If reality differs from person to person, can we speak of reality singular , or shouldn’t we really be talking about plural realities? And if there are plural realities, are some more true (more real) than others? What about the world of a schizophrenic? Maybe, it’s as real as our world. Maybe we cannot say that we are in touch with reality and he is not, but should instead say, his reality is so different from ours that he can’t explain his to us, and we can’t explain ours to him. The problem then, is that if subjective worlds are experienced too differently, there occurs a breakdown of communication… and there is the real illness.
NB. The above image was censored for its male nudity content. The campaign poster for the 70s Dutch feminist movement Dolle Mina was a spoof of the notorious PSP poster pictured up top which managed to escape supposed violation. (can be viewed here)