(September 11, 2016 at 3:07 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: No because many would think that "subjectivity is objectively existent" would be a contradictory statement. Indeed ontology is the study of being or existence. There is ontological objectivity and there is epistemological objectivity. For that reason "subjectivity is objectively existent" is not a contradiction because I have specified that I am talking about ontological subjectivity which is indeed is objectively existent if only as a totality of subjective objects or 'subjects'.
That seems to be a very common error people make. Noting the distinction between ontological and epistemological subjectivity is a good way to point it out.
A Gemma is forever.
