Editing Consensus reality (section)

{{short description|Notion of reality based on consensus view}}
'''Consensus reality''' refers to the generally agreed-upon version of [[reality]] within a community or [[society]], shaped by shared [[experiences]] and [[understandings]].<ref>Bernardo Kastrup, ''Dreamed Up Reality: Diving into the Mind to Uncover the Astonishing Hidden Tale of Nature'', John Hunt Publishing, 2011, p. 105.</ref> This understanding arises from the inherent differences in individual perspectives or [[subjectivity|subjectivities]] relating to [[knowledge]] or [[ontology]], leading to uncertainties about what is real. While various viewpoints exist, people strive to establish a [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]], serving as a [[Pragmatism|pragmatic]] guide for [[social norms]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind |last=Lakoff |first=George |author-link=George Lakoff |year=1987 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=0-226-46804-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenfiredangero00lako_0/page/259 259] |quote=In summary, Putnam has shown that existing formal versions of objectivist ''epistemology'' are inconsistent; there can be no objectively correct ''description'' of reality from a God's eye point of view. This does not, of course, mean that there is no objective reality—only that we have no ''privileged access'' to it from an external viewpoint. |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/womenfiredangero00lako_0/page/259 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Reason, Truth, and History |last=Putnam |first=Hilary |author-link=Hilary Putnam |year=1981 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge}}</ref> The term carries both positive and negative connotations, as it is viewed critically by [[Anti-realism|anti-realist]] theorists but recognized for its practical benefits in fostering shared beliefs. Consensus reality differs from consensual reality, with the former representing mutual agreement about what is true. Artists and thinkers have challenged consensus reality, aiming to disrupt established norms and question the authenticity of the world's reality.<ref>{{cite book |editor=Stork, David G. |title=Hal's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=0-262-69211-2 |page=201 |year=1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Lois |last=Rostow Kuznets |title=When Toys Come Alive: Narratives of Animation, Metamorphosis, and Development |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1994 |isbn=0-300-05645-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whentoyscomealiv00kuzn/page/228 228, note 14] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whentoyscomealiv00kuzn/page/228 }}</ref>

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