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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This essay points out that Popper's theory of the objectivity of science is ambiguous: it is not clear whether it provides a guarantee of ...

The feasibility of objective social science has been the subject of much controversy in which Max Weber's thought looms large. In this article Edward Portis argues that Weber's position on objectivity ...

“If the substance of a thing is made of its relations with other things, a way to show that substance is to prove that these relations resist, that they are recalcitrant.” Let’s be honest: Nobody ...

Prologue: objectivity shock -- I. Epistemologies of the eye: Blind sight -- Collective empiricism -- Objectivity is new -- Histories of the scientific self -- Epistemic virtues -- The argument -- ...

A video livestream will be available on this page starting at 2:30 PM on Wednesday, December 15th. Please scroll down to view. On December 15, AEI hosted a conversation about the roles of expertise ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American One of the qualities we expect from good ...