Objective
The realm of the objective is the realm of facts[1], of propositional assertions. This does not mean inviolate or unchanging as we are capable of evolution of understanding as new evidence arises. But this is, in part, the manner in which objectivity operates; that is, evidence is explored, collected, and examined in order to increase or decrease confidence in results.
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In science, ‘fact’ can only mean ‘confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.’ I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. (From Stephen Jay Gould, “Evolution as Fact and Theory,” May 1981; from Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1994.) ↩︎