How do you differentiate between reality and fantasy?
Because to my point of view Reality is Materialistic Fantasy and Fantasy is Etherical Reality.
So exactly how do we differentiate it?
2006-12-17 05:02:13 · 18 answers · asked by negi_mahou_sensei 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you ppl are talking bout mystic creatures and us, how do you know they aren.t real? Just like the mermaid, no one ever gone to the bottom of the deepest ocean and no one knows what is there so why the conclusion that mermaid does not exist? The same goes with unicorns, if bibles and ancient texts say that there were unicorns so why not now in order for you to believe so?
2006-12-17 05:10:21 · update #1
characters in the book would think like i do cos how do you know they aren't real? like mona lisa is she real or not? some say she is some say no......
2006-12-17 05:14:56 · update #2
I don't draw a distinct boundary.Our minds bodies don't know the difference. (I haven't the capacity to tell if our spirit does or not) I believe if you can think it , you can manifest it. To me fantasy is the realm in the collective that is a non serious day dream or thoughts that people entertain for the escapism. Reality is the thought collective accepted by 'The Norm'. This relative extends beyond the 5 senses into the heavenlies. Reality in some mental disorders is a bit more complex, in that case the individual experiences a reality that is not shared by those around them. This is true of substance use emotional trauma, neglect ,abuse isolation......reality is fragile.I think science was invented to answer this question....religion tries to explain it too. The only fool proof way to navigate this life seems to believe in a higher power and make all choices based in love not fear....again it's subjective. The bible says we can only enter the kingdom of heaven through belief alone, and not by deeds...this may be why...we don't have a clue. Fortunately the masses never question reality (not my usual choice as a mantra)They seem to function as a security blanket for the creative ones who need to go to the other side in order to test these things.....be safe...If you were crazy you wouldn't question your reality....peace.
2006-12-17 05:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by someone 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I suppose it depends on what, exactly, you mean by fantasy. But here's how I look at things:
Thoughts are measurable things. They have a physical reality. Therefore, anything that goes on in my head is real. Things I imagine are real. The reality is constrained a bit by what I can think of and remember. But it is all real nonetheless.
Authors often experience this kind of thing. This is why so many of them write about realities where their characters end up being real entities instead of imagined ones. Many authors will express situations where the characters they have made up act in ways they do not expect, or think of things they did not seem to think of themselves.
This creates a plenitude of interesting wrinkles in reality. We can distinguish different levels by what it takes to annihilate them. Some things are only real in the minds of entities I imagine. Some are real only to me. There are many realities that are shared among people through a variety of means. And some that are pretty much common to all people. Should all of humanity die off, there still seems to be the reality of the surrounding universe. And who knows? Perhaps this is just a fragment of a much larger reality taking place in the mind of a god, a complicated multiverse, or all of the above!
Thus we can talk about the Apollo moon landing being BOTH real and faked - each of those versions of events are absolutely real to different subsets of humanity. Or we can discuss coherency in the reality of Pac-Man. Some realities are simpler than others. Some can even destroy others.
It's an interesting playground, when you look at things that way, I think. What surprises me most is how much most people seem to think that they actually know about the extra-human reality. It doesn't take much study at all to show that they can't ALL be right, and that therefore most of them are grossly, grossly wrong about virtually all of it. Sad, in a way.
2006-12-17 05:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ooh! I know this one! It's not a philosophical question, it's a semantical question.
We have real worlds and possible worlds. A sentence can say anything, like "The King of France is bald." We do not know the truth value of this statement- whether or not it is true in the real world- unless we look at the King of France in the real world and see if he is bald. However, we do know that the truth conditions- the required conditions that must be met in any possible world, real or imagined, for this sentence to be true in those possible worlds- are as follows: There exists a King of France. The King of France is bald. The King of France is bald is true and t* (t* means "now.") However, we do not know the truth value without seeing how the real world actually is. Truth value is the extension of the sentence- what it denotes in the real world- while truth condition is the intension of the sentence- how it relates to all possible worlds.
In short, while we can understand the truth conditions of any possible world, the only way to determine the truth value of what the real world actually is like is to go out and look.
2006-12-17 05:19:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...I have another philosophy question in return to your question...What do you think a character from books would say about our reality?...He will say that for him our reality is fantasy.So,I don't differentiate reality with fantasy.Although this may seem like non-sense,think for a moment...
2006-12-17 05:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Nevermind 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fantasy is I have 10 million dollars,own a mansion and drive a Mercedes. Reality is I am only middle class,own a home and drive a Pontiac.
2006-12-17 05:05:54 · answer #5 · answered by unicornfarie1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The difference between fantasy and reality is that reality will jump up at bite you in the @ss.
2006-12-17 05:12:36 · answer #6 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rick shoot a man in the leg. Fantasy would be, a female witness who claims she didn't see Rick pull the trigger and tells the Jury Rick didn't do it. She even calls it a fact. Reality would be, Rick was caught on film very clearly pulling the trigger and shooting the man in the leg. He's guilty and thats a fact and reality.
2006-12-17 05:06:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
fantasy is make believe ... reality is real. i guess how i'd put it is that reality is like getting up in the morning and going 2 work/school. fantasy is like unicorns and pixies roaming the evergreens.
2006-12-17 05:05:31 · answer #8 · answered by rachaaael 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Reality is that from which you can deduce all points of view.
A fantasy is that from which only one point of view can be deduced
2006-12-17 06:32:31 · answer #9 · answered by anthonypaullloyd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality is anything you can touch, taste, smell, feel, or hear.
Fantasy is something you imagine, visualize, dream about, seek, or hope for.
2006-12-17 05:03:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋