Or is reality just hidden behind a mirror that lets people see what they really want to see?
2007-12-12 13:40:44 · 11 answers · asked by zingis 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It seems what you are talking about is relativism the problem is that relativism in inherently paradoxical. It says "All theories are relative there are NO absolutes." Except of course for relativism which is absolute?? Doesn't sound quite right does it? So I don't think all view points can be correct at the same time. I think reality is two different things that get smooshed together like a portmanteau.
To us because we are sort of trapped in our sensory pod reality is only what we perceive, but part of what we perceive is other people. What everyone perceives together is another reality and it is one that informs and can have very real implications on the reality the individual can perceive. It is this agreed upon reality that we use to call people crazy and this reality is what people who are crazy strive to return to perceiving.
If you're on a desert island alone it just your reality that matters. When you come back you share that burden with everyone else. Both are a form of reality and both in a way are a mirror of who we are and how we perceive.
2007-12-12 14:05:29 · answer #1 · answered by naivevanguard 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Can all viewpoints be correct at the same time?
NO. Kindly study the proposition;
your point+ my point= the truth
If we argue in a particular topic, you have your own point and I have mine. We have two different ideas. Our two separate ideas will not be correct at the same time. Example, i will prove to you that a circle has two sides. Then you will tell me, circle has no side. We have two separate ideas. Who is correct? there is only one correct idea. What is the truth? Truth is always pattern in nature. Nature knows the truth for all the things that exist.
A wrong argument will result for a false conclusion.
Is reality...?
No. Reality is the truth of existence. It means a thing exist so it is.
What is, is. What is not, is not. That is a reality.
A black color cannot be white. That is reality and it is not a perspective.
2007-12-12 22:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by Criesbet 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You should watch the old Japanese movie Rashomon (directed by Akira Kirosawa, Seven Samurai) and study up on the Rashomon effect.
I personally think that whatever you believe is the truth for you. Even if it's not the objective truth (if there is one), it's what you believe and what you're basing your decisions and actions upon, so as far as you're concerned it might as well be truth, and to you it is the truth.
The point is, the actual truth is irrelevant if you don't know it. Only what you believe is relevant.
So in the movie, like 4 different people tell a story, and the story is different each time. We don't know whether one of them is the truth, or something completely different. So the truth doesn't matter. All that matters is what we choose to believe.
2007-12-12 22:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by jigga_22 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Viewpoints are neither correct or incorrect. Only the facts are relevant. If one's views are based in and backed up by fact then that individual's view is merely echoing the fact.
Reality is what exists and how it functions. Perspectives don't have any direct connection with reality, they exist only in our minds. However our perspectives through our actions may impact reality.
2007-12-12 22:09:03 · answer #4 · answered by E. F. Hutton 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is not that all viewpoints are correct, it is just that none of them are incorrect.
Reality is the canvas that we paint our version of truth on.
This is more easily understandable if one considers the actual scale of the components of an atom. If one takes into account the fact that the neutrons, protons and electrons of an atom actually have huge spaces between them it becomes clear that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are made up of 99+ percent empty space.
This alone does not seem too important till you add the idea that the atoms that make up seemingly solid objects are more of a loose conglomeration that share a similar attraction but never really touch each other.
At first glance this does not really seem relevant, but closer analysis reveals that this adds a tremendous amount of empty space to solid objects that are already made up of atoms that are 99 percent space. When so-called solid objects are seen in this light it becomes apparent that they can in no way be the seemingly solid objects they appear to be.
We ourselves are not exceptions to this phenomenon.
These seemingly solid objects are more like ghostly images that we interpret as solid objects based on our perceptual conclusions.
From this we must conclude that Perception is some sort of a trick that helps us to take these ghostly images and turn them into a world we can associate and interact with. This clever device seems to be a creation of our intellect that enables us to interact with each other in what appears to be a three dimensional reality.
I hope that helps to answered your question.
Love and blessings Don
2007-12-12 22:12:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No no, reality is what it is - viewpoints are viewpoints. One might be right but any that are in conflict with reality are simply wrong. No mystery.
2007-12-12 22:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by All hat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All veiwpoints are correct.
They are what each person veiws as correct.
That is the wonderfulness of the mind and free will.
2007-12-13 18:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by Tigger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It is my strong conviction that at all times, only that which
is right, that which is truth is correct. billions of divergent viewpoints cannot alter it.
2007-12-12 22:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by Ellis O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's whatever you want it to be, which actually leads to show that reality is subjective.
2007-12-12 21:51:10 · answer #9 · answered by bandgalf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reality is what is. It is our POV that determines what we make of it.
2007-12-12 21:55:14 · answer #10 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋