I'm working on a research paper, and I'm doing my paper on this topic, "subjective vs. objective reality"..So, I know to use Plato to support this paper, but did he believe in subjective or objective? And...who would be another philosopher to use that contradicts Plato's view? What I am getting at is this: I need examples from a philosopher who believed reality is defined by sensory perception, and then an example of a philosopher who believed reality is based from sort of internal source, like one's own mind. PLEASE HELP! I'M GETTING SO CONFUSED AND FRUSTRATED. I HAVE to stick to a main point, not go off on a tangent about "does reality even exist" ect...I'm leaving all that out. ALL I'm focusing on is external vs. internal reality and which philosophers believed in which point of view.
2006-10-25 14:25:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I cannot use Freud. Freud was a psychologist not a philosopher. My paper has to strictly use philosophers as their sources.
2006-10-25 14:29:56 · update #1
Having chosen to study about perception, that the sensory perception has limitation, has to be understood experientially, and also the possibility of perception beyond the sensory, to be explored into, again experientially; till then, understanding and then putting it on a paper is bound to be confusing... else, take up the published works of very well renowned , non contradictory philosophers, and prepare a least illogical appearing cohesive paper.
J Krishnamurti is a widely acceptable philosopher, who more than just impressed physicists of his time ! And his talks and works are available even on Internet... may be of help for that 'internal reality'. Good luck & best wishes.
2006-10-25 14:43:34 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato believed in objective reality; his theory of forms speak of objective ideas of the good, beauty and truth. Plato despised the
Sophists because they were relativists, and believe in subjective truth. Other rationalists(internal)who believed in an objective reality would be Descartes, Leibniz, and Spinoza. Kant tried to integrate both empirical and rational knowledge, but he is tough, especially his Critique of Pure Reason. Aristotle's corpus of works in large but try his Physics and Metaphysics, Aristotle believed in objective reality, just read Metaphysics book 4. Most any post modern philosopher is subjective, try Derrida, Foucault, and Rorty. Here again is a large body of material. This is not a comprehensive list.
2006-10-25 21:47:19 · answer #2 · answered by tigranvp2001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato believed in Platonic forms...and that all reality is but shadows of perfection. This would explain why we have the idea of a circle but the reality is there has never been a perfect circle ever. Aristotle believed in a tangible objective reality...now read your texts to do the leg work...ask questions where you get confused and we'll see if we can help you out.
2006-10-25 21:29:57 · answer #3 · answered by ULTIMATEMEANING 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read a book called, "Magick, Mavericks, and Mayhem; a Spirited History of Physical Chemistry" by Cathy Cobb. I know it -sounds- off-subject, but it starts waaaaaaaay back when scientists were also the philosophers and it has I think two or three whole chapters on this subject, mentioning Plato, Aristotle, and more. Please trust me on this - I just finished reading it myself, but I can't reference it because it was a library book and I had to return it.
2006-10-25 21:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by Deus Maxwell 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freud vrs plato?
Maslow theorys are pretty spot on for objective 2
2006-10-25 21:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by GOOCH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plato belived very much in subjective realism but he held that truth was objective. Since the truth was not the shadow but the object.
2006-10-25 21:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is probably not what you are looking for on the sensory perception but I will just give you my two cents. When you are born, you perceive your environment experiencing different sensory responses. It is normal for kids to integrate and interact with their environment to receive different types of sensory input. This is called Sensory Integration and your vestibular, proprioception, and normal movements give you the correct interpretation of your environment. It is all about interpretation of our surroundings. Good Luck.
2006-10-25 21:44:17 · answer #7 · answered by Chimes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you need not dichotomize the two forms of reality.
2006-10-25 23:08:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://consc.net/online.html
2006-10-26 02:20:02 · answer #9 · answered by DREAMER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋