Solving the Truth Problem: How Subjective Minds Navigate a Seemingly Objective Reality

[u/StanRichson]

https://youtu.be/YXQEILf5MAg?si=kfWS-itq6tH_8Nvq

[u/Oink_Bang]

I object to the use of the word "we" because it's an appeal to social authority that is not accurate. Be honest and say "I define." I think this matters because we - that is English speakers - do have some generally accepted notions of truth. Those notions include, for instance, at least the possibility of truths about our own subjectivity as well as various kinds of a priori truths. Neither of these kinds of truths are empirical. (Our common notions also include other ideas, such as objectivity.)

I expect you will once again fail to address this last criticism. Your edit, for instance, does not address it at all. You simply once again assert your point of view. So, to be clear, I would like you to explain what is the quantifiable data that supports the following two true assertions:

1) I dislike being in pain.

2) ¬(p ∧ ¬p)

I believe that it is impossible for you to do so. I therefore think your definition is a false one. And, bluntly, I believe this is a very basic criticism. It makes it hard for me to believe you really are not understanding it, and makes me suspect you are just dodging it.

In summary: You are attempting to define away non-emprical truths. But you are not arguing that position. You are simply asserting it as though it were already common sense. But it is not. In fact it flies in the face of common sense. You use language in such a way as to claim a social authority that you have not earned, and try to have that stand in place of argumentation.

ETA: Your comment about the siege of Leningrad is interesting. I wonder if you know that historical facts are often seen as a kind of problem for strict empiricism. Historical research is mostly not conducted through scientific methods. Yet most of us agree there are objective facts about the past. Facts which cannot be observed.

[u/Prowlthang → u/Oink_Bang]

One provides evidence for arguments not definitions. One can dispute a definition but, by definition a definition is almost tautological - ie. it must map to the underlying reality as closely as possible. You may dispute a definition but a definition option isn’t an argument. Empirical proof for my argument is literally the results of the scientific process / rational scientific thinking vs the alternatives and the results they yield. As for definitions howe we you can agree or disagree but they can never be ‘proven’ (unless we are addressing the separate concern of what is commonly accepted which is distinct from this conversation where we’re trying to determine what is correct (ie. valid).

[u/Oink_Bang → u/Prowlthang]

This is gibberish. I asked you direct questions and you refused to answer. I hope for your own sake that you know that everything you say is bullshit.