Lexicon of Arguments

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I 119
Reality/Nagel: The mere recognition of a distinction between appearance and reality provides no way to discover the reality.
>Method, >World/thinking, >Knowledge, >Recognition.
Nagel: I am convinced that it is possible to understand the desire for order as a direct consequence of the idea of ​​an objective reality that is independent of specific observations and observers (realism).
>Realism.
I 130 ff
The attempt to interpret the orderly worldview as a projection of our mind fails due to the need to find a place for ourselves in the world. On the quest for our place in the world we have to apply the same kind of thinking.
>Centered World.
But: there is no logical or necessary truth that the world is ordered or even that we can understand this order. NagelVsanthropic principle.
>Anthropic Principle.
As it turns out, there is amazingly much within our reach.

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