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Title:
Objectivity : a very short introduction / Stephen Gaukroger.
Author:
Gaukroger, Stephen.
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Publication Information:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Call Number:
BD220 .G38 2012
Abstract:
"Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780199606696
Series:
Very short introductions ; 316

Very short introductions ; 316.
Physical Description:
112 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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Contents:
Is objectivity a form of honesty? -- Doesn't science show there is no objectivity? -- Isn't all perception and understanding relative? -- What about our conceptual structuring of the world? -- Is it possible to represent things objectively? -- Objectivity in numbers? -- Can the study of human behaviour be objective? -- Can there be objectivity in ethics? -- Can there be objectivity in taste?
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