The phrase "claim objectivity" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe putting forward an idea or opinion in a way that implies it is fair and unbiased. For example, "In her paper, she claims objectivity in her analysis of the issue."
Having established that bodies are required for us to make sense of the world, Vernon then turns on "the modern sceptic" and "the modern atheist" saying that they value "knowledge that can claim objectivity, a validity independent of the body" more than they do "subjective knowledge, which is gained by introspection, turning inwards..
Indeed "ethical judgments claim objectivity"; that is, they purport to tell it like it is.
To claim objectivity for a representation is to claim that "the world made me represent things this way".
Some polling companies are noticeably biased, others claim objectivity, and still others are clandestinely partisan.
"Mapmakers have always claimed objectivity," he says, "and cartographers always imagine they're creating maps from some omniscient God-like position.
If there are no such measurable standards then the claimed objectivity is a mere cloak for subjectivity, and is no more than the exercise of a shallow ritual of verification.
Rather than claiming objectivity in a transperspectival sense, most practically oriented Critical Theorists have always insisted that their form of social inquiry takes a "dual perspective" (Habermas 1996, chapter 1; Bohman 1991, chapter 4).
Russell's letter of thanks points out a problem: "any system of ethics which claims objectivity can only do so by means of a concealed ethical premise, which, if disputed, cannot be demonstrated" (Dear Bertrand Russell: 98).
Contributors make no claim to objectivity; they're smart alecks whose job is to stamp the dough of information.
There can be no claim to objectivity in this article, written as it is by one who had a profound respect, admiration and fondness for Mdala.
