“We ought to take middle reality as realest because it is what our senses lead us to focus on.” But don’t they reveal generalities first?
Tag: Levels of Reality
The Pragmatic Case for Middle Reality: Replies and Objections 2
Posted in Levels of Reality, and Technical Philosophy
Last time, I argued that intellectual and perceptual maturity attunes us to middle reality — if we judge the middle in terms of parts and wholes. The better we…
You’d expect organisms that survive to be attuned to reality, and most attuned to what is most real. We’re attuned to things that are on the middle level of reality. So . . .
When I say reality is realest in the middle, what do I mean? Well, let me explain. No, please let me explain. This is so important to me. Pleeeeease
Imitating Aristotle leads us to conclude that reality is in the middle. And we should imitate Aristotle. Down with reductionism and its opposite!
It does, and everyone (from Plato and Aristotle to you) agrees. In this post, we explore the various ways of dividing reality into different levels.