Is it normal that even highly educated people don't understand subjectivism?
All throughout my life I've encountered people that have different opinions than I do, who want to change the way I see things.
This is fine, in fact it's a great thing! I expect it. But what I don't understand is the alarmingly high rate of blindness to subjectivism in these discussions, even among highly educated people.
In my own experience (wink wink) I encounter countless arguments lobbed at me that operate under the notion that 1.) the arguer's life experience is identical to my own, and 2.) that their subjective view of "truth" is fact, across the board.
So why is it that arguments are so frequently presented using ineffectual tactics like sensationalism, broad-sweeping generalizations ("Everybody knows that..." ; "It's just plain fact that...") when we're not arguing within any established alethic or epistemic modalities?
It doesn't make a great deal of sense to me to attempt to debate a value system that doesn't account for variance in the party you're debating with.
Is it normal that so many people try to, anyway? Do you? I understand that it's really easy to do, but why are so many incapable of stepping back and establishing a common ground before entering a debate?
Or am I just crazy for expecting this?