How do you distinguish between the real and the imagined?
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Knowledge
is power.We must be able to answer:
The power to distinguish certainly from the sea of uncertainty we inhabit.
Building the tower of Babel, stainglass, Paris France.
How do you distinguish between the real and the imagined?
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| existence | imagination | |
| substance | image | |
| actual | ideal |
Language, myth and meaning all involve and convey images.
When interpreting representations, ideology, metaphors, art, and similes, the image is best tied to the actual substance.
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Without some means of inquiry, or method of analysis, we are unable to distinguish the real from the fantasy, the actual from the merely formal.
Take for example a mirage that embodies the appearance or form of water but not the substance or liquid material.
A method
is the application of a precise process in order to distinguish between the
real and imagined events. The process involves a means to verify and a protocol
to follow in documenting evidence for the certainty of what we know.
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| exists | method | illusory |
| substantial | means | ephemeral |
| embodied | technique | intangible |
certainty <•• = = = = = = = = = = = = ••> uncertainty
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