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Idealists hold that a material object (like a painting) is just a set of ideas or experiences in our mind or in God's mind; realists say that a material object is objective real. Ayer would say that

    { 1 } - neither side is right.
    { 2 } - the realists are right, since we can empirically show that the painting is an objectively real material object.
    { 3 } - the idealists are right, since a material object is just a series of sensations and has no reality beyond this.

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1 is correct!

Idealists hold that a material object (like a painting) is just a set of ideas or experiences in our mind or in God's mind; realists say that a material object is objective real. Ayer would say that

    { 1 } - neither side is right.
    { 2 } - the realists are right, since we can empirically show that the painting is an objectively real material object.
    { 3 } - the idealists are right, since a material object is just a series of sensations and has no reality beyond this.

The idealists and realists both intend their statements in such a way that the issue can't be resolved empirically. So the issue betweem them is meaningless -- so neither side is right.

In the normal sense of "objective material object," we could show by sense experience that the painting is an objective material object.

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2 is wrong. Please try again.

Idealists hold that a material object (like a painting) is just a set of ideas or experiences in our mind or in God's mind; realists say that a material object is objective real. Ayer would say that

    { 1 } - neither side is right.
    { 2 } - the realists are right, since we can empirically show that the painting is an objectively real material object.
    { 3 } - the idealists are right, since a material object is just a series of sensations and has no reality beyond this.

The idealists and realists both intend their statements in such a way that the issue can't be resolved empirically. So the issue betweem them is meaningless -- so neither side is right.

In the normal sense of "objective material object," we could show by sense experience that the painting is an objective material object.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Idealists hold that a material object (like a painting) is just a set of ideas or experiences in our mind or in God's mind; realists say that a material object is objective real. Ayer would say that

    { 1 } - neither side is right.
    { 2 } - the realists are right, since we can empirically show that the painting is an objectively real material object.
    { 3 } - the idealists are right, since a material object is just a series of sensations and has no reality beyond this.

The idealists and realists both intend their statements in such a way that the issue can't be resolved empirically. So the issue betweem them is meaningless -- so neither side is right.

In the normal sense of "objective material object," we could show by sense experience that the painting is an objective material object.

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