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To invoke the notion of "objective truth" as a grounding requires that one has already accepted several "foundational axioms [that] are ultimately subjective".
by Nav_Panel 7y ago
To invoke the notion of "objective truth" as a grounding requires that one has already accepted several "foundational axioms [that] are ultimately subjective".
We in software are lucky, representing what Hannah Arendt calls "homo faber", those who work with their hands and use instrumental reasoning to create use-objects. Of course object-ivity is our concern. But using such standards to critique and create philosophy ends up favoring what one might call "propaganda."
- mlevental 7y agohere here. i'm not as read up on arendt as i should be but that's a perfect refutation of the kind of ideas i see espoused on hn every day. the problem is that getting people to buy into this very insightful critique of formalism.