Single Idea 10347

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention]

Full Idea

An entity is objective in so far as it is intersubjective.

Gist of Idea

Objectivity is intersubjectivity

Source

Donald Davidson (Three Varieties of Knowledge [1991]), quoted by Martin Kusch - Knowledge by Agreement Ch.10

Book Reference

Kusch,Martin: 'Knowledge by Agreement' [OUP 2004], p.127


A Reaction

This thought baffled me until I saw it in the context of socialised epistemology. Effectively objectivity is subsumed under justification, which in turn is seen in a social context, not private to individuals.