Stephen Gaukroger (ARC Professorial Fellow, University of Sydney, A

Objectivity: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 181mm x 113mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9780199606696
• ISBN-10: 0199606692
• Artikelnr.: 34889232

Autorenporträt

Stephen Gaukroger has been Professor of History of Philosophy and History of Science in the Philosophy Department at the University of Sydney since 1981. His publications include, The Emergence of a Scientific Culture: Science and the Shaping of Modernity, 1210-1685 (OUP, 2006) and Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy (CUP, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction
2: Aren't all judgements biased in one way or another?
3: Don't all judgements involve some assumptions?
4: Doesn't science show there is no objectivity?
5: Is it possible to represent things objectively?
6: Is objectivity a form of honesty?
7: Objectivity in numbers?
8: Can the study of human behaviour be objective?
9: Can there be objectivity in ethics?
10: Can there be objectivity in taste?
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