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The seduction of thought | Miranda Keeling, Steve Taylor, Andy West

Philosophy For Our Times

CHAPTER

The Importance of Thinking About Reality

I don't think any of us have been able to look at reality independently of ourselves. What do we know what realities like and whether our thoughts and our mind are distorting it or not? We're just we're just lumbered in this skull and we have to look at everything through these eyes and take everything in through this brain. Do you think that we get closer or further away to the understanding of reality when we put words and concepts on them? You know, like Steve was saying that takes us away from reality. I suppose just to put my sort of society hat back on, which I kind of opened with, I suppose there's something potentially troubling about the idea of switching off

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