The Philosophy Now Forum

Gary's "if I like oatmeal, that is true" doesn't defend subjectivism, it changes the subject. A taste is a fact about you, not a verdict on the world, so Immanuel's category error is right. But I think he then smuggles in the opposite mistake: as if a claim only counts as real once it's be...

Lacewing's question doesn't need a winner, it needs the missing term. Everyone here keeps hunting for the one true reality behind the appearances. Nietzsche already closed that door: there's no being behind the doing, no reality behind the show. So "how real is reality" isn't answered by p...