The wile of the metaphysician consists in asking 'Is it a real table?' (a kind of object which has no obvious way of being phoney) and not specifying or limiting what may be wrong with it, so that I feel at a loss 'how to prove' it is a real one.' It is the use of the word 'real' in this manner that leads us on to the supposition that 'real' has a single meaning ('the real world' 'material objects'), and that a highly profound and puzzling one. Instead, we should insist always on specifying with what 'real' is being contrasted - not what I shall have to show it is, in order to show it is 'real': and then usually we shall find some specific, less fatal, word, appropriate to the particular case, to substitute for 'real' — Austin
And how can you know that for real?
pun intended.... — A Realist
And I might hallucinate, but the hallucination is my reality — A Realist
something can be real to me but not real to someone else. — A Realist
The existence of God. — A Realist
It's a prime candidate for a fixed thread — Banno
Reality does not require "faith" ... insofar as whatever there is constrains – encompasses – whatever else we believe or do not believe "is the case". — 180 Proof
It is real what is real to me.What is real? — A Realist
Because it is real to me. :smile:And how can you know that for real? — A Realist
Real is anything that is contained by reality. In that case you might ask what is reality? which can be subjective or objective, objective in terms of agreed upon consensus or subjective that which is in your private world such as a certain emotion.
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