Questions tagged [reality]
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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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Does physical reality exist without an observer?
This question also considers principles of quantum physics.
When electrons or any other subatomic particles are "observed" or "measured", their wavefunction collapses to a certain ...
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Can an omnipotent being create a world where 1+1=3?
This thought started off as 'If we are in a simulation, or if there exist a God/omnipotent being that can change the laws of physics (and everything) as we know it - is it possible for a change to ...
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How our brains create colors as qualia? [closed]
As we know, colors as we see them don’t actually exist out there in the world, they come from how our brains understand electromagnetic wavelengths. The sun and other light sources send out ...
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Can we know anything about the "outside", if we are in a simulation?
Please note this question isn't about "simulation" as such. It is cast in this way to illustrate a particular sub-to-super ontology relationship:
Given that all we see or seem, are the product of ...
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What does it mean to say "possible in reality?" [closed]
Consider the following truth table.
I am hungry
My eyes are closed
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Each row is possible. But that seems to me like an incomplete statement. Instead, I think it makes more sense ...
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Are there canonical strong arguments for 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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Could you critique my statements below about connection between mind and reality? [closed]
I've thought about reality and how it connects to the mind. Starting from the only thing we can be certain about, our existence, and principle of causality. With those I've come up with the below ...
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Is probability physical or idealistic? Is probability an inherent part of nature/reality?
I asked this question a while back: Is entropy physical or idealistic?
Now, I am back to ask if the subject that entropy built around is inherently real i.e., probability in itself being inherent not ...
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What are all the uses of the word 'reality', that is, what does 'reality' mean?
Many people use the word 'reality' as if they know what they mean, but do they? What is the meaning of 'reality'? Also, what is the principle meaning of the word 'reality'?
EDIT - I was looking for ...
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Is the notion of a fuzzy reality coherent?
Can reality be fuzzy? If so, how would this look like?
In quantum mechanics, a particle can be in a superposition of two states before measurement. In the many worlds interpretation, this is neatly ...
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Language and consciousness
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When studying German, I started to think on language and its relation to reality. The story I came up with is like this:
As we know we are born with no language. The baby starts trying ...
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What do we mean when we ask "What's the – fundamental – nature of reality?" [duplicate]
This is a very popular question within metaphysics and I'd like to understand what do we are really mean with the question.
In particular, what do we mean when we use the words "fundamental" ...
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Same vs identical vs equal objects
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Consider two objects made from the same factory without any difference (an ideal scenario). Can we say that the two objects are the same? I would say no because one may be produced earlier ...
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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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