reality

  • Podcast Episode: Is reality just a mental construct?

    Link to article post here. Pip: Paul Carney’s Blog asks the kind of question that makes you stare at the ceiling at two in the morning — specifically, whether the ceiling is even really there. Mara: This episode follows one… Continue reading

    Podcast Episode: Is reality just a mental construct?
  • Is reality just a mental construct?

    In philosophy, idealism argues that reality is a mental construct, or that ideas are the highest form of reality. Ancient Indian Vedanta philosophy taught that an all-pervading consciousness is the true nature of reality. Plato said that ideas were the… Continue reading

    Is reality just a mental construct?
  • What is a flower?

    If you want to know what a flower is, be mindful of who you ask, because this will determine the answer you get. Continue reading

    What is a flower?
  • Am I going bananas?

    Alethea thought she was going mad. When she awoke that morning, she went downstairs for breakfast and her banana started talking to her! It said it wasn’t really real. It told her it was just a shadow on a cave… Continue reading

    Am I going bananas?