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Totality of existing entities
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 real from unreal entities have been proposed, including causal powers, mind-independence, and being non-illusory. The concept of reality overlaps with notions such as being, existence, world, actuality, and truth. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: RealityA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A Survey on Federated Learning Systems: Vision, Hype and Reality for Data Privacy and ProtectionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Hunger GamesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?Cited 12,734 times
- Go sideways: MetaphysicsA closely related topic
- Go sideways: OntologyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The state of being actual or real; realness.
Noun The real world.
Noun A real entity, event, or other fact.
Noun The entirety of all that is real.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?
Macroeconomics and Reality
A Survey of Augmented Reality
Trust as a Social Reality
Conservation of Resources in the Organizational Context: The Reality of Resources and Their Consequences
Promise and reality of post-lithium-ion batteries with high energy densities
Cloud computing and emerging IT platforms: Vision, hype, and reality for delivering computing as the 5th utility
Defining Virtual Reality: Dimensions Determining Telepresence
🆕 Influential since 2022
A Survey on Federated Learning Systems: Vision, Hype and Reality for Data Privacy and Protection
What is XR? Towards a Framework for Augmented and Virtual Reality
ChatGPT and a new academic reality: Artificial Intelligence‐written research papers and the ethics of the large language models in scholarly publishing
M1/M2 macrophages and their overlaps – myth or reality?
Analyzing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) recent development in education
📚 Books worth reading
The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins · 2008
Breakfast of ChampionsKurt Vonnegut, María Medem · 1973
IllusionsRichard Bach · 1977
Count ZeroWilliam Gibson · 1986
The social construction of realityPeter L. Berger, Thomas Luckmann · 1966
FactfulnessHans Rosling, Ola Rosling · 2018
Burning ChromeWilliam Gibson · 1986
ValisPhilip K. Dick · 1981
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🔗 Related topics
- Metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic nature or most fundamental structure of reality. It is traditionally seen as the study…
- Ontology Ontology is the philosophical study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of…
- Existence Existence is the state of having being or reality in contrast to nonexistence and nonbeing. Existence is often contrasted with essence: the essence of…
- Entity An entity is something that exists. In its broadest sense, the concept is the most general category of being and encompasses anything that is identifiable…
- Proposition Propositions are the meanings of declarative sentences, objects of beliefs, and bearers of truth values. A proposition is what sentences with the same…
- Anti-realism In analytic philosophy, anti-realism is the position that the truth of a statement rests on its demonstrability through internal logic mechanisms, such…
- Truth Truth is commonly understood as conformity to reality or fact. It contrasts with falsity or misrepresentation that fails to align with the world. Truth…
- Dualism Dualism is a family of views that propose a fundamental division into two separate principles or kinds. It typically emphasizes a sharp distinction between…