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Is this the start of it? If so, I'd say that first premise already has a problem, because of the idea of "properly understanding" a concept.

Thanks.

Clearly not on my view. I just listed objective things above. And among things that are objectively the case is that merit only occurs subjectively.

No one has ever said anything like "therefore it isn't wrong," and in fact we've explicitly explained, in some detail, in quite a few different posts,...

Could you reference that post somehow if it's not too much trouble? Maybe link to it, or at least retype or paste a brief text string that's unique to...

Yes. (And yes re the theory in the sense that it exists as text, say.)

So it's not true that physical phenomena are reference-frame relative per the theory of relativity?

Correct. Which does not at all imply that there is no merit. Merit can't be subjective if there is no merit, lol You can't have an x with property F i...

Yes, which obviously doesn't imply that there is no such thing.

Didn't I just say "of course (it does)" when you asked me if it has merit? So why would you be asking me why it doesn't have merit? I just said of cou...

Sure. I'm sure there are tons of them. The Earth revolving around the sun, the Earth's atmosphere being 78% nitrogen, etc.

Of course. But what does that have to do with "objective merit"?

It's not at all that there's no value, it's just that it's individual people who are doing the valuing.

Any extramental state of affairs, such as the chemical composition of the atmosphere, for example.

By people commenting on the film, such as critics.

For every such question, copy-paste "Of course, insofar as someone values it or values the upshots of it."

No idea how you're thinking that's implied. I've spent a large portion of my life focused on art, including that it's how I've always made a living.

Of course, insofar as someone values it or values the upshots of it.

Oh. There's not the slightest question that it's a category error. Merit is inherently subjective. It can't be objective.

I think it's absurd to approach auteur theory selectively, as I see it as a tool for a lack of knowledge regarding how content was achieved. So if it ...

I don't know what "this" is referring to above.

Legally, in my view we should not prosecute anyone where there isn't "physical evidence" of someone being a perpetrator, yes, definitely. I also think...

Well, because there aren't any. "Objective merit" is an oxymoron or category error.

Someone comparing the two would likely do so from an auteur theory perspective when it comes to Bay. My view on auteur theory is somewhere between thi...

A lot of people get into as a means of improving or maintaining their health. Both calisthenics and resistance (weight) training are very important he...

First, no one is saying that subjective things are incorrigibly immutable, that there's no point to ever discussing subjective judgments in any arena,...

The idea of a moral stance that has no meaning or judgment attached to it is incoherent.

Objectively, language is only sounds, marks, gestures, etc.

:brow: Isn't the dictionary supposed to be reporting word usage?

And it's simply an argumentum ad populum.

Most definitely I would. That we can convict someone on testimony only is a horrible, horrible idea in my opinion.

What would objectivity even refer to if there are "degrees" of it?

Well, or at least your mistaken beliefs about what my views even are, apparently. Maybe in the future, not necessarily with me, try to not be so quick...

No I didn't. I explicitly explained above that I'm not at all saying that things aren't measurable or that they're all equal. What do I have to say fo...

Yay--can't wait until the next time you claim that I think that there's no way to judge/measure works, morals, etc. or the next time you claim that I ...

You should have corrected your straw mannish misconceptions at least, but I guess that's too much work.

Oh yes they are insofar as they're making any evaluative statements a la things being good, bad, better, worse, beautiful, sublime, crass, etc.--anyth...

The important thing in my post was understanding the "evidence for"/"evidence against" distinction. Does that distinction make sense to you? They're b...

I wouldn't say that no bodybuilders feel that way, but I think it's relatively rare. For most, even those who do it competitively/fairly obsessively, ...

The language here is going to cause a lot of people to not understand this. It's conventional to think of "evidence (suggesting) that F does not exist...

Countries are going to be plethoras of cultures, arts, customs, etc. Those things vary by all different sorts of social groupings, whether they're loc...

I'm just curious if you have any insight why (you're not satisfied with nihilism)

Ah, then we agree on that. But who would even suggest that anyone is claiming that something doesn't exist on no evidence?

What would be true is that those folks feel that Shakespeare is great for the reasons they give. It's not true that he IS great outside of that contex...

On your view, by the way, you wouldn't be able to make sense of me saying "That's not what I meant." That's a pretty common thing for people to say, w...

lol okay

Maybe you could be a bit more specific, especially given that you're attempting an argument that I stated an argument despite not at all thinking abou...

Not necessarily. We don't at all have the same view about what meaning is or how it works. So appealing to me agreeing with you isn't going to work. A...

If you agree that faith in the earlier sense undermines conviction/commitment/significance of religious belief, why would you think that the other sen...

Structure is identical to meaning in your view?