Objectivity and its relation to physical science.
Institution: | McGill University |
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Department: | Department of Philosophy. |
Degree: | MA. |
Year: | 1948 |
Keywords: | Philosophy. |
Record ID: | 1489315 |
Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile125231.pdf |
On all sides, one hears appeals to objectivity and exhortations to be objective. These admonitions are usually made by scientifically-minded people. Laudable as these appeals may be, they are sometimes so framed as to give the impression that objectivity is a quality or property of events that is immediately recognizable. It is thus, a finality, an ultimate for knowledge, which, when recognized, is taken as given. Ulterior questions, as to what constitutes the objective character of fact, are considered spurious meanderings of minds intent on weaving a cosy scheme of the universe.[...]