The Paradox of Self-Consciousness
Markus Gabriel,
Edge,
Nov 11, 2019
Markus Gabriel outlines the position of 'New Realism', which on the face of it isn't as realist as we might thing. There are, he writes, two fundamental tenets. "Number one is that we can know reality as it is, in itself.... we know how things are. That's claim number one. There is actual objectivity." That's probably a common-sense sort of realism that most people hold. However, "the second claim... is that the world does not exist. What I mean by this is that there is no single unified account of all the facts." For example, there's no fact of the matter regarding whether "there are unicorns in movies." There's no fact of the matter regarding whether "objects in virtual reality are real." This challenge is deeper than it may appear at first glance. Can we know something if we don't know everything? Can we know anything about our selves if we don't know everything?
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