Subjective and Objective Claims

Subjective claims and objective claims are used every day. What separates the two is opinion and fact. Subjective claims depend on what someone thinks or feels; it is whatever their opinion or preference on the matter is. They can't be proven true or false with facts. Objective claims don't depend on what anyone else thinks or feels about it. Objective claims are unaffected by someone's opinion; they can be verified as true or false.

Yesterday I went to Wingstop to eat and one of my friends said: "These atomic wings are hot, but they don't taste very good." This is an example of a subjective claim because my friend is expressing his own opinion. I'm sure that other people have different opinions on the matter, they may think differently. His claim can't be proved with facts. It is his own preference and opinion that the atomic wings at Wingstop don't taste very good. It is a biased statement and is dependent on what someone thinks. Someone else might have a different opinion and to them, might think that the atomic wings taste good.

Yesterday I was also wondering whether or not I should drop a class to add another one. As I was looking through classes to add, I also looked up when the last day to drop classes is. I asked my friend and she said that the last day to drop classes is February 5 on a Friday. The claim that the last day to drop classes is Friday, February 5 is an example of an objective claim because it is unaffected by someone's opinion. It can be proven true or false with facts. I looked it up on the website and it states that the last day to drop a class is February 5 - the claim has been proven. Whether it's true or false doesn't depend on what someone thinks. In this case, proving that it's true doesn't depend on what someone feels or thinks.