In addressing the question of objectivity, Lloyd and Anderson both make use of Hugh Lacey's distinction between two aspects of the value-free ideal: neutrality and impartiality, to clarify how interests and values may be implicated in good science (Lacey 1999, 2 6).
This response only addresses Relativity; the objectivity of observability does not save us from the epistemic circularity that comes about from our having to use a theory of observability as the standard of empirical adequacy by which we assess that theory's own empirical adequacy.
Laughably, the anti-Robinson Facebook creator, one Peter Tennant, claims that it's not a personal attack on Robinson but is instead addressing "a specific concern regarding BBC objectivity".
Feminist standpoint theory is often contrasted to feminist empiricism as an alternative epistemology for addressing concerns about the role of values and questions of objectivity.
In a statement addressing the report, Alan Applonie, president of Taylor Farms Pacific, said International Labor Rights Forum's "credibility and objectivity clearly is questionable at best," given past donations from the Teamsters.
Daniel Okrent's column is one of the newspaper's more provocative, addressing its left-of-centre world view and its use of outside sources to provide spurious objectivity for its own conclusions.
The importance of Internet-based information seeking raises questions about the objectivity and quality of online information sources, which have been addressed not only by several studies [ 33- 37], but also by participants in this survey (Table 2) – addressing the low quality of online information as an obstacle for coping via Internet.
Let me try to fake some objectivity and seriously address Blears's suggestion, which has since been reiterated by Jack Straw and Tessa Jowell.
I know this view may be at odds with conventional views of journalistic objectivity, so I'll address those in my next column -- unless I'm distracted by disputed coverage of, say, a disputed election.
But Dahl, the author of a biography of Mary Lou Williams, soldiers on with admirable objectivity, doing her best to address a large, looming "Why?" that can never be completely answered.
