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Political action is fuelled by beliefs and ideals for the future. As a subjective observer, no one can attain a complete image of reality, or "the thing in itse
by bluetomcat 2y ago
Political action is fuelled by beliefs and ideals for the future. As a subjective observer, no one can attain a complete image of reality, or "the thing in itself". All we observe are appearances (phenomena) from our subjective point of view. In the process of a wider societal dialogue, we can exchange these points of view and eventually come to a rough approximation of the objective state of things.
- openrisk 2y ago> we can exchange these points of view the quality of that exchange is indeed the key catalyst of whether a "convergence" happens. For matters concerning the physical world we have (largely) learned not to let subjectivity stand in the way, even when it concerns very complex phenomena. For anything more directly related to the human condition we are in far more primitive state.
- jhanschoo 2y ago> In the process of a wider societal dialogue, we can exchange these points of view and eventually come to a rough approximation of the objective state of things. By and large discussion about politics in civil society seems to me riddled with factional language and lenses, with lies and hostile, bad-faith accusations, rather than resemble some Rawlsian disinterested dialogue.