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| Reality, philosophy: A. It is controversial, which should be counted to reality, that is to say, the set of objects and states which occur in the world. Theories differ strongly regarding the definitions of facts and situations or the consideration of internal states of subjects. Thus, a situation can be described in many ways, whereby very different assumptions about the involved objects and relations come into play. See also ontology, realism, recognition, epistemology, constructivism, facts, situations, internal/external, totality, relations, simulation.
B.Reality is an expression for the totality of what is opposed to the perception of subjects and not only imagined. In this sense, reality is what is independent of us; on the other hand, some authors regard their formability as proof of their existence. See also dependence, independence, possibility, necessity, actualism, realism, idealism, constructivism, present, simulation, aboutness, circularity, objects, things, order._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Hennig Genz on Reality - Dictionary of Arguments
II 13 Natural Laws/Laws of Nature/Weinberg: natural laws or laws of nature are as real as chairs. WeinbergVsPositivism. Reality/Weinberg: reality is not under our control. >Reality/Hacking, >Prediction. It is not about reality itself,... II 14 ...but about the reality of the laws of nature. Genz pro: this is the central thesis of this book. >Natural laws. II 115 Reality/Genz: a medium that is present everywhere, but has no measurable velocity, is real, but its reality is not a material one, but a summary of observable effects in the concept of a theory. Such a medium is the field. >Fields/Genz. II 116 Field/acceleration/Genz: acceleration in opposition to the field can be observed. Newton had also suspected this from his empty space, but that would not have been true. >Isaac Newton, >Inertial system, >Relativity theory. The accelerated observer is embedded in a heat radiation that increases with increasing acceleration. II 337 Reality/terms/theory/Genz: thesis: it is the theories that give the terms a reality that expresses itself through correlations of basic sentences. For example, bubble chamber: the bubble chamber interprets the electron as the set of properties of a trace of droplets. Theory: the theory indicates the conditions under which an electron is generated. Electron: an electron interpolated in the language of theory between basic sentences that are in an if-then context. Understanding/Genz: understanding may include the existence of the electron. II 338 But we will never understand elementary particles as we understand macroscopic objects. Elementary particles/Genz: elementary particles have properties that macroscopic objects do not have! If electrons were like chairs, they could not have the properties that are characteristic of them. II 339 Reality/Genz: reality is the reality of the laws, not an opinion. This reality is not one of the wordings by certain terms, but the interrelationships between base sentences, which imply the laws._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gz I H. Genz Gedankenexperimente Weinheim 1999 Gz II Henning Genz Wie die Naturgesetze Wirklichkeit schaffen. Über Physik und Realität München 2002 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19