Professor Hoffman wrote a book, “The Case Against Reality,” in 2019, in which he dares us to rethink everything we believe about the world we see.
Hoffman emphasises that what we consider to be the nature of our reality is in fact our subjective reality or current interface.Thus, the question arises as to how awareness and reality are related.
Are they related or unrelated?Reality possesses no inherent qualities.
Although reality does exist, existence is not a quality.
Hoffman’s theory is that human beings, and indeed all life, have developed in such a way that they impose features on reality that are necessary for their individual and species survival.
We do not only see certain qualities of reality – length, colour, texture, taste, smell, and specific vibrational frequencies, for example – we are the literal source of these properties.
For thousands of years, philosophers dominated the study of human consciousness.
Rene Descartes, a French philosopher, pioneered the concept of mind-body dualism, or the idea that, while the mind and body are distinct, they do interact.Once psychology was established as a distinct discipline from philosophy and biology, one of the first topics studied by early psychologists was conscious experience.Structuralists analysed and reported conscious sensations, thoughts, and experiences through a process known as introspection.
Trained observers would examine the contents of their own minds with care.
While this was obviously a highly subjective process, it served as a catalyst for further research into the scientific study of consciousness.Consciousness, according to American psychologist William James, is like a stream—unbroken and continuous despite the constant transformations.
Sigmund Freud, a psychoanalyst, emphasised the importance of the unconscious and conscious minds.While much of psychology research shifted away from observable behaviours in the first half of the twentieth century, research on human consciousness has exploded in popularity since the 1950s.  Â
Professor Hoffman wrote a book, “The Case Against Reality,” in 2019, in which he dares us to rethink everything we believe about the world we see.
Hoffman emphasises that what we consider to be the nature of our reality is in fact our subjective reality or current interface.Thus, the question arises as to how awareness and reality are related.
Are they related or unrelated?Reality possesses no inherent qualities.
Although reality does exist, existence is not a quality.
Hoffman’s theory is that human beings, and indeed all life, have developed in such a way that they impose features on reality that are necessary for their individual and species survival.
We do not only see certain qualities of reality – length, colour, texture, taste, smell, and specific vibrational frequencies, for example – we are the literal source of these properties.
For thousands of years, philosophers dominated the study of human consciousness.
Rene Descartes, a French philosopher, pioneered the concept of mind-body dualism, or the idea that, while the mind and body are distinct, they do interact.Once psychology was established as a distinct discipline from philosophy and biology, one of the first topics studied by early psychologists was conscious experience.Structuralists analysed and reported conscious sensations, thoughts, and experiences through a process known as introspection.
Trained observers would examine the contents of their own minds with care.
While this was obviously a highly subjective process, it served as a catalyst for further research into the scientific study of consciousness.Consciousness, according to American psychologist William James, is like a stream—unbroken and continuous despite the constant transformations.
Sigmund Freud, a psychoanalyst, emphasised the importance of the unconscious and conscious minds.While much of psychology research shifted away from observable behaviours in the first half of the twentieth century, research on human consciousness has exploded in popularity since the 1950s.  Â