naturalplastic wrote:
You got your dichotomies confused.
The opposite of real is "unreal".
The opposite of "abstract" is "concrete", or "tangible". Not "real".
I use the words "exists in reality" and that means "concrete".
concrete: existing in a material or physical form; real or solid; not abstract.
real: actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or suppose
naturalplastic wrote:
Ideas are not tangible. But obviously humans have thoughts. So thoughts really exist. So despite being abstract a thought is still "real".
Yes, thoughts are real. But ...
"Big Foot" isn't real just because I think of an image of "Big Foot".
"Numbers" don't exist in reality just because I have an idea of one.
All that is real is a "thought of Big Foot" or a" thought of Numbers".
If thoughts made things real, then we would have "genie wish granting powers".