RE: virus: Social Metaphysics

Robin Faichney (r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk)
Fri, 26 Sep 1997 18:36:10 +0100


> From: David McFadzean[SMTP:david@lucifer.com]
>
> If it is possible for something to exist before it is detected,
> then it is possible for something to exist without being detected.
>
> Agree of disagree?
>
It is certainly possible that such things exist. But their
existence is unverifiable, and therefore not relevant to
any objective methology.

> >Perhaps you or someone else could
> >explain to me, offline if that's considered
> >appropriate, what it was about, if not whether
> >subjectivity or objectivity is primary.
>
> Maybe you can tell me why suggesting that objective reality
> exists independent of observers necessarily means that I
> find subjective reality "distasteful". (I know you're not the
> one that said that but I'm guessing you don't disagree.)
>
You guessed wrong. Now will you tell me what this
thread was about, if not whether subjectivity or
objectivity is primary?

Robin