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The View From Nowhere

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The objective of science is to be objective. Measurements, observations, explanations, hypotheses, theories, and laws should be free of personal opinion. Science should not depend on one’s perspective, but rather it should escape parochial viewpoints. It should take on, as Thomas Nagel put it, the view from nowhere. Some may argue that such objectivity is impossible. Others may contend it is not even desirable. Perhaps so, but nonetheless many scientists do strive for such objectivity.  Read more
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