Assumption Quote by W. J. T. Mitchell

I think it's very important to distinguish between objectivity - which tends to be open, flexible, skeptical of its own certainty and open to…

— W. J. T. Mitchell

The struggle against subjectivism was the attempt to avoid the charge of what was then called "idealism" or "nihilism", i.e., that we know nothing…

— Frederick C. Beiser

The subjectivist states his judgements, whereas the objectivist sweeps them under the carpet by calling assumptions knowledge, and he basks in the glorious objectivity…

— I. J. Good

Objectivity, in this sense, means that a person's statements about the world can be trusted if they are submitted to established rules deemed legitimate…

— Michael Schudson

I don't subscribe to relativism, whether it's in political philosophy, foreign policy or in life.

— Paul Ryan

“At the same time, it has to be recognized that the conditions for this objectivity are not easily won. They cannot rely on the…

— Michael F.D. Young

Prejudice does not mean false ideas, but only ... opinions adopted before examination.

— Joseph de Maistre

For nearly a century, the moral relativism of science has given faith-based religion--that great engine of ignorance and bigotry--a nearly uncontested claim to being…

— Sam Harris

Paradoxically, we have become so ethnocentric in our relativism that we feel it is only okay for others - not us - to think…

— Rene Girard

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

— Jessica Mitford

One of our great thematic traditions in Bad Religion has been to question human nature.

— Greg Graffin

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather,…

— Karel Capek