There Is No Such Thing as an Objective Point of View: Radical Perspectivism

Perspective is simply a point of view.

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“Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside.” — Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu

Nietzsche’s “Radical Perspectivism” perspective holds that there is no such thing as an objective point of view. No one can access a perfect worldview free from viewpoint bias.

Instead of determining the truth about matters that exist independently of any point of view, it aims to assess competing points of view against each other.

You may reply, “Everything is subjective.” But, even this is an interpretation. The “subject” isn’t something given; it’s something added and made up. —