The Agnostic’s Exit Strategy (Agnosticism)

by dhw, Thursday, June 26, 2008, 17:23 (5992 days ago) @ Cary Cook

Cary has asked me to define objective and subjective, and to say what I think constitutes an objective/subjective concept, with examples. - By objective I understand existing independently of the human mind. By subjective I understand dependent on the human mind. - An objective concept would be a pig, the sun, a chair. - A subjective concept would be cruelty, beauty, worthwhile. - A concept might be both objective and subjective. A migraine might describe the overactivity of, say, histamine and serotonin affecting the arteries (objective), or this pain I get in the head when someone keeps badgering on about definitions when all I want to do is talk about matters relating to life and death (subjective).