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Is there a difference between "true" and "real"?
Is there a difference between "true" and "real"? If so, what is the difference? I am asking because I have heard those words used interchangeably, but I am wondering if there is a ...
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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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"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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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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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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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?
Do any philosophers say ...
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Can we say that "I Think Therefore I Am" was never about "I", or thinking, or "I" doing the thinking?
Strictly speaking, "Cogito ergo sum" simply means:
"The existence of your own mind can never be in doubt."
Item 1) also describes our true knowledge in its entirety.
Or we can ...
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Ref request: Reality objective or subjective
This is a request for a reference on (within) philosophy.stackexchange.com.
It follows from discussions around this question.
I am asking after having tried my luck at websearch.
What I am searching ...
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How can we be certain that we cannot be certain?
I read a lot about people saying that it is impossible to be certain about anything with 100% certainty, but that means that this rule in and of itself must be true 100%.
I mean the rule that "we ...
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Does Reality change when theory change?
I was going to include a caveat to prove a premise: to show that truth has become more subjective and then proceeding from older to newer theories of truth, I would cite a survey showing how ...
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Is truth objective or pragmatic? Is it possible to have anything else than an opinion? [closed]
People used to believe truth existed as a provable concept.
We now accept we can disprove things, and what we know is approximate.
Once you accept the pragmatic, this works, it has consequences that ...
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Why can some things apparently be "pretended" but others apparently can't? [closed]
"Pretend to be upset" - seems broadly possible?
"Pretend to lift your right arm" (for a person who has the capability of doing this action ) - not sure if this is possible
"All experiences are real (...
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The Difference Between Truth and Reality. And what does fact stand for?
I'm interested in the different forms of actuality.
Fact
For me fact must be a constant, base level of deducted 'fact'. Something that cannot be disproved. For instance, fire is hot. Fact is ...
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What is the philosophical difference between "Reality" and "Truth"? [closed]
While talking philosophically, I want to know the difference between Reality and Truth.
Especially while Asking this question, I've used Reality/Truth because I don't know How they are different in ...
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Do questions about the ultimate truth make sense? Are we capable of understanding the system in which we live? (Looking for directions/references)
I am recently reading a lot about topics like free will or consciousness. It seems that many philosophers are trying to argue about these concepts in an ultimate and final way, that means they are ...
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