Kant argued that one can not know the thing in itself (das ding an sich). Rather, we all create models of the world. I have previously noted* 5 such alternate realities.**
1. materialism
2. idealism
3. dualism
4. theism
5. multiverses
In my pluralism I most frequently employ #1. Next most frequently I employ #5. I infrequently use #3 and hardly ever use #4. I never seem to employ #2. I could probably keep detailed statistics on this but it's surely dependent upon what's being studied.
* See my blog of 15 June 2022.
** There are, of course, variations*** and combinations**** of these 5. (Neither do I insist upon keeping the number to 5.)
*** If ultimate reality was composed of simply quantum fields or the wave function that would be a variation of #1 (provided "materialism" refers to any of the concepts defined and employed by modern physics). There are, of course, many variations of #4.
**** #3 and #4 are frequently combined, for example.
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