Single Idea 24215

[catalogued under 2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 5. Objectivity]

Full Idea

Everything we call 'objective' in experience is what appears in it as necessary.

Gist of Idea

We call experience 'objective' when it seems necessary

Source

Simone Weil (Lect 2: Discovery of Mind [1933], p.112)

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Lectures on Philosophy' [CUP 1978], p.112


A Reaction

An interesting thought. The obvious problem is that what seems necessary to me may not seem so to you. Which comes first in experience, the objectivity or the necessity?