Reply #20: If what I suggested is true, then an argument entirely parallel to yours would similarly force

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conclusions like "Reality is not external but is a reflection and creation of the conscious mind" and "Logic is not external but is a reflection and creation of the conscious mind"

Both of those statements are "true" in some sense, I suppose: some optical illusions, for example, demonstrate clearly that what we clearly see is not what is really there but rather some artifact of our own minds; and logic is similarly (in a way) not but a human linguistic production

It is common to take such arguments seriously but not too seriously -- I know hardly anyone who thinks the external world is purely a product of their imagination, even if they recognize that their imagination plays some role in constructing their mental map of the world; and although logic is (in some sense) a human linguistic invention, it could scarcely be useful if it did not somehow mirror certain aspects of the world