On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle
<p>According to Helen Longino, objectivity is necessarily social as it depends on critical interactions in community. Justin Biddle argues that Longino’s account presupposes individuals that are completely open to any criticism; as such individuals are in principle able to criticise their beli...
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| description | <p>According to Helen Longino, objectivity is necessarily social as it depends on critical interactions in community. Justin Biddle argues that Longino’s account presupposes individuals that are completely open to any criticism; as such individuals are in principle able to criticise their beliefs on their own, Longino's account is not really social. In the first part of my paper I argue that even for completely open individuals, criticism for maintaining objectivity is only possible in community. In the second part I challenge Biddle’s interpretation of Longino’s conception of the individual. I conclude that Longino’s account is necessarily social.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4ef0f574fce4e08a02fb65a8ec74f172022-12-22T01:21:59ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTheoria0495-45482171-679X2015-11-0130344946310.1387/theoria.1320811599On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin BiddleJaana Eigi0University of Tartu<p>According to Helen Longino, objectivity is necessarily social as it depends on critical interactions in community. Justin Biddle argues that Longino’s account presupposes individuals that are completely open to any criticism; as such individuals are in principle able to criticise their beliefs on their own, Longino's account is not really social. In the first part of my paper I argue that even for completely open individuals, criticism for maintaining objectivity is only possible in community. In the second part I challenge Biddle’s interpretation of Longino’s conception of the individual. I conclude that Longino’s account is necessarily social.</p>http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/13208BiddleCollinscriticismepistemic subjectKuschLonginoobjectivitysocial epistemologyrule-followingtacit knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Jaana Eigi On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle Theoria Biddle Collins criticism epistemic subject Kusch Longino objectivity social epistemology rule-following tacit knowledge |
| title | On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle |
| title_full | On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle |
| title_fullStr | On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle |
| title_short | On the Social Nature of Objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle |
| title_sort | on the social nature of objectivity helen longino and justin biddle |
| topic | Biddle Collins criticism epistemic subject Kusch Longino objectivity social epistemology rule-following tacit knowledge |
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