And that fact is certainly “objective” from the POV of any single individual, although it’s not objective at all in the naïve Western sense of “objectivity” or God’s Eye View.
Sooo, not objective then. Definition debates are stupid, but there is no reason at all to be this loose with language. Seriously, this reads like a deconstructionist critique of a novel from an undergraduate majoring in English. Complete with scare quotes around words that are actually terms of art.
Well, yes. I’m using scare quotes around the terms “objective” and “fact”, precisely to point out that I am using them in a more general way than the term of art is usually defined. Nonetheless, I think this is useful, since it may help dissolve some philosophical questions and perhaps show them to be ill-posed or misleading.
Needless to say, I do not think this is “being loose with language”. And yes, sometimes I adopt a distinctive writing style in order to make a point as clearly as possible.
Sooo, not objective then. Definition debates are stupid, but there is no reason at all to be this loose with language. Seriously, this reads like a deconstructionist critique of a novel from an undergraduate majoring in English. Complete with scare quotes around words that are actually terms of art.
Well, yes. I’m using scare quotes around the terms “objective” and “fact”, precisely to point out that I am using them in a more general way than the term of art is usually defined. Nonetheless, I think this is useful, since it may help dissolve some philosophical questions and perhaps show them to be ill-posed or misleading.
Needless to say, I do not think this is “being loose with language”. And yes, sometimes I adopt a distinctive writing style in order to make a point as clearly as possible.