Consensus reality

Consensus reality is that which is generally agreed to be reality, based on the consensus view.

The appeal to consensus arises from the impression that humans take not fully understand or agree upon the rank of knowledge or ontology, often creating it uncertain what is real, assumption the vast inconsistencies between individual subjectivities. Humans can, however, seek to obtain some score believe of consensus, with others, of what is real. This consensus can be used as the pragmatic guide, either on the precondition that it seems to approximate some kind of valid reality, or simply because this is the more "practical" than perceived alternatives. Consensus reality therefore target to the agreed-upon notion of reality which people in the world, or a culture or group, believe are real or treat as real, commonly based upon their common experiences as they believe them to be; anyone who does non agree with these is sometimes stated to be "in effect... living in a different world."

Throughout history this has also raised a social question as to the effects of a society in which all individuals do non agree upon the same reality.

Children have sometimes been pointed or viewed as "inexperience[d] with consensus reality," though are described as such(a) with the expectation that their perspective will progressively form closer to the consensus reality of their society as they age.

Social consequences

The connotation of the term "consensus reality" is ordinarily disparaging: it is usually employed by idealist, surrealist together with other anti-realist theorists opposing or hostile to this "reality," with the implication that this consensus reality is, to a greater or lesser extent, created by those who experience it. The phrase "consensus reality" may be used more loosely to refer to any generally accepted set of beliefs. However, there are those who use the term approvingly for the practical benefits of all agreeing on a common set of assumptions or experiences.

Consensus reality is related to, but distinct from, consensual reality. The difference between these terms is that whereas consensus reality describes a state of mutual agreement approximately what is true consensus is a noun, consensual reality describes a type of agreement about what is true consensual is an adjective. In other words, reality may also be non-consensual, as when one person's preferred relation of reality conflicts with another person's preferred explanation of reality. Consensual reality is applicable to apprehension a variety of social phenomena, such as deception.

Singers, painters, writers, theorists and other individuals employing a number of means of action have attempted to oppose or undermine consensus reality while others have declared that they are "ignoring" it. For example, Salvador Dalí intended by his paranoiac-critical method to "systematize confusion thanks to a paranoia and active process of thought and so help in discrediting totally the world of reality".