I find such an examination almost pedantic, because I haven't seen any philosophy where the subject of dream versus reality takes actual center stage (i.e. this topic doesn't go to the main point of anything).
Second of all, it is not the main issue- far from it. It's more in the line of "I wonder why the stars are there and I see the sky is blue" type of comment instead of a serious inquiry. You have taken it completely out of context.
Straight from the page: "Is there a Reality, or is everything a mirage, an illusion that is dangled in front of each of us? Is it all just a dream from which we can only be awakened by our passing?"
"This is not the central concern in the essay but questions were raised because of it"
Finally, to address what you've said in the first paragraph in your response. I don't see its importance. The long and short of it.
Well, first off this question is of great important in epistemology and the theory of knowledge. It has been since at least Descartes, who made it one of his possible hypotheses on his way to the cogito, and was worked out by following philosophers such as Kant and others to the present day. It is a simple yet important inquiry into what constitutes knowledge and how far our human faculties can be aware of such things.
Moreover, you even used this in your own philosophy of counterconstructionism. The second sentence of "True Reality" reads as follows: "Is it all just a dream from which we can only be awakened by our passing?" In addition, you footnoted this sentence with a paragraph or two at the bottom analyzing this concept.
So, basically, even you by your own philosophy would have to admit it has importance.
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Second of all, it is not the main issue- far from it. It's more in the line of "I wonder why the stars are there and I see the sky is blue" type of comment instead of a serious inquiry. You have taken it completely out of context.
Straight from the page:
"Is there a Reality, or is everything a mirage, an illusion that is dangled in front of each of us? Is it all just a dream from which we can only be awakened by our passing?"
"This is not the central concern in the essay but questions were raised because of it"
Finally, to address what you've said in the first paragraph in your response. I don't see its importance. The long and short of it.
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Moreover, you even used this in your own philosophy of counterconstructionism. The second sentence of "True Reality" reads as follows: "Is it all just a dream from which we can only be awakened by our passing?" In addition, you footnoted this sentence with a paragraph or two at the bottom analyzing this concept.
So, basically, even you by your own philosophy would have to admit it has importance.
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