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Einstein's space and van Gogh's sky: physical reality and beyond

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The nature of reality has been the subject for debate since Plato. The philosopher and scientist has been tantalized, while artists were mused.
Physics has pioneered alternate interpretations of the 'reality' of different experiential domains, but they cannot be applied to inner experiences or meaningful behavior. "Here, constructions of reality are needed that make the data from these realms lawful, not constructions borrowed from other realms," state Margenau, a physicist and LeShan, a Psychologist, who together hold that one set of rules is insufficient as a reality measure, it is a must to have sufficient valid applicable data. A number of alternate realities must be allowed for, in order to make significant strides in science. They specify five principles: sensory realm; microcosm, too small to be sensed ; the macrocosm, too large to be even theoretically sensed ; human inner experience, and meaningful units of behavior of living things. Our organization of reality is what we observe of it and different organizations of it work best for different purposes. However, it must be organized lawfully, not whimsically; "reality is somehow there, but we alloy it into being with our consciousness".

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Z. HANDIMAN

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110 LES e

Publisher

New York : Collier Books., 1982

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xiv,268p.; 23 cm.

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English

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0-02-093180-8

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110

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METAPHYSICS

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