Is reality objective?

Answer 1

I would say yes, becuase we cannot ever experience reality, just our brains intrepretation of reality and its impossible to know what goes on inside another brain.

For example, you may see blue where I see green. You may say that sky and the sea is blue, but through yuor eyes, your version of blue and green is the opposite to mine. Impossible to ever know, so would say that it is subjective.

Answer 2

The question is like ( to steal a line from what the bleep) asking "What is the marriage status of the number 5?"

First you have to assume that there is a reality. Then you have to assume that there is such a thing as objective.

I suspect what your asking is about perception of reality. If that is the case then the answer is no for two reasons.
First, humans are bound by their senses in gathering information. Second, quantum physics proposes that are own observations and expectations actually changes what reality might have been before we observe it.

Thus, if there is an objective reality it is beyond our grasp and we are continually changing it.

Michael John Weaver, M.S.

Answer 3

"Objectivity is both a metaphysical and an epistemological concept. It pertains to the relationship of consciousness to existence. Metaphysically it is the recognition of the fact that reality exists independent of any perceiver's consciousness. Epistemologically, it is the recognition of the fact that a perceiver's (man's) consciousness must acquire knowledge of reality by certain means (reason) in accordance with certain rules (logic).

This means that although reality is immutable and, in any given context, only one answer is true, the truth is not automatically available to a human consciousness and can be obtained only by a certain mental process which is required of every man who seeks knowledge - that there is no substitute for this process, no escape from the responsibility for it, no shortcuts, no special revelations to privileged observers - and that there can be no such thing as a final "authority" in matters pertaining to human knowledge.

Metaphysically, the only authority is reality; epistemologically - one's own mind. The first is the ultimate arbiter of the second."

Answer 4

A contradiction, yes.....

Reality = What is real or existent or underlies appearances. 2 the real nature of.

Objective = external to the mind, dealing with outward things or exhibiting facts uncoloured by feelings or opinion. Take into consideration the first part of the word Object= material thing.

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Answer 5

By objective, we mean the part of our experience we can all agree on. Logically, that's a rather small subset of the union of all our experiences. There are things I've experienced that you might say are impossible, or nonsense, and vice versa. As Polonius put it, "there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Our beliefs are a useful tool for filtering experience, for keeping us out of conflict with our neighbors, but they can also be a set of blinders. Have you ever been right when everyone around you was wrong? Majority rule is a pretty crude way to establish what's real, don't you think?

Answer 6

yes colors are the names for wavelengths of light. if you see grean as blue then it will still be the same no matter who you are talking to . even if they see pink as blue. whenever you say blue they see pink. but if the light bends or slows down then the reality shifts the colors you see but you still have the same names for them that you had before. you will still be able to guage the difference between pink and green as so many hertz thats objective

Answer 7

I think it is both objective and subjective. A group of people can agree that something exists, but each person will experience it and understand it differently.

Answer 8

if you say so..but the amazing descartes says 'i think therefore i am' which has to be the starting point of all philosophy..i personally think that life is totally pschosomatic meaning we all live in the world we make for ourselves which is very zen and hippyshit but works for me... buy a red fiesta and it seems that every car nearly is a red fiesta ... spend time with an eastenders nutter and everyone around you starts talking about eastenders.... but all our individual worlds interact with everyones else individual world.. our brains are amazing

Answer 9

Logically it is both objective and subjective depending on how it is viewed.

Answer 10

Yes it is.
Define Real.
Is real something you can touch or smell or see or feel?
We can touch and smell and see and feel while we dream but the moment we wake up,all those things slowly melt away in our minds. It sure looks real during that phase of our life but is it really?