Collective subjectivism

(idea) by Ben_distasteful (3.6 y) (print) ? I like it! Sun Aug 06 2000 at 21:39:28

A term I first heard used by Moby. Ken Wilbur also talks a bit about such things.

The Gist:
Due to the limitations of human sensory perception, there is no real way to tell if an objective world exists. It's the classic question of "what if the color you call blue looks entirely different to me?". Or the tree falling in a forest, or what have you. But if enough people can experience the same thing, we can get closer to objective reality, and thus closer to Truth.

The tagline:
Collective subjectivity approaches objectivity.

If we define things as real, they are real in their consequences	The everlasting human goal of attaining a meaningful existence	Human eye, capable of perception but always subject to biased inhibitions	Everything objectivity vs. subjectivity is a bunch of bullshit
Subjectivism	sociology of knowledge	If we define things as unreal, they may still be real in their consequences	The social construction of reality
Ethical relativism vs. ethical absolutism	Truth	consensus reality	Perception shapes reality
One approach to E2	Human emotions and the tangent of 15 degrees	Life in Hell	situational ethics
meaning	The Truth	limitations of the system	Moby

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