REALITY

'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its beginning in antiquity. It is a question that, due to such films as The Matrix, has also made its way into popular culture. But it is not just a question philosophers ask. It is also asked b y scientists when they investigate whether the fundamental constituents of matter are actually 'out there' or just a mere abstractio n from a successful theory. Cognitive scientists ask it when trying to find out which set of the bewildering array of data processed by our ...[Read more]