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Contents
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Front Matter
- 1. Introduction: the varieties of objectivity
- 2. Is objectivity a form of honesty?
- 3. Doesn’t science show there is no objectivity?
- 4. Isn’t all perception and understanding relative?
- 5. What about our conceptual structuring of the world?
- 6. Is it possible to represent things objectively?
- 7. Objectivity in numbers?
- 8. Can the study of human behaviour be objective?
- 9. Can there be objectivity in ethics?
- 10. Can there be objectivity in taste?
- Conclusion