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Philosophical interpretation of "reality"
Date Submitted: 05/18/2004 13:22:16
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 6 pages (1669 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 6 pages (1669 words)
THE SENSES
Concepts and ideologies, such as the "Veil of Maya", have tried to declare the philosophical interpretation of the "reality' of the world. These conceptions are helpful in analyzing the importance of our senses and to assess the belief that whatever we observe is not all reality but there is something beyond that apparent reality. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle have developed their own theories relating to the reality of the world and which
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this avenue and have discovered several interesting facts. In short, our senses have a limited capability of assessing and analyzing our external environment in a complete manner and one needs to unveil the concealment to discover new avenues of knowledge.
References
Idea collection of Kent L. M. Herbert, Ph.D.: Veil of Maya
Plato's Sun Analogy [online], accessed at http://hj.essortment.com/platotheoryof-r/w:htm
S.Morris Engel: The Study if Philosophy: Collegiate Press:1996
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