Reality

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

Name:

Date:

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/reality

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What does "reality" mean?Reality is what actually exists, not just how it looks. Philosophers ask if reality is only matter, only mind, or both.
2. How do scientists find out what is real?Scientists use the scientific method: they make a hypothesis, test it with experiments, and check if the results match. New evidence can change their ideas.

Ontology: The philosophical study of the nature of being, existence, and reality itself.
Epistemology: The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, its sources, and its limits.
Falsifiability: The principle that a scientific hypothesis must be capable of being proven false through observation or experiment.