Objectivity /
Objectivity has historically been used to describe an unbiased orientation to research. At one time, it was routinely taken to be a central feature of scientific research and treated as both achievable, a least to some degree, and desirable. However, especially in the second half of the 20th century...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Philosophical principles.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Objectivity has historically been used to describe an unbiased orientation to research. At one time, it was routinely taken to be a central feature of scientific research and treated as both achievable, a least to some degree, and desirable. However, especially in the second half of the 20th century, with increasing questions being raised about the concept of science itself, objectivity came to be a much more contentious matter. Some argued that it can never be achieved, so that any claim to achieve it is spurious and amounts to ideological disguise for the inevitable value commitments of the researcher, obscuring how these have shaped the process of inquiry. Others argued that the nature of objectivity needed to be reconceptualized so that it was no longer ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529747287 1529747287 9781526421036 1526421038 |