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In this model of description of Reality, '''everything is real'''. There is nothing out of Reality, nothing out of Nature, non-real, under-real or super-real, nothing supernatural. Each event, each "thing", is real in a physical sense or is meta-real, real in a metaphysical/cognitive sense. Nothing else, nothing more. | In this model of description of Reality, '''everything is real'''. There is nothing out of Reality, nothing out of Nature, non-real, under-real or super-real, nothing supernatural. Each event, each "thing", is real in a physical sense or is meta-real, real in a metaphysical/cognitive sense. Nothing else, nothing more. | ||
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| + | In this model of description of Reality, '''everything is real'''. There is nothing outside Reality—nothing beyond Nature, nothing non-real, under-real, or super-real; nothing supernatural. Each event, each "thing", is real either in a physical sense or in a meta-real sense—that is, real in a metaphysical or cognitive dimension. Nothing else, nothing more. | ||
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So, the question "what is real?" in my opinion is absolutely irrelevant, or better, is a non-sense. | So, the question "what is real?" in my opinion is absolutely irrelevant, or better, is a non-sense. | ||
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| + | So, the question "what is real?" is, in my opinion, absolutely irrelevant—or better said, a non-sense. | ||
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Stated that everything that exists is real, we have to reformulate the Principle of Reality. The relevant question is "'''what is physically real, and what is cognitively real?'''". We have to distinguish between the physical entities, events, relation and processes and those that are not in the physical realm (commonly defined as merely imaginary, opposite to what is considered real, because "physically" real). | Stated that everything that exists is real, we have to reformulate the Principle of Reality. The relevant question is "'''what is physically real, and what is cognitively real?'''". We have to distinguish between the physical entities, events, relation and processes and those that are not in the physical realm (commonly defined as merely imaginary, opposite to what is considered real, because "physically" real). | ||
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| + | Given that everything that exists is real, we must reformulate the Principle of Reality. The relevant question becomes: '''what is physically real, and what is cognitively real?''' We must distinguish between physical entities, events, relations, and processes—and those that do not belong to the physical realm (commonly labeled as merely imaginary, in contrast to what is considered "physically" real). | ||
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The discriminant stays in what we call "the Principle of Reality": everything is physically real, except the representations of Reality constructed by the cognitive systems of the cognitive agents: the living being and the automata. | The discriminant stays in what we call "the Principle of Reality": everything is physically real, except the representations of Reality constructed by the cognitive systems of the cognitive agents: the living being and the automata. | ||
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| + | The discriminant lies in what we call "the Principle of Reality": everything is physically real—except the representations of Reality constructed by the cognitive systems of cognitive agents: living beings and automata. | ||
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The distinction between what is physically real and what is cognitively real is absolutely necessary, but is absolutely wrong and dangerous to consider not real the product of the cognitive activity of the living beings (negatively named as imaginary). It is so fundamentally real, that without it the living being wouldn't be able to live, to construct the representations of physical reality, and to act on the base of that representations. | The distinction between what is physically real and what is cognitively real is absolutely necessary, but is absolutely wrong and dangerous to consider not real the product of the cognitive activity of the living beings (negatively named as imaginary). It is so fundamentally real, that without it the living being wouldn't be able to live, to construct the representations of physical reality, and to act on the base of that representations. | ||
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| + | The distinction between what is physically real and what is cognitively real is absolutely necessary. However, it is profoundly mistaken—and even dangerous—to consider the products of cognitive activity as not real (negatively labeled as imaginary). These products are so fundamentally real that, without them, a living being would not be able to live, to construct representations of physical reality, or to act based on those representations. | ||
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Revision as of 19:12, 20 September 2025
In this model of description of Reality, everything is real. There is nothing out of Reality, nothing out of Nature, non-real, under-real or super-real, nothing supernatural. Each event, each "thing", is real in a physical sense or is meta-real, real in a metaphysical/cognitive sense. Nothing else, nothing more.
In this model of description of Reality, everything is real. There is nothing outside Reality—nothing beyond Nature, nothing non-real, under-real, or super-real; nothing supernatural. Each event, each "thing", is real either in a physical sense or in a meta-real sense—that is, real in a metaphysical or cognitive dimension. Nothing else, nothing more.
So, the question "what is real?" in my opinion is absolutely irrelevant, or better, is a non-sense.
So, the question "what is real?" is, in my opinion, absolutely irrelevant—or better said, a non-sense.
Stated that everything that exists is real, we have to reformulate the Principle of Reality. The relevant question is "what is physically real, and what is cognitively real?". We have to distinguish between the physical entities, events, relation and processes and those that are not in the physical realm (commonly defined as merely imaginary, opposite to what is considered real, because "physically" real).
Given that everything that exists is real, we must reformulate the Principle of Reality. The relevant question becomes: what is physically real, and what is cognitively real? We must distinguish between physical entities, events, relations, and processes—and those that do not belong to the physical realm (commonly labeled as merely imaginary, in contrast to what is considered "physically" real).
The discriminant stays in what we call "the Principle of Reality": everything is physically real, except the representations of Reality constructed by the cognitive systems of the cognitive agents: the living being and the automata.
The discriminant lies in what we call "the Principle of Reality": everything is physically real—except the representations of Reality constructed by the cognitive systems of cognitive agents: living beings and automata.
The distinction between what is physically real and what is cognitively real is absolutely necessary, but is absolutely wrong and dangerous to consider not real the product of the cognitive activity of the living beings (negatively named as imaginary). It is so fundamentally real, that without it the living being wouldn't be able to live, to construct the representations of physical reality, and to act on the base of that representations.
The distinction between what is physically real and what is cognitively real is absolutely necessary. However, it is profoundly mistaken—and even dangerous—to consider the products of cognitive activity as not real (negatively labeled as imaginary). These products are so fundamentally real that, without them, a living being would not be able to live, to construct representations of physical reality, or to act based on those representations.
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