In some ways, objective and subjective melt. I assume you mean knowing ourselves in relation to our society- is that right? We can do very little about some very important circumstances but simply must live it out. We have 70-100 years... :-)
On Jun 1, 10:01 pm, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:35 PM, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, there are other criteria to judge what is real, for instance: > > magical realism, augmented reality, various distortions or visions, > > etc. Is reality measured in physical or mental terms? > > I prefer to think in terms of subjective and objective realities. Subjective > being how an individual builds and interprets his internal model of reality. > Objective being the commonalities that most people agree on. > > IMO objective reality is the one that is most relevant to humanity in > general. Subjective reality is unique to each individual with no two being > exactly the same. > > Why does reality > > > need a scientific/logical or spiritual definition if it actually > > exists unless the senses are judged to be faulty? > > I would guess that goes to human curiosity and our desire to know more about > ourselves. Without a through understanding how can we know where objective > and subjective reality differ?
