Natural thinking in science and everyday life is untroubled by the difficulties concerning the possibility of cognition. Philosophical thinking is circumscribed by one's position toward the problems concerning the possibility of cognition. The perplexities in which reflection about the possibility of cognition that "gets at" the things themselves becomes entangled: How can we be sure that cognition accords with things as they exist in themselves, that it "gets at them"? What do things themselves care about our ways of thinking...?
2007-03-05 15:29:43 · 2 answers · asked by sashali 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
huh?
2007-03-05 15:41:57 · answer #1 · answered by babyohbaby69 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is what reality is; that which does not need our attitudes for existence. We can not " prove " reality, but it is presupposed in every thing we do. Those that attack reality, do so in the normal understanding that exists among peoples, language, which is the presupposition of reality. For a good defense of reality, read, " The Construction of Social Reality ", by John Searle.
2007-03-05 23:46:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋