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Originally Posted by Mark Lapierre  Well no, it's not. As you just pointed out someone else pointing out, reality is. Our perception is subjective.  |
Exactly.
Subjective Reality is a misnomer. What it really means is ‘My personal experience of, and my interpretation of, what I
perceive to be reality’.
The argument seems to boil down to:
Is my perception and 'reality' (always) one and the same thing?
Or
Am I perceiving something which exists independently of my perception, i.e. does there exist a reality ‘outside’ of my perception?
Does a chair I am looking at, of a certain shape, design and colour only exist in my mind, as that is my interpretation of it?
What is its true reality? The further scientists look into it, the more empty space they find.
This raises other questions (some of which have been discussed previously), such as:
Is consciousness the same as perception?
Is 'reality' contained within consciousness?
If I cease to perceive, do I cease to exist?
If I cease to perceive, does ‘reality’ cease to exist?
Can we ever directly know 'reality' or can we only, at best, give an interpretation or viewpoint of it?