T_Clark

As I noted, that is the subject of this thread.

As you probably know, I am very interested in art - how it works, what it does, why it matters. You and I have discussed in the past that music is the...

I don't have any problem with what you've written. I'm not saying the memory of an apple is not real. Is it "ordinary, humdrum reality?" Let's see... ...

You're new here. Perhaps you should wait a while before offering condescending advice.

It's a pretty standard thought, at least in eastern philosophies, that the self is an illusion.

Not necessarily. It's meant to go where it goes. Which it seems to be doing pretty well from my perspective.

I think you've laid out the types of situations that have to be evaluated in determining what is and what isn't real. As I noted, everyday, humdrum re...

I've read through an explanation of Wigner's friend twice and can't figure it out how it applies beyond just plain old "quantum weirdness."

I came at this question from a philosophical rather than psychological perspective, although I think your point is relevant. As you note, "adherence t...

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As I noted, that is the subject of this thread.

That's the subject of this discussion.

As I noted elsewhere, truth applies to propositions, not to things in general. I think that's an important distinction. How can an apple be true? Hmmm...

I agree, which is one of the reasons I brought this whole thing up. How much of quantum "weirdness" is metaphysics and how much is physics?

Or maybe it is the aspect of being we can notice, even if we don't right now. Funny - "that which has no distinction" is what Lao Tzu would probably c...

No, but I'm allowed to express an opinion.

"What is generally accepted as reality" is not necessarily the same as reality as viewed from a philosophical perspective.

I recognize the distinction you're making, but I'm not sure I buy it, at least not from a philosophical point of view.

That's one of the questions on the table.

I don't think I understand the distinctions you're making. After some thought, I generally think of "being" and "existence" as the same thing. As I no...

An alternative philosophical question - to what extent is the delusion real?

You may be right, but it comes up often in our discussions here on the forum. That's why I started the thread. Yes, this is the kind of question that ...

I didn't say and I don't believe reality is what corresponds to sensation. I said reality only makes sense in comparison or relation to sensation. Yes...

I didn't say that the sensations themselves aren't real. I don't think the sensations are "what are real", i.e. all that is real. I think they are the...

I think this definition is a good one. It gets at some of the confusion about the reality of quantum events. What's real is what's "registered by our ...

Thanks, although I found the back and forth inoffensive.

I think "real" and "true" mean very different things. I came across a discussion of the difference on the web while putting together the OP. Truth app...

I think it might be reasonable to include hallucinations and delusions as real. They certainly exist here at everyday human scale. That's one of the t...

I'm trying to decide the best way of dealing with the ideas of "real" or "reality" are, given quantum mechanics. The options, as I see them 1) Reality...

I have been accused of being a pragmatist. "Ineluctable" is defined as "Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inescapable; inevitable. Impos...

Probably because of the sense of permanence and solidity regular people feel and don't see the need to undermine with philosophical folderol.

As I've said enough times to drive even me crazy, I don't think whether or not objective reality exists is a question of fact. I think it's a metaphys...

Yes, I agree. Real has lots of different meanings or shades of meaning. For what it's worth, it was not my intention to exclude imaginary or conceptua...

I'm not sure whether or not this contradicts what I wrote. I suspect not.

I have no problem with what you've written. I've made the case many times that the idea of objective reality is a convenience that allows us to talk a...

You have misstated my position. I wrote: I think this expresses the position I was advocating very well. I wasn't necessarily endorsing any of the def...

A case could be made that phenomena that don't behave according to classical principles don't exist. I'm not sure I would agree with that. One of the ...

Are you saying there is no external world outside human experience? I don't think you are, but I'm not sure. I could make the case that is true if I h...

That is not how I see philosophy. I don't do it that way either, not when I do it right.

Have you read the rest of the posts on this thread? If not, why are you pontificating here. If you have, I think you'd see what @"Universal Student" i...

My point was only that you should have contingencies in place in case the world as we know it doesn't end.

I was an engineer for 30 years. I've got knowledge coming out of my butt. I know lots of things and I take pleasure and satisfaction from that knowled...

For some reason, none of your tags of my name show up in my "Mentions" page. If I don't respond to a comment of yours, that may be why. It doesn't see...

I thought about that when I was writing my response, but I wanted a way to show you and Universeness are similar. I figured that would annoy you. What...

You're the second person today I've had to ask to respond to my argument, not to my motivation. You and Universeness are peas in a pod. And yet it's n...

Schrodinger intended his cat analogy as a joke.

Votre essayer a Francais parler sont tres annoying. Je voudrais si vous les arrete. Pardon my very bad French.

Please don't go to any trouble for my sake.

I'd rather you focused on my arguments rather than my motives. I generally don't feel any need to respond.