Well, Bill, it appears Magickthigh's and Broomfondle's minds are too
highly trained- they keep pointing to the marginalia after being whupped
upside the head with the book....
The story so far- (as far as I can tell- I am not a philosophy major,
never was, never will be. Just kant do it. Speak english, troops.)
Objective- The thermometer reads 22C.
Subjective- I'll think I'll go out and read on the porch.
Objectivity- Phoebe might be out on her porch today, I'll say hi....
Subjectivity- I wonder if this is warm to Phoebe?
Inter-subjectivity- Only Phoebe and I (and maybe that guy over there in
the shorts, but is he actually there?) think this is warm, at least she's
told me so, and I'm pretty sure I think this is warm- but who knows
anything really?
So, my question is still- where is the non-objectness of subjectivity? If
we're only talking of definitions within a philosophically determined and
narrow range, well, pish-tosh.
I am a reductionist, and proud of it. If you relegate subjectivity to
some realm outside of the objective- then where is it? And in what way is
your explanation not supernatural?
And, while philosophical jargon is nice, it fails to get out of its box
and pick a set of clothes for the weather.
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wade_smith@harvard.edu
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