Well, I'm tempted to agree with anything John Searle says- I mean it's Searle! And frankly, it makes sense that one can study subjective facts objectively, just as one can treat the statement "I like vanilla ice-cream." in a third-person, objective, analytic way.
But this doesn't collapse the difference. Nor does it say subjective truths are true objectively.
It merely means that one can be viewed in the perspective of the other. It works the other way around too: Objective truths can be studied subjectively.
I don't think what Searle is getting at is "All truth is objective."
But this doesn't collapse the difference. Nor does it say subjective truths are true objectively.
It merely means that one can be viewed in the perspective of the other. It works the other way around too: Objective truths can be studied subjectively.
I don't think what Searle is getting at is "All truth is objective."
