Use cheese, wine, and art as analogies?
2006-07-01 11:05:01 · 13 answers · asked by c f 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Truth is objective; perceived reality is subjective. They may be the same, but then again they may not. It depends on the perceiver.
2006-07-01 11:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by grinningleaf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Suppose that a slab of Vacherin Mont d'Or is at rest before Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk (at the MoMA) and contemplating the meaning of its semi-pasturised life. Suppose further that a magnum of '01 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino is rolling due northwards towards the delicate hulk at a constant velocity v.
Upon collision, the truth would be what I just described above. And it would be the truth by definition, since I have turned us into omniscient observers by fully describing all parts of the situation involved. In this case, the truth would be identical to the perceived reality to us - the omniscient observers. To the cheese, the perceived reality would be whatever it would be able to discern from the collision. For example, if it lacks knowledge of the intricacies of Italian wine-making, it may mistakenly think that it was hit by a bottle of Sangiovese not a Brunello; or being no more than some cooked and curdled milk, it may not think anything at all...
To wit, the point is this - if one lacks omniscience, one is always at risk of one's perceived reality differing from the truth, with the differences only becoming apparent upon learning some of those things that one does not yet know. Thus, while it is not ever impossible for one's perceived reality to actually match the truth, it IS impossible for one to ever establish this to be the case. We CAN know absolute truth, but we can never know that we know it. Perceived reality, on the other hand, is what we can know.
2006-07-01 19:44:59 · answer #2 · answered by rei_t_ex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A truth is a universal set of data that has a right or wrong, and happens to be right. Percieved reality, however, can be anything. I do not know how to use cheese, wine and art as analogies for this, but I can privide an example of what I say. Back in the ancient times, it was thought that our Earth was the flat center of te universe. But the truth was still that Earth was spherical and not the center of the universe. Now do you see what I mean? If not, oh well.
2006-07-01 19:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by rokkon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
truth is counted as an accepted fact throughout a community. Perceived reality is one person's view of something, but it may not be a truth because it isn't accepted by alot of people. a person could say cheese is wine and wine is cheese and that is a perceived reality because most people would know that cheese is cheese and wine is wine, that's that the truth and the one un-accepted belief is the perceived reality.
2006-07-01 18:29:15 · answer #4 · answered by aaron m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The analogy i really like is -
Reality is like a city and perceived reality is like the map. The map can give us an overview of the city, but the map is not the city.
Our senses receive limited information form the real world which is direct experience. Perception happens when we analyze and categories this raw data based on thought patterns already existing in the mind. For example when Columbus's Ships approached America. The native Indians did not have any notion of ships and hence couldn't see them. They had no frame of reference, and so these things did not exist for them.
The insight that we can draw from this is that what we assume to be real is perceived reality! And what is real can only be experienced, not percieved, or understood.
2006-07-01 18:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Truth is simple. It is the actual event or incident, without any alteration or change.
Truth exists, but only for a brief second in space/time, usually when the even or incident occures.
Perceived reality is what happens when an true event or incident is observed, analysed, and catagorized by human intellect. It is generally believed that 'truth' cannot be fathomed by our minds, because once the data is processed, the information becomes skewed by our perceptions and inherent desires. Two people can see the exact same 'true' incident, but each person's perceived reality of that event will be different. They may match in generalities, or even many specifics, but both will have a slightly different story or viewpoint of the event.
2006-07-01 18:13:19 · answer #6 · answered by Molecularfallout 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, the most challenging question I've ever seen on Yahoo!
You should get 1000 points just for asking the way you have.
A man says to a woman while both are viewing a work of art "it's cold". The woman rolls up the window.
Truth is what you said. But it has to go through the prisom, the shields/klippot/veils of perception before it is heard. And of course what is heard is different than what you said.
2006-07-02 10:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by who WAS #1? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perceived reality has to do with the mind. The thinking mind has never delivered truth.
2006-07-02 13:40:47 · answer #8 · answered by aeneas09 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel that truth is reality and perceived reality is wish full thinking, the way we want it to be not the way it is .
2006-07-01 18:12:54 · answer #9 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one truth.
We each have our own perceived reality
2006-07-01 19:14:33 · answer #10 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋