In my point of view

Assume that you are in space standing on some planet. You know 5 other people each on a different planet. You all have been told that a large object will appear in the sky for some time, and you need to accurately say what you saw. Soon it is visible. There is an object in the sky, far away. It looks like a square to you with 1 dot in the centre. The other 5 people also see it. One sees 2 dots. One sees 3 dots. One sees 4 dots. One sees 5 dots. One sees 6 dots. If you all are asked what you saw seperately, each one of you will give a different answer. Now assuming all of you have seen a die before. If you know what the other 5 people saw. You might realise that it was actually a die.

In this example :-
To come to the conclusion that it is a die
1) you needed to trust your vision. If you were a subjectivist/mystic you would mistrust yourself or reality itself becuase the other people said they saw something else.

2) you needed to ask the others what they saw. you need to trust them. Nothing wrong in that provided you do not negate your own vision.

3) you needed the faculty of logic.

When you hear to what the other 5 persons have to say, you realise that the 6 views in question are in total contradiction with each other! But contradictions do not exist. At the same time we should not hate contradictions. They are just an opportunity to find out the truth. Saying that you saw 1 dot in a square is true. But then you are seeing only probably 1/6th of the truth. In real life cases realitiy might not be as simple as a 6 faced die. It might have many many different aspects, that is where every view counts.

A view/perspective/opinion (w.r.t me/I/myself) is subjective in nature, it can never be purely objective. In my example your view is subject to your planetary position. But, yes it is possible to make your view as objective as possible only when you consciously try to find out all aspects of the truth.


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