Is there such a thing as objective reality?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I tend to adopt the view that there is an objective reality, but I agree with Memphis and Beet that in the limited nature of human understanding we cannot claim to truly know what it is. As Nietzsche argued, we operate based on reasonable certainty, not absolute certainty. This philosophy also plays a fundamental role in criminal procedure.

    When people reject "objective reality", my understanding is that they are rejecting the usefulness of the philosophical idea. People are concerned about the true essence, or the Thing in Itself. You see this all the time when a politician speaks to something semi-abstract such as "the will of the people". An election may not be the most accurate measure of the will of the people, but on some level it is the only useful measure.