Off Topic — HabitableZone

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Re: Whoa!! Back up there. You're misusing the term.

"Standpoint epistimology" does NOT mean that everyone sees an objective fact from their own viewpoint--this goes without saying. Although looking at reality from different viewpoints makes identification of that reality difficult sometimes, everyone should agree that there is an objective reality out there and that our goal is to move as close to it as possible. Science works this way, getting closer to the truth with time and effort.

"Standpoint epistimology" is the belief that the ACTUAL FACT, or reality itself, depends on who is looking at it. Objective reality is not part of the picture. A subtle, but important difference. One who believes this way could believe that pi could be made equal to exactly 3 if everyone agreed on it.

Science and reason are useless in this worldview, since the goal is constantly in flux, and there is no way to approach it.

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