Essay On Flawed Reality Of Dreams

I will argue that dreams are a flawed reality of the waking life. Dreams are accepted as reality when we dream and can only be refuted when we wake up. I will reason that we accept the dream-state reality as real when we dream, only to wake up with the notion that the perceived reality in the dream is in contrast to the reality of the dream state. In this paper, I will define ‘reality’ as the awakened state of consciousness that is in contrast to the supposed reality of the dream-state. The definition of ‘dream’ is the activity in which we often find ourselves in when we sleep (assuming that people do not always dream). Dreams are a series of thoughts that are made of personal experiences, imagination and our subconscious. The definition of ‘flawed’ (flawed reality) is an imperfect and inadequate memory of experiences. …show more content…
Dreams usually appear unrealistic when we wake up, but we accept them as reality when we’re asleep. If we postulate that dreams are based on past experiences (as well as suppressed memories) it is reasonable to argue that a dream can be perceived as reality when we’re dreaming because it is images that we’ve experienced in real life. It’s also possible to claim that a dream can present memories in a disordered way and be mixed with imagination; they can appear as a flawed reality when we awake from the dream.
Ernest Sosa claims in his essay Dreams and Philosophy (2007) that dreams are real beliefs, but that they don’t form new false memories. I agree with this statement as experiences contribute to your beliefs at large, and while imagination is part of dreaming it will not create memories that never occurred; only in the notion of reality in your dream can you experience something you haven’t in real life. Sosa also holds that it is not possible to be aware of being in a dream state and at the same time know that you’re