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Some philosophers' perspective · Subjective approach to studying the mind doesn't work

We should try to study the mind based on hard data that's observable rather than purely subjective descriptions of feelings.

Other philosophers' perspective · Knowledge includes subjective experience, so no reason to look only to objective data

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Difficult to reconcile · Each side starts from different assumptions

Thus, genuine communication between the two sides is almost impossible.

Analogy · The two sides are like adherents to different religions

Each side believes its own religious texts; we can't resolve a debate by just looking at the texts themselves. To resolve the debate, we need to investigate the authority of the texts.

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How to reconcile · Investigate the authority of the subjective and objective perspectives

We should engage in epistomelogy (the study of knowledge) to better understand how to approach knowledge about the mind.

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Stated

The correct answer is likely supported by P2, which describes the subjectivists’ view. It may also be supported by P1, which also describes the subjectivists’ view as part of explaining the difference between the objectivists and subjectivists.

Objectivism rests on ████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███ ████ ██ ██████████████

Not supported. Although the subjectivists believe science should not prevail “when” appeals to science conflict with introspection, this doesn’t imply that they think objectivism inherently conflicts with introspection. The “when” indicates that they acknowledge that there may be times when there isn’t a conflict.

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Supported.

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Objectivism relies on ████ ████ ███ ██ █████████ ███ ███████████ ████ ██ ██████████ ████████████

Not supported. We have no evidence subjectivists claim the objectivist data can be interpreted “only” by specialists.

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Not supported. We have no evidence subjectivists claim that objectivism doesn’t provide context for viewing data as relevant to p philosophical questions.

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Not supported. We have no evidence subjectivists claim that objectivism is interested in questions that aren’t traditionally part of philosophy.

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