Are all scientific realists committed to the idea that there is a mind independent ...
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How do some traditions defend realities outside of scientific space and time?
Some metaphysical systems assert that "the ultimate reality" is outside of space and time.
For example Schopenhauer, many forms of theism, more recently Kastrup and his Analytical Idealism.
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How do finite processes and endless mathematical objects relate to reality?
There seem to be several philosophers who believe science (plus human norms for Sellars) can in principle leave no unanswered questions about reality. I would call this finite or exhaustible.
Sellars:
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Can reality exist without anything/anyone?
Reality is here defined as "truth."
An example is, if someone killed someone else, then the truth is that person 2 is dead. Here, no one need to know that that person is dead in order for ...
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The Anthropic principle as a physical embodiment of the Axiom of Choice
This question pertains to physical reality, but it would be deemed inappropriate in Physics.SE because of its speculative, metaphysical nature. It also touches on the subject of singling out elements ...
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Name for believing reality cannot be modeled?
What is the name for the belief that truth and reality cannot be modeled or represented logically, intellectually, nor linguistically and hence cannot actually be discussed?
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Can we know the Nature of matter because we are "made" of it?
When we consider the world to be curved spacetime sparkled and specked with tiny elementary particles (which ultimately may turn out to be ultra tiny compactifications os space) then logically we are ...
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"Unicorns don’t exist" vs "unicorns aren't real"
What is the difference between “unicorns don’t exist” and “unicorns don't really exist”? Is this similar to how "it is true that there are unicorns" reduces to "there are unicorns"?...
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Is experience a real thing? [closed]
Reality is both objective and subjective or neither , But what about experience ?
since experience is totally subjective does this mean it may or may not be real?
for example, You hear a person ...
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Why do different realists offer different explanations of reality
"we have to be realistic", is often heard. Easily said. That normally means, realistic wrt to the view on the reality of the one who utters the expression. Different people have different ...
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