Hi Rob, Platt, others too
I don't think Reality is dead, I think the monistic view of Reality is
dead. The monistic view usually holds to the idea that Reality is far
beyond us. Remember the example Pirsig used where Poincare explained
Reality is not a thing only a few highly trained mathematicians can know
about? It is a thing, here, now.
Assuredly, you are familiar with the question 'what is Reality?' An ever
more fundamental question, I believe, is what does Reality do? That is,
what does Reality do for us? The only practical answer I can give is that
Reality acts as a guide for future experience. That, I believe, is the
sole significance of Reality.
Another question I'm sure you're familiar with is 'What is true?' Again, by
shifting the emphasis from a need to explain all things that are true, to a
question of how the idea of truth is valuable to us, we arrive at a place
of ever more fundamental importance. What does truth do? The answer James
gave is that Truth provides a marriage -function between the previous
Reality we used and new facts that come to light. Truth conserves a lot of
our old assumptions but must, as well, provide a link to new experiences.
Truth, is that which works in this sense. Thus, Truth and Reality
intertwine.
that's all I've got for now,
jeremy
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