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Objectivism

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Claim

Objectivism is the opposite of Subjective perception filters how we see external reality, it is to see things "as they are", to focus on facts and remove Judgment adds subjective value to objective events and Narratives shape perception and identity by constructing subjective reality from our life.

Explanation

Why it matters

Objectivism, if possible, provides us a way to Zooming out gains perspective through mental distance, to gain distance from the world as we perceive it, and see how it really is. It's a tool that removes Preferring personal benefits blinds us to others' perspectives, dismantle any sense of Attachment distorts how we see the things we cling to, and allow us to act more freely without being tied by narratives. A form of Distilling separates essence from noise to simplify understanding, of seeing the "true" core of something without to he added Noise obscures truth with external interference and confusion

Examples

The Empirical testing not reason alone discovers truth takes pride in it's objectivism, and arguably it has helped it uncover the truth much better than other theories that are more subjective.

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Open questions

It is a genuine question to ask what's left after we have removed all that, and whether we are even capable of seeing anything "as it is" without any processing by our mind or senses beforehand, or are we doomed to see distorted things.

Like trying to see something without a color, is it even possible to see something not through our subjective lenses?

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🔼Topic:: Nature and Limits of Knowledge ↩️Origin:: 🔗Link::

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