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I came across the following sentence in a JLPT N2 reading textbook:

> そういう感覚でいるわけです。

The book says that `そういう感覚でいる` is equivalent to `そう感じている`, so I think I got
the meaning: something like `They ought to think that way`, maybe `to feel
that way`.

What confuses me is the grammar behind `感覚でいる`. Is it an alternative version
of `である` used for animated beings?

_I understand that this sentence is really short and has no context; it seems
to me that it's enough to highlight the grammar issue, but I'm willing to add
the rest of the text if it helps answer._
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Confusion regarding 感覚 + でいる
This 感覚 is more like a no-adjective (except that it requires some modifier
before it, like 様子). 彼はそういう感覚だ on its own means "He feels that way". そういう感覚の人
means "a person who feels that way".

And this でいる (te-form of だ + いる) describes continuation ("He keeps/remains
feeling so"). The usage of でいる is not different from that in 健康でいる ("to stay
healthy"). See:

  * [What is the difference between でいる and である in this example?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/66270/5010)
  * [What is the meaning/grammar behind noun + でいる?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/62732/5010)

So そういう感覚でいるわけです means "(They) remain thinking such a way", etc.
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