What is Reality...Really?: A Philosophical Exploration into Metaphysics

What is reality—really?

In What is Reality…Really?, this book invites readers on a sweeping philosophical journey across the ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary worlds, tracing how the question of what is real has been asked, answered, and reimagined through the ages. From the ordered cosmos of antiquity to the inward turn of modern thought and the searching critiques of the present, each era contributes a vital moment in the unfolding effort to understand the nature of existence itself.

Rather than offering a single, final definition, this work reveals reality as something discovered through an ongoing process of reflection, tension, and renewal. As earlier insights are preserved, challenged, and transformed, a deeper and more comprehensive vision begins to emerge—one that invites readers not only to reconsider what reality is, but to participate in the very movement by which it comes to be understood.

Glenn W. Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, in Mathematics from Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, in 1980. He also holds a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary (1985) and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Dallas (1995). Mr. Campbell has taught Philosophy and Mathematics at the University of Dallas, Philosophy at The University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University; Our Lady of the Lake University, and Philosophy and Religion at Tarleton State University and the Dallas County Community College District Colleges.