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James M. Clark
Professor of Psychology
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Christopher Green chri...@yorku.ca 25-Nov-10 12:25:36 PM
Read the book and you might learn something new.
Has the recent crankiness on TIPs gone viral?
Jim
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I think Jim's post highlights some of the problems when talking about
objective, evidence, opinion, etc.
That is, the reviewer Jan Golinski is simply promoting further
evidence for his views while Jim sees through this
with his more objective knowledge which presumably puts the lie to Golinski.
Hi
Yes! That is, we should seek, acknowledge and interpret objective
evidence, even when it conflicts with our preconceptions or with what we
wish to be true. Are you thinking that we should NOT try to base and
revise our beliefs on objective evidence?
Take care
Jim
James M. Clark
Professor of
Hi
We can be more or less objective. Moreover, we are more likely to be objective
if we aspire to being objective (i.e., try to be sensitive to our biases) and
if we follow well-developed principles for identifying, reducing, minimizing,
and perhaps eliminating bias (i.e., the repertoire of
Indeed, we should be objective, but we should also read Daston
Galison's book about the history of the term, and how its meaning has
shifted over the decades from the mid-19th century until now (so that we
don't get too self-righteous about the matter).
-Original Message-
From: Louis E. Schmier [mailto:lschm...@valdosta.edu]
Sent: Wed 11/24/2010 11:26 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re: [tips] Should we be objective?
I think the question should be Can we be objective?
Make it a good day
-Louis-
Louis
In the article in Time cited by Michael Britt,
http://tunedin.blogs.time.com/2010/11/16/olbermann-jousts-koppel-in-battle-of-high-horses/
James Poniewozik writes: You can have subjective beliefs—because we
all do—and yet subordinate them to objective evidence.
Of course (as I'm sure Poniewozik
