Subjectivity and objectivity

All sciences ground themselves in a particular approach to knowledge. Scientists believe that knowledge only has value if comes from an objective place. The myth of objectivity is so pervasive that it controls even such a subjective science as psychology, dealing as it does with the interior of the human mind.

For centuries the possibility of including our subjective experience in inquiring into the world has been inhibited; furthermore, subjectivity and objectivity have been divided into two separate worlds with separate values. Perhaps is time to let both modalities coalesce in an effective way.

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All sciences ground themselves in a particular approach to knowledge. Scientists believe that knowledge only has value if comes from an objective place. The myth of objectivity is so pervasive that it controls even such a subjective science as psychology, dealing as it does with the interior of the human mind.

For centuries the possibility of including our subjective experience in inquiring into the world has been inhibited; furthermore, subjectivity and objectivity have been divided into two separate worlds with separate values. Perhaps is time to let both modalities coalesce in an effective way.

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Tutte le scienze si fondano su un particolare approccio alla conoscenza. Gli scienziati credono che quest’ultima abbia valore solo se viene da un luogo oggettivo. Il mito dell’oggettività è così diffuso da dominare anche una scienza soggettiva come la psicologia, che studia l’interiorità della mente umana.

Per secoli, la possibilità di includere la nostra esperienza soggettiva nell’indagine del mondo è stata inibita; inoltre, soggettività e oggettività sono state divise in due mondi separati, con valori distinti. Forse è tempo di far sì che entrambe le modalità si fondano in modo efficace.

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