@Meaningness I think your definition of objectivity is off. The scare quotes are a bit of a give away.
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@Meaningness Yes, but concept of objectivity is *defined* as subjectivity, and *gasp* turns out to be subjective. This is just bullshit.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness In the quote you cite "...intuitions about the rhetoric of objectivity...".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava What I, at least, am explicitly *not* saying is that this means “everything is subjective”, or any sort of anti-realism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava Rather: talk about this is confused. It’s somewhat entangled with the mind/body problem morass, so maybe can’t be entirely sorted.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Jayarava Quote is from a paper on the objectivity of ethics, where it’s particularly difficult to think clearly about what “objective” is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@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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