Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Subjectivity

Five. Whether I use it in word form, number form, 5, or numeral form, V, it is very difficult to misunderstand what it is that I am talking about. The idea, or concept, of five is concrete, unchangeable. Many other concepts, however, are much less concrete. Take for example the concept of Beauty. Beauty is an idea that is subject to thought and interpretation; so rather than being a concrete concept, it is subjective. The whole idea of subjectivity implies a loss in translation occurring; where when I say the term Beauty, meaning my concept of Beauty, it is received as your Beauty, meaning your concept of Beauty. And because of the subjective nature of the concept of Beauty, they are almost definitely different in meaning. Now, I'm not making subjectivity out to be a bad thing, because without subjectivity, there would be no place for two things I think the world today would crumble without; room for change, and questioning our beliefs. I am merely bringing the idea of subjectivity to your view as to spread awareness.
Later.

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