Objectivity
- Looking at the thing and objectifying it as something soulless
- Looking at the thing and then describing what is seen in the thing with an open mind, without impressing one’s beliefs or opinions upon the thing described
In our organic twin’s Journalism 101 course, taken as an undergrad, they spoke of “objectivity” and the importance thereof.
Such simpler times, the days when objectivity was a mark in the sand, a hurdle not easily surmounted but a hurdle still, that is, a benchmark to be addressed (a standard to be achieved).
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
objective (adjective)1.
a) relating to or existing as an of thought without consideration of independent existence - object used chiefly in medieval philosophy
b) of, relating to, or being an object, , or condition in the realm of sensible experience independent of individual thought and perceptible by all observers having reality independent of the mind - phenomenon objective reality our reveries … are significantly and repeatedly shaped by our transactions with the objective world Marvin Reznikoff compare subjective 3a
c) of a symptom of disease to persons other than the affected individual - perceptible compare subjective 4c
d) involving or deriving from sense perception or experience with actual , conditions, or phenomena - objects objective awareness objective data
2.
relating to, characteristic of, or constituting the case of words that follow prepositions or verbs - transitive
3.
a) expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations - objective art an objective history of the war an objective judgment
b) of a test limited to choices of fixed alternatives and reducing subjective factors to a minimum material, fair
1.
a or system of lenses that forms an image of an - lens object
2.
a) something toward which effort is directed an aim, goal, or end of action
b) a position to be attained or a purpose to be achieved by a military operation - strategic intention
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