Saturday, February 27, 2016
Perspectivism, Relativity, Comparativism
In Physics, a Perspective is termed a Frame of Reference. Now, from a given Frame of Reference, any perception of Motion or Rest is only relative, i. e. via a comparison with another Frame of Reference. Thus, Parmenides and Heraclitus are each wrong--both Motion and Rest are real, but relational. Also, this concept of Relativity underlies Einstein's two theories that go by that name. Conversely, Physicist Relativism is instructive for Perspectivism--it shows that Self-Knowledge requires a comparison, as Kant argues in his Refutation of Idealism, e. g. 'I am running' means 'I am moving faster than the spin of the Earth'. Likewise, Moral judgment is always comparative--even Kant's Categorical Imperative entails a contrast between acting as required and acting otherwise. But, while such judgments seem intra-personal, they are the products of an internalization of a social relation, i. e. in which one of the terms one casts oneself as another. So, Perspectivism entails Comparativism, and is fundamentally social.
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