We feel betrayed when meanings slide out from under us, and demand eternal, certain ones; or lose all trust in meaning and adopt nihilism.
@Jayarava Quote is from a paper on the objectivity of ethics, where it’s particularly difficult to think clearly about what “objective” is.
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@Jayarava In the case of, e.g., chemistry, there’s rarely any doubt about what is/isn’t objective, even if there’s no good definition. -
@Jayarava “I know objectivity when I see it” works in the physical sciences; gets seriously problematic with social sciences; fails 4 ethics
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