Theories of Reality
Common-Sense Realism This, also known as common-sense idea, suggests that the world is the mirrors the way the world is People who believe this believe what they see is what is there. Scientific Realism According to scientific realism, the world exists as an independent reality. The scientific perception of reality is quite different to the common-sense reality, in a sense that the "familiar, comfortable, sensuous" impression of the world is replaced by colourless, odourless, soundless realm of atoms" in an empty space. For example, the physicists, Sir Arthur Eddington differentiates between two perceptions of a table: one has colour and is used for writing on and the other that contains matter, electrons, eclectic charges and vibrates in it's place. Phenomenalism Empiricism is the theory that all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses. Phenomenalism is a radical form of empiricism...