The "objective" ... objectively real, whatever ... is a joke, of course...
But perhaps dynamical systems theory hints at how to reconstruct its shadow.
Perhaps the shadow of the nonexistent objective lies in the notion of: something that is a near-inevitable attractor of the self-organizing dynamics of intersubjective systems?
I discovered yesterday that my dad believes in an objective "universal morality", which perplexes me.
To me the notion of objectivity just doesn't make sense. It's intrinsically unverifiable, as well as aesthetically unpleasant...
But, maybe, some kinds of moral principles inevitably emerge when you put together a sufficient number/variety of subjective perspectives, all perceiving each other and interpenetrating?
This would provide them with a kind of mathematical objectivity.
A less than half formed speculation, obviously ... but perhaps worthy of more musing...
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