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Old 01-21-2005, 02:33 PM   #12
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Absolutely true mike, which is why it is crucial to include the existence of both within our definition of reality. While yes, the object is not objectively fuzzy, how is it even sane to exclude the experience of its fuzziness from our definition of reality? The objective fact of the object has substance, and the subjective fact of our experience of the object as being fuzzy has substance.

In philosophy, this is the distinction between primary and secondary qualities. Primary qualities are things such as shape and movement, which exist without our experience of them. Secondary qualities, however, require a percpetual system to interact with things such as light and sound waves and produce visual and auditory experience. Subjective experience lies within the realm of existence and it is absolute insanity (no matter how widespread) to argue otherwise.

Of course, once we add theology to the mix (which i would love to do) we have to ask about levels of reality and distinguish a hierarchy of more or less real levels of being.
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