I think the key here is whatever reality really is, it’s laws and parameters aren’t controlled by anyone, and thus it’s useful to reliably say that this reality is objective. I suspect all cases of subjectivity are essentially cases where someone can control the rules and parameters of something, and given different preferences, subjectivity arises in concepts.
I think the key here is whatever reality really is, it’s laws and parameters aren’t controlled by anyone, and thus it’s useful to reliably say that this reality is objective.
This is a reasonable supposition to make, but as I point out in another comment, we only know that its laws and parameters aren’t controlled by anyone insofar as we’ve only thus far seen evidence to suggest that. And that fact that tomorrow we could obtain evidence that suggests otherwise means there’s a subjective layer between us and making a claim like “reality is objective”, and thus any claims to objectivity are necessarily subjective claims, and because of what objectivity means, this disqualifies a strong claim to objectivity and permits only a subjective, contingent claim to it.
I think the key here is whatever reality really is, it’s laws and parameters aren’t controlled by anyone, and thus it’s useful to reliably say that this reality is objective. I suspect all cases of subjectivity are essentially cases where someone can control the rules and parameters of something, and given different preferences, subjectivity arises in concepts.
This is a reasonable supposition to make, but as I point out in another comment, we only know that its laws and parameters aren’t controlled by anyone insofar as we’ve only thus far seen evidence to suggest that. And that fact that tomorrow we could obtain evidence that suggests otherwise means there’s a subjective layer between us and making a claim like “reality is objective”, and thus any claims to objectivity are necessarily subjective claims, and because of what objectivity means, this disqualifies a strong claim to objectivity and permits only a subjective, contingent claim to it.