Gus Bovona
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Anything I decide is a subjective decision (if I understand what you mean by subjective decision, and that's a little unclear, actually; what type of decision is not subjective?). So what's the point of the descriptor "subjective?"This is strange. An empiricist holds the view he does precisely because he supposes himself capable of unconscious and unintended bias! He decries the subjective truth because it may be biased (and so not truth)
Bias isn't inevitable. But in the empiricist view, the only way to demonstrate bias not at work in self is empirical method: the view of the many will confirm whether the view of self was biased or not.
That is your perspective. YOUR referring YOURSELF to outside adjudication (empirical method), so as to establish whether you are biased or not, is a subjective decision of YOURS.
Furthermore, by calling my conclusion a decision, you imply an arbitrariness to it. But I'm saying that it is rational and logical to come to the conclusion I have, which means it is the opposite of arbitrary.
What example of me referring only to myself are you talking about?You only refer yourself so because YOU (subjective) figure it best to do so. Which has precisely the same validity as you figuring (subjective) it not necessary to do so. In other words: if we are capable of deciding ourselves prone to error we are also capable of deciding we are not prone error. Or any mix of the two.
Not sure what you mean by "absolute," but some might say that a logical conclusion is an absolute one. It's absolutely true that there are no unmarried bachelors. I'm not sure that I'm on board with using the term absolute, but even if I believe with 99.99% certainty that there are no unmarried bachelors, I can still go about my life concluding that there are none and I'll be pretty secure.Neither decision need be right. But we've no absolute means of knowing. But since solipsism is useless, we ignore that and suppose ourselves right.
I dunno, how do we compare how much we consider bias to be working in a person? How do we measure that? Why does that matter?I mean, you do suppose yourself capable of bias don't you? Well so do I. It's just that I don't suppose myself to quite the same extent as you.
OK, I can agree to that tentatively, but I'm a little suspicious of being able to decide that one's bias is gone is some circumstance. What's better is to always apply the corrective tools, and then you're sure you're taking care of bias.'Best ultimately founded upon initial conditions. What you consider the best tools to be in whatever the circumstances. If you reckon yourself capable of bias/error in a sector then invoke a tool to aid your circumventing that. Similarly, if reckoning no bias/error then forge ahead without corrective tools.