Are the foundations of science rock solid? Do we really understand the cosmogonies of the Ancients upon which the development and integrity of modern beliefs rest? Has the Truth been obscured, perhaps corrupted? It is widely held that Democritus was an atomist, but what did his concepts “atom and void” and “reality” mean in those times? Have “atoms” and “matter” been objectified through “reification”; originally understood as concepts, have they become the real things that distort the devolving, reified world-view? Why were the Ancient paradigms corrupted? Is reification the world's – and the individual's – greatest problem? Does matter exist?
Hello One-and-all. Please comment on this important topic: Is matter real, or is it a concept?
Kindest regards,
JW
Dear Lord Jerome Whitcroft ,
One aswer can be traced back to political reasons.
Az a
Is Matter Real?
The answer to this is simple and obvious. Yes, the matter is real. because that is why we can experience it with our senses and form a subjective image of it in our consciousness. It's another matter what physical effects this matter has, whether they are real or unreal. Maybe my answer was wrong because you capitalized the word Matter. I wasn't wrong about "Real" because the ontologically primary material (Matter) is expressed in the ordinary material.
Regards,
Laszlo
There are two ways* of impugning the reality of something:
Someone might say that there are no solid objects.
Someone else might say, instead, that there are solid objects but they consist of mostly empty space containing widely separated particles that collectively generate a relatively impenetrable force field throughout that space.
Both sides can be in agreement as to what exists on the bottom level even though they disagree about what that amounts to at a higher level. The difference, prima facie, seems to come down to a picture preference or down to whether to afford appearances a modicum of existential weight.
Maybe the same can be said for the reality of matter?
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* The isms are borrowed from philosophy of mind.
If you know What is matter and you what is to be exist
Then you know that you should know the answer
Else, if you just know that you know when you are realy knowing
Otherwiss, You are just playing with words
Is the adjective "real" referring to a real property? Clarly, you can omit "real" in the phrase "real property" in this case. So, is "real" referring to a property?
This question is more important than "Is matter real?".
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