What Is Real—and How Do We Know?

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Reality seems obvious until we try to define it. A table feels solid. Pain feels immediate. A dream can feel true while it lasts. A scientific theory can describe things no one has ever seen directly, yet still predict the … Read More

Between Ideal and Real: Romantic Dream and Identity in “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”Between Ideal and Real: Romantic Dream and Identity in “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky”, in Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA42545   Contents   Between Ideal and Real: Romantic Dream and Identity in “White Nights” by Fyodor … Read More

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Philosophical Perspectives

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© 2025 Nicolae Sfetcu   Sfetcu, Nicolae (2025). ”Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Philosophical Perspectives”, în Index Academic, I 2025, DOI: 10.58679/IA55823   PDF: https://www.indexacademic.ro/pdf/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-philosophical-perspectives/ HTML: https://www.telework.ro/en/alices-adventures-in-wonderland-philosophical-perspectives/   Contents Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Philosophical Perspectives. 1 Abstract 2 Introduction. … Read More

Real and/or reality in philosophy

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According to André Lalande’s Vocabulaire technique et critique de la philosophie, there would be in the use of the words “real”, “reality”, “two great concepts originally distinct, but today mixed so closely that one cannot, most often, make the distinction”: … Read More

Reality

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The reality is the set of phenomena considered to actually exist. This concept designates what is physical, concrete, as opposed to what is imagined, dreamed or fictional. Although its use is initially philosophical, particularly in its ontological branch, it has … Read More

Belief and reality

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Belief is the mental process experienced by a person who adheres to a theory or hypothesis, so that he sees it as the truth, regardless of the reality of elements confirming or refuting this thesis or assumptions. In this sense … Read More

Notable Russian roulette incidents

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Reality On December 24, 1954 the American blues musician Johnny Ace shot himself to death in Texas playing Russian roulette in a dressing room before a concert. John Hinckley, Jr. was known to play Russian Roulette, alone, on two occasions … Read More