Alright, then we subscribe to different philosophical camps. You're talking about realism - the idea that there is some sort of objective, unassailable reality beyond our own misperceptions of it. Like Plato's 'allegory of the cave'. The majority of the philosophical world has since moved towards idealism, though I wouldn't say I fully endorse that view either.
I think modern science (relativity, quantum physics) is generally on the side of idealism. Relativity has proved that there is no objective frame of reference within which to view an event, and quantum mechanics is beginning to show that there may no objective reality at all. I think such arbitrary notions as "truth" and "justice" - constructs invented by man, mind you - are even more arbitrary than physical matter.
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Alright, then we subscribe to different philosophical camps. You're talking about realism - the idea that there is some sort of objective, unassailable reality beyond our own misperceptions of it. Like Plato's 'allegory of the cave'. The majority of the philosophical world has since moved towards idealism, though I wouldn't say I fully endorse that view either.
I think modern science (relativity, quantum physics) is generally on the side of idealism. Relativity has proved that there is no objective frame of reference within which to view an event, and quantum mechanics is beginning to show that there may no objective reality at all. I think such arbitrary notions as "truth" and "justice" - constructs invented by man, mind you - are even more arbitrary than physical matter.