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... subjective we mean simply that it has its source in a subject , that is , a knowing being which can evaluate and make judgments . If I say that yesterday was a " good " day , I mean that for me , everything went well - subjectively I ...
... subjective we mean simply that it has its source in a subject , that is , a knowing being which can evaluate and make judgments . If I say that yesterday was a " good " day , I mean that for me , everything went well - subjectively I ...
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... subjective , meant that all human values or judgments about quality must be considered rela- tive to time , place , and circumstance - or in Hume's parlance " convention . " Goodness , badness , beauty , justice could not be seen as ...
... subjective , meant that all human values or judgments about quality must be considered rela- tive to time , place , and circumstance - or in Hume's parlance " convention . " Goodness , badness , beauty , justice could not be seen as ...
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... subjective criteria , my per- sonal model of goodness or badness . Though the origin of my value is subjective , it is nevertheless an objective fact that I hold this particular value . So too , it is an observable , existential fact ...
... subjective criteria , my per- sonal model of goodness or badness . Though the origin of my value is subjective , it is nevertheless an objective fact that I hold this particular value . So too , it is an observable , existential fact ...
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The Philosophers Stone | 15 |
In Search of the Beast | 31 |
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