An idealist may best be defined as a skeptic who is of the mindset that it may not be proven that there are material objects outside the realm of thought. For the purpose of examining what an idealist’s views are on different concepts of “physical things,” this text will address the concepts of a “golden mountain,” “a round square,” and an “imaginary friend.” Because “golden” is being used as a quality of a physical thing called a “mountain,” I would submit that an idealist would accept the notion of a golden mountain because it is something that at worst we can conceptualize as a tangible thing in our minds and at best stands a decent possibility of actually existing on a given planet in a given universe. Continuing, I submit that an idealist would reject the notion of a round square, given that both “round” and “square” are intangible things that are most often used as descriptors of other things that human beings can perceive as being …show more content…
For this, the “being” of a turkey sandwich will be examined. If one has a turkey sandwich, and also has a slice of cheese, that person clearly has two different things in the same way that a person would have two different things if he or she had a bag of chips. But, would this still be the case if one were to place said piece of cheese inside the turkey sandwich? I would suggest the answer is not only no, but that a “turkey sandwich” is not a thing, but rather an idea that describes a group of things; namely turkey, bread, perhaps cheese and whatever other toppings a person may desire on said sandwich. In short, a sandwich describes a group of things with set parameters, rather than being a thing itself. In contrast, a sandwich would be able to become a thing if its chemical consistency was altered in such a way that it was not parts of a whole but a new thing, like a cake after having its ingredients mixed and