Empiricism
One problem that I seem to be seeing with a purely empiricist approach to subjects such as ethics and psychology is that the empiricists have too much of, well, an empirical bias. We can't (at least right now) empiricize everything. To keep a purely empirical system in these subject areas requires that the things which aren't sufficiently objective be left out, treated as if they have no bearing. Subjective or not, to leave such factors out is a mistake.
posted by Derek at 9:25 PM
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I think you may be right about these subjects. The subjective may be impossible to weed out completely. But I think a good theory in either ethics or psychology should do two things. One, recognize exactly which aspects are subjective and, two, have minimal reliance on these subjective parts.
Even Euclid's Elements relied on four axioms, one of which was subjective.
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