There is indeed a difference between "real" and "existing" in metaphysics, but this is not it. I find Charles Sanders Peirce's definitions especially helpful: the real is that which is as it is regardless of what any individual mind or finite group of minds thinks about it, while existing is reacting with other things in the environment. Accordingly, everything that exists is real, but not everything that is real exists; and purely imaginary creatures like dragons are neither real nor existing, they are fictions.There is a difference between real and existing: Being real is defined as "actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed" while existing, does not mean that whatever is being discussed needs to be physically present. — Bay3z
Being real is defined as "actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed" while existing, does not mean that whatever is being discussed needs to be physically present. Therefore, every possible thing that could be imagined, exists, it just may not be real. — Bay3z
Every single human being has a unique mind full of experiences, ideas, and opinions of their own. — Bay3z
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