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198. Bernardo Kastrup on the Nature of Reality: Materialism, Idealism, or Skepticism

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What Is Idealism?

Emyser, bernardo: Idealism is a foundational topic in philosophy. You don't need to agree with the subtleties, but you need to know at least what the foundational claims are. No idealist denies that there is a objective world we all share. The dispute is solely about what physicality is. An idealist would say, physicality is the appearance of our sense organs. It's not the world as it is in itself.

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