Reality
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Reality is the totality of existence or what all existing entities have in common. It is often contrasted with appearance, opposing what is with what seems to be, although the accuracy and fundamental
According to Alexius Meinong, the concept of being is broader than the concept of reality since it also encompasses nonexistent objects.
Aristotle proposed a system of ten categories to describe the fundamental constituents of reality.
According to René Descartes's substance dualism, reality is made up of two kinds of entities: matter and mind.
In his logical atomism, Bertrand Russell conceived reality as a multitude of basic facts.
Phenomenon
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A phenomenon, sometimes spelled phaenomenon, is an observable event. The term came into its modern philosophical usage through Immanuel Kant, who contrasted it with the noumenon, which cannot be direc
Reality
…Reality is the totality of existence or what all existing entities have in common. It is often contrasted with appearance, opposing what is with what seems to be, although the accuracy and fundamentality of this contrast are disputed. Various criteria for distinguishing…
The combustion of a match is an observable occurrence, or event, and therefore a phenomenon.
A comparison between a candle flame on Earth (left) and in a microgravity environment, such as that found on the International Space Station (right). See also: Electrical phenomena and Optical phenomena The same burning phenomenon is observed, but different flame shape and colouring phenomena are also observed.
Cloud chamber phenomena. Scientists use phenomena to refine some hypotheses and sometimes to disprove a theory. See also animated version.