I greatly enjoyed Matthew Chalmers's article on
the subjective nature of reality and how «quantum weirdness is all in the...
Not exact matches
Using human experience as a model to depict the
nature of reality, Whitehead argues that every actuality (i.e., every actual event) has both a present
subjective immediacy and a past objectivity.
In conclusion, the realist thesis is this: To say that actual entities are the final
realities does not mean that nexus are merely multiplicities (or sets), or that nexus are merely
subjective, or that nexus only exist in the consequent
nature of God.
The author believes that Whitehead's thought provides us with an unusual opportunity to examine our religious beliefs by giving us a new view
of reality, and concludes that Whitehead offers not only productive insights into the understanding
of the
nature of God and man, but also strong arguments for both objective and
subjective immortality.
Although God assists in determining the
nature of reality by initiating the «
subjective aim»
of each emerging actual entity, because
reality is self - creative the human being must assume responsibility for systemic suffering and social malfunctioning in the world.
On a more metaphysically fundamental level, Whitehead's «philosophy
of organism also regards knowing as a special case
of the «bipolar»
nature of all becoming, whereby the direct «physical» response to objective
reality is partially transformed by «mental» functioning in the realization
of a novel
subjective experience.
Merriam Webster defines «mystical» in concrete terms as «involving or having the
nature of an individual's direct
subjective communion with God or ultimate
reality.»
Hunt demonstrates the tension
of representing water as an objective source in
nature and the
subjective reality of sculpture as an art form.