On the social nature of objectivity: Helen Longino and Justin Biddle

• Eigi, Jaana ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Tartu

     University of Tartu

     Tartu linn, Estonia

     
• Localización: Theoria: an international journal for theory, history and foundations of science, ISSN 0495-4548, Vol. 30, Nº 3, 2015 (Ejemplar dedicado a: History and Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics), págs. 449-463
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.