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Objective Reality: something that exists within and tries to explain the realm of phenomena. Not to be confused with 'absolute' or 'true' reality. Concerned with separating the impossible from the possible, i.e., something that was considered impossible based on objective reality several hundred years ago is now well within the limits of the same objective reality, like flying an airplane. On the flip side, magic is no longer possible, but at one time was defined by the rules of objective reality (in certain societies) as clearly as physics is today.

True/Absolute Reality: something outside the realm of sensible phenomena, but has absolute influence over it and is absolutely consistent. In the Lacanian sense, this can be considered the Real and the objective reality merely that, Reality. Because it does not exist in the phenomenal realm, we can never prove or disprove its existence, but we sometimes suspect that it exists without ever having obtained evidence of it.

Edit: Objective reality, by its very nature, does actually exist. It is a fact of our experience with the world, we create a reality that suits us and it serves for most of us as the appearance of absolute reality by which we can navigate our experience in the world. Absolute reality, on the other hand, may not exist, making it a reality that may not also be objective. But, again, it can't be proved either way.

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