... . That is to say, reality is not a tool of realism, but of idealism, even phenomenalism; that the external world, the external reality, does not exist without the human mind to shape and interpret it. Phenomenology, a form of philosophical perspective, concerns itself with the idea that, as opposed to positivism, reality is, essentially, relative and subjective--not an objective, singular compilation of ... ...

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