I am a realist. There does not seem to be any reason to doubt that there is an outside world that we have some contact with. Where I sympathize with Idealism and Constructivism is in understanding the mind. At least those who try to address the problem of the minds connection to reality because they recognize how tenuous that connection is.
The mind is not a rational thing, it is in fact a confusing mix of emotion, knowledge, instinct and a goodly number of other things. We do in fact often fail to interact with the world correctly, but this is not because our senses are not reliable. It is in fact our minds ourselves that are the impediment to the rational conscious mind interacting with the outside world.
In my opinion it is far more scary to admit that our minds are not completely under our control, and I sympathize with idealists who may be trying to find the less frightening route in describing our relationship with reality.
The mind is not a rational thing, it is in fact a confusing mix of emotion, knowledge, instinct and a goodly number of other things. We do in fact often fail to interact with the world correctly, but this is not because our senses are not reliable. It is in fact our minds ourselves that are the impediment to the rational conscious mind interacting with the outside world.
In my opinion it is far more scary to admit that our minds are not completely under our control, and I sympathize with idealists who may be trying to find the less frightening route in describing our relationship with reality.
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