Questions tagged [subjectivity]
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Do IQ tests measure intelligence?
Okay, I am kind of skeptical about IQ tests. I think they only measures the speed of a person's reasoning abilities as well as a small portion of knowledge (or just knowledge). I kind of think that any person is capable of solving any problem by…
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Where does the notion of subjectivity break in the case of beauty?
Sometimes we say that beauty is subjective but it is also felt that it is not that subjective always.
Where does it break? Or is beauty always quite subjective?
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Have we found all the ways of studying the universe?
I have a question- have we found every single way of studying a particular thing? Like biology is a subject which deals with living organisms. Is there a possibility that there are some subjects that humanity has not found yet? I mean a new way of…
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How can affect be presubjective?
In Affect: What is it Good For?, Mazzerella distinguishes affect from emotion. The key difference is that affect is presubjective.
I have a pretty good idea of why emotions have to be subjective, and what it means for them to be subjective. But I…
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Is something describable subjective?
For example if I were about to measure beauty, I would have to describe beauty in the first place. Let's say I would define it as the amount of endorphyne which the described phenomenon causes our brains to release. The results may differ between…
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Are degrees of beliefs represented as probabilities just emotions?
After reading up on probability theory, it seems that there are two camps: objective and subjective probability theory.
Objective probability can refer to something like the probability of a dice roll being 1/6. Often, these are frequentist and what…
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Separation of mind and consciousness/soul
I heard phrases like
My brain is telling me ..., but i know ...
For example:
My brain is telling me to stay with him/her, but I know that it's not
the right thing to do.
It sounds like people have a separation between their brain and…
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What are "correct" relationships between subjective preferences and collective needs?
What are "correct" relationships between subjective preferences and collective needs?
Or is it still subjective?
That is, is there any point in arguing that "collectively we ought ..." e.g.:
give everyone education
conserve the…
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