RE: Is subjectivity just a matter of context?
May 13, 2014 at 3:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 13, 2014 at 3:40 pm by Coffee Jesus.)
My awareness of pain is real, and the pain itself is real. Per my definition of "subjectivity" as a form of context-dependence, mental experiences are not subjective. Using "subjective" to mean "of the mind" appears to be the only accepted usage that is an exception. All other uses denote some sort of context-dependence for the meanings of statements. For example, "Men are sexy" denotes the speaker's personal perception of men, so its meaning and its truth or falsity depend on who the speaker is. However, it is objectively true that some people find men sexy, so the statement is objectively true for some people, and objectively false for others.
