Rescuing Objectivity: A Contextualist Proposal
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Wright, Jack https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6003-4251
Abstract
jats:p Ascriptions of objectivity carry significant weight. But they can also cause confusion because wildly different ideas of what it means to be objective are common. Faced with this, some philosophers have argued that objectivity should be eliminated. I will argue, against one such position, that objectivity can be useful even though it is plural. I will then propose a contextualist approach for dealing with objectivity as a way of rescuing what is useful about objectivity while acknowledging its plurality. </jats:p>
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objectivity, contextualism, pluralism, useful, practice, abstraction
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PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
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0048-3931
1552-7441
1552-7441
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48
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SAGE Publications
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AHRC (1492656)
I received AHRC funding for my PhD