(January 29, 2015 at 10:49 pm)Surgenator Wrote:(January 29, 2015 at 10:38 pm)IATIA Wrote: We all know for a fact, that we can function, converse, feel, negotiate etc., in an imaginary world. So who can say for a fact, that this reality is any more real?
Because we know that our consciences, ideas, or concepts do not dictate what we obsserve unlike in the imaginary world. This is a problem that idealism doesn't address, and my biggest complaint about it.
"Imaginary" isn't on the same plane as "idealism" at all. In an ideal world, everything is still real. It's just not what you think it is i.e. you aren't made of matter. But just because consciousness is all there is doesn't mean you can now start "imagining" away the world and change it to your liking.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
