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It looks like you’re still conflating our ability to describe reality with reality itself. Sure, things like “blue” and “up” are ultimately abstract concepts within a mind, but they’re concepts that are used to describe reality. They are not the reality themselves. Their existence is easily explained by the subjective mind that houses them. No need to import an eternal mind.I have read a tiny bit on universals and abstract objects. One thing I wonder is "what would reality be without us looking at it?" Would it be anything? We can't even fathom that thought. The properties we ascribe to things like "the blue sky up there", would they exist? Like "blue" and "up"? Even thinking about physical stuff like atoms and how they behave involves our subjective sense experience, even though we have sophisticated equipment. Can reality exist without being known? I'm not sure, but I think not.
And these abstract concepts I mentioned are part of reality. They exist in our minds. Are they more than mere illusions of physical phenomenon? Or are their real, objective existence best explained by an eternal mind?
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