A world of illusions | James Ladyman, Peter Atkins, Joanna Kavenna
Philosophy For Our Times
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What Isn't Real?
There are lots of physical things that we only know about through science. And some things that we encounter in common sense that aren't real. We shouldn't think that common sense is a particularly good guide to what there is. There are definitely things that exist that common sense doesn't tell us anything about, an which we wouldn't know existed if we hadn't done further investigation. So i would say that really we don't need to put the issue in terms of everyday things versus sub atomic particles or fields or whatever. We can put the issue in terms of scientific kinds that aren't fundamental and particles or field or whatever. Those things are not fundamental in science. They're higher level entities
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