What are some examples?
2007-02-07 16:10:24 · 8 answers · asked by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
White Russian: It could be called "intersubjective" or "institutional" but not "subjective" because it does not depend upon a single person, but a community.
2007-02-07 16:22:21 · update #1
Personal experiences are very objective to the person involved.
That same experience is subjective to those who do not eye witness it.
True love is a fact when a person feels and believes they are in love. (Of course, that can now be proven by the chemicals present in the blood)
Faith is an overused expression for "trust". If you trust someone and believe you trust someone, then it is a fact.
Hunger is a strange thing that is a fact if you believe you are hungry. Strange? (With all the food additives and sugar additives we believe we are hungry, when objectively by previous definitions we are not.)
Those are few, but I am sure there are more.
one more: objectively you are nervous if you believe you are nervous (bio-feedback and all that Jazz)
(you ask great questions)
Added: Why am I getting the feeling this was a trick question?
2007-02-07 16:24:07 · answer #1 · answered by MrsOcultyThomas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't that be a subjective fact then?
EDIT: I don't know. Truth exists outside of what people choose to believe. Even if we have no glimpse whatsoever to what truly takes place -- even if this is all a dream in The Matrix -- there is still a reality out there that exists mostly independent of what I and others think.
The only thing I can think of here is the fact(?) of self-fulfilling prophecy. For example, in parts of Africa, people are so terribly afraid of spells and curses, that they die from heart attacks when spells are cast upon them. Their belief, which is a communal belief, is the cause of their demise via that belief.
2007-02-07 16:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by Contemplative Monkey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is so complex that only an intelligence could have created it, therefore a superior intelligence exists that has created such complexity.
These may seem like facts to the people who believe in the premises. However logical people cannot conclude they are true statements because the premises cannot be verified as true... the argument may be valid but its soundness cannot be known for the truth of its premises cannot be known. That is why it is a never ending argument between believers and non believers because belief need not be proven as truth if people are to believe it... and furthermore things like religious beliefs cannot be logically validated to non believers because they cannot be demonstrated to be based on true premises. Its a deadlock between logic and logical fallacy.
2007-02-07 16:46:56 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None.
An objective fact is one which is not influenced by emotion or prejudice so that an objective fact can only be objective if it is not dependant upon belief. Belief is the conviction in the truth of a proposition and does not require objectivity.
2007-02-07 16:28:57 · answer #4 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Objectivity is an illusion - everything is perspective based
2007-02-07 16:21:48 · answer #5 · answered by Tirant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schroedinger's Cat LIVES!!!!!
2007-02-07 16:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
rainbows? they require a person to see them to exist.
2007-02-07 16:14:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are none.
2007-02-07 16:23:43 · answer #8 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋