Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun May 17, 2026 2:43 am
Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2026 10:19 pm
popeye1945 wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2026 8:36 pm
The only way to know anything is subjectively; it is the only game in town.
So what you're saying is
not really true. It's just your
subjective preference?
'Cuz "that's the only game in town?"
Are you saying subjectivity is equal to false? So, if someone has an opinion or preference, it's always false or "not true"?
If things are "subjective" the word "true" has no actual meaning. At most, it's a "subjective" or "experiential" grunt. There are no such categories in reality, so your objection is incoherent, according to them, and your question cannot be asked.
But this creates a problem: what is the status fo the claim, "Truth is subjective"?
Its it
objectively true? Then it would be a false statement, because it claims there can be no such things, but attempts to articulate an objectively true statement.
Is it
objectively false? Then it would be a false statement, of course.
Its it
not an objective statement at all, but an emotive explosion of some kind, maybe? Then what's the basis for believing it? And what does it even mean?
Epistemological Subjectivism is self-refuting, you see. It's even less coherent than Moral Subjectivism.