Facts of the first kind are the overwhelmingly more numerous than facts of the second kind. Facts of the second kind are more important to human life. I agree with you that this community underestimates the proportion of facts of the second kind, which are not universalizable the way facts of the first kind are. But you weaken the case for post-modern analysis by asserting that anything close to a majority of facts are socially determined.
I was never trying to argue that the majority of facts are socially determined. I was arguing that the majority of facts important to human happiness and survival are socially determined. I agree that facts of the first kind are more numerous, but as you say facts of the second kind are more important. Is it logical to measure value by size?
Fair enough. I respectfully suggest that your language was loose.
For example:
a large portion of human existence is socially created.
Consider the difference between saying that and saying “a large portion of human decisions are socially created, even if they appear to be universalizable. A much larger proportion than people realize.”
I was never trying to argue that the majority of facts are socially determined. I was arguing that the majority of facts important to human happiness and survival are socially determined. I agree that facts of the first kind are more numerous, but as you say facts of the second kind are more important. Is it logical to measure value by size?
Fair enough. I respectfully suggest that your language was loose.
For example:
Consider the difference between saying that and saying “a large portion of human decisions are socially created, even if they appear to be universalizable. A much larger proportion than people realize.”