Are subjective fields objective points poorly defined?
Are subjective fields objective points poorly defined? Take as an example whether Pluto is a planet or not, there was ambiguity left in our definitely of what is a planet, until more clearly defined to objectively answer such questions.
Can you give an example of something we know fundamentally that we could say is subjective?
I’m reading about semiotics and logic right now, what should I read to give me a better understanding the flaws in this idea? Enlighten me with your knowledge guys
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Why are definitions of words imperfect and definitions of something in mathematics not? Is it impossible to perfectly define a word?
i’m not sure the subject/object dichotomy is poorly defined, it is probably too rigidly defined. The general position is that subjectivity is acknowledged as individual perspective, in contradistinction from objectivity where a perspective is held to be universally applicable. This is a philosophical curiosity that has provoked mountainous volumes of investigation. You can start with Plato and Aristotle if you like and work your way through Descartes, Bertrand Russell, up to Karl Popper and a dozen others i’ve missed out.
Is it impossible to perfectly define a word? put it this way, speaking subjectively, i am far more comfortable with this question being treated rhetorically rather than as something pestering for a swift and conclusive answer.
It’s been a while since last thinking about this it’s all coming back to me now
Well, i would say that with definitions, then no, they are not objective points poorly defined. To what I understand your question to mean, I would reply there are no objective points of reference in definitions. They are sloppy consensus-driven contingent facts.
In short, the definition of a word in natural language is a social fact rather than a brute fact.
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