World 2

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World 2 is Karl Popper’s term for the realm of subjective mental states and conscious experiences, distinct from physical reality and objective knowledge.

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Label Occurrences
World 2 canonical 4
World 2: Desert Land 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of three-worlds theory
ontological category
philosophical concept
contrastedWith World 1
World 3
creator Karl Popper
dependsOn World 1
describedIn Knowledge and the Body-Mind Problem
Evolutionary Epistemology
surface form: Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach

The Self and Its Brain (excerpt)
surface form: The Self and Its Brain
distinguishedFrom objective knowledge
physical reality
hasComponent beliefs
conscious mental states
desires
feelings
intentions
pains
perceptions
pleasures
subjective experiences
hasDefinition the realm of subjective mental states and conscious experiences
hasDomain epistemology
metaphysics
philosophy of mind
hasExample a person's conscious memory of a past episode
a person's fear of an event
a person's feeling of pain
a person's inner deliberation about a decision
a person's visual experience of red
hasProperty non-physical
not directly observable by others
phenomenal
private to the subject
subjective
hasRole mediates between World 1 and World 3 in Popper's theory
interactsWith World 1
World 3
isComponentOf Popper’s three worlds theory
surface form: Popper's ontology of three worlds
partOf Popper’s three worlds theory
surface form: Karl Popper's three-worlds theory
relatedTo consciousness
dualism
emergentism
mind-body problem
subjectivity
worldNumber 2

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Desert Land alsoKnownAs World 2
Desert Land alsoKnownAs World 2
this entity surface form: World 2: Desert Land
World 3 contrastedWith World 2
three worlds theory hasWorld World 2
subject surface form: Three Worlds Theory