There is No Fact-in-Itself
Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 9:34 am
1 In my discussion with Peter Holmes, et. al. they claim there are no moral facts - they're the moral-fact-deniers.
2 For them there are only 'facts' i.e. defined as,
a fact is a feature of reality, something that is the case—that is, a state of affairs which is confined to the linguistic perspective, e.g.
5 The point is there is no fact-in-itself that they speak of.
Fact-in-itself is defined as fact or feature-of-reality, state-of-affair, something-that-is-the-case that exists by itself independent of human conceptions and entanglements.
If we are to represent 'fact' and 'humans' in venn diagrams, the two circles will interact 90% with each other.
6 Can the moral-fact-deniers [like PH] prove a fact-in-itself exists as really-real and is totally independent of humans entanglement?
7 My claim is,
The most credible FSK is the scientific FSK, thus the standard bearer of reality relative to all other known FSKs.
9 Thus, note the examples given as what is fact above,
To claim whatever that is a fact exists independent of human conceptions as Philosophical Realists do is not tenable nor realistic.
10 Since specific facts [even as claimed by the moral deniers] as demonstrated above are conditioned upon and entangled with a specific framework & system and human conditions,
thus justified moral facts are specific to the moral framework and system.
Therefore justified moral facts do exist as conditioned and in entanglement with the moral FSK.
11 The problem with PH et. al. is, at the mentioned of justified moral facts, they quickly jumped to their dogmatic definition of 'what is fact' [fact-in-itself] in the linguistic perspective [2 &3 ] without any consideration to the point that facts [as explained] above must imperatively be conjoined with their specific framework and system [4-10].
There are no fact-in-itself!
Views?
2 For them there are only 'facts' i.e. defined as,
a fact is a feature of reality, something that is the case—that is, a state of affairs which is confined to the linguistic perspective, e.g.
- 3 Facts may be understood as information that makes a true sentence true.
E.g. the fact 'Water is H20".
Facts may also be understood as those things to which a true sentence refers.
The statement "Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system" is about the fact Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.
5 The point is there is no fact-in-itself that they speak of.
Fact-in-itself is defined as fact or feature-of-reality, state-of-affair, something-that-is-the-case that exists by itself independent of human conceptions and entanglements.
If we are to represent 'fact' and 'humans' in venn diagrams, the two circles will interact 90% with each other.
6 Can the moral-fact-deniers [like PH] prove a fact-in-itself exists as really-real and is totally independent of humans entanglement?
7 My claim is,
- what is fact, i.e. feature-of-reality, state-of-affair, something-that-is-the-case cannot exists as a fact-in-itself, i.e. totally independent of humans entanglements;
what is justified as fact exists as a 'package' or 'system' i.e. fact-in-entanglement-with-humans, thus cannot be totally independent of human conditions.
The most credible FSK is the scientific FSK, thus the standard bearer of reality relative to all other known FSKs.
9 Thus, note the examples given as what is fact above,
- the fact, 'Water is H20" is in entanglement with the Chemistry FSK
the fact, "Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system" entangles with the Astronomy FSK.
To claim whatever that is a fact exists independent of human conceptions as Philosophical Realists do is not tenable nor realistic.
10 Since specific facts [even as claimed by the moral deniers] as demonstrated above are conditioned upon and entangled with a specific framework & system and human conditions,
thus justified moral facts are specific to the moral framework and system.
Therefore justified moral facts do exist as conditioned and in entanglement with the moral FSK.
11 The problem with PH et. al. is, at the mentioned of justified moral facts, they quickly jumped to their dogmatic definition of 'what is fact' [fact-in-itself] in the linguistic perspective [2 &3 ] without any consideration to the point that facts [as explained] above must imperatively be conjoined with their specific framework and system [4-10].
There are no fact-in-itself!
Views?