Essays on Reality

Nations as a concept run on ideologies. Capitalism vs Socialism, Communism vs Democracy and much more. One such unnoticed comparison is the Idealism vs Realism debate, which influences several policies, but is not given much importance. It may seem convenient to place idealism and realism…

Subjective certainty is different in that it is based on the size of the inductive gap relative to all information gained by the system at a given point. Subjective certainty is sufficient for most pragmatic applications. Particular sense data are information, not truths, because they…

Jake Smith Mr. Little Apocalyptic film2/5/18 I am legend The opening scene of I am legend really shows you many diverse shots as cameras go over the sunken city of New York. The city is in complete shambles and they do a great job with…

Magical Realism in Like Water for Chocolate At times, the line between reality and the ‘magical’ is so thin that the union between both realms can become something ‘ordinary’. Magical realism “is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic…

Sixty years ago, the Bigfoot ventured into the consciousness of the public. Residents have been puzzled by the giant, humanlike footprints that continue to stomp through the imagination of Americans ever since. Bigfoot is a huge and strange humanoid animal supposed to inhabit the forested…

Maybe magic was born when humanity decided to make its first venture to come into contact with the unknown, as well as those hidden spiritual forces, with the help of which our ancestors had hoped to fulfill their desires, unachievable by ordinary means. How can…

“Philosophy, a way of thinking about the world, the universe, and society. It works by asking very basic questions about the nature of human thought, the nature of the universe, and the connections between them” (Socrates). Thomas Nagel, one of the most influential philosophers of…

It is the summer months. The sun is shining, yet it is not too hot. I see a beautiful orange tree and decided to eat a fruit off it. It tastes delicious. The entire day has been perfect and the experience has been relaxing and…

In this essay, I will be discussing the concept of symbolic anthropology and how humans create their own fate and reality. Clifford Geertz was an American cultural anthropologist who began the thinking of symbolic anthropology. According to Geertz, symbolic anthropology was “a system of inherited…

What Is Reality? In “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” the story takes place during the Civil War era and the protagonist is named Peyton Farquhar; he is a man who lives in the south and is confederate supporter who owns an immense quantity of…