objectivistic
- adjective
- /ˌɑbˈdʒɛktɪˈvɪstɪk/
- Formal
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objetivista
- Philosophers who adopt an objectivistic approach strive to understand reality based on observable facts.
- objectivistic and relativistic
Examples
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This may prove difficult for teachers who follow the objectivistic philosophy because, according to Hewson et al. and Hollingsworth, "Teachers' preconceptions about teaching and learning are not easily changed" (Shymansky, 1992, p. 55).
Academic text (1994) -
Dewey rejected objectivistic conceptions of knowing, or what he called "the spectator view of knowing."
Academic text (1991) -
In this essay, I ask where one belongs if knowing, whether scientific or theological, is not to become objectivistic, relativistic, or hegemonic.
Academic text (1998) -
As suggested above, such disincarnate and ultimately gnostic images of the self give us distorted epistemologies that remain trapped in the objectivistic/relativistic dichotomies.
Academic text (1998) -
This assumption, which can also be called the objectivistic assumption of knowing, derives from the now notorious Cartesian separation of the subject from the object, where the subject is seen as the sole repository of mind and consciousness, which stands against a mind-independent, objective world.
Academic text (1992) -
As indicated earlier, such an alternative, like the objectivistic/relativistic dualism itself, is both ethical and epistemological because it locates the knower in a particular place (ethos), a place that shapes how and what one comes to know.
Academic text (1998) -
In developing a curriculum, the educators aimed to incorporate objectivistic principles to ensure a fair assessment of student performance.
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The research paper critiques the objectivistic view that all knowledge is derived from empirical evidence.
Synonyms
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Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts
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Relating to the ideas of Ayn Rand that value reason and individual rights
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Etymology
Objectivistic comes from objective, and objective comes from object meaning 'a thing', so imagine looking at a single thing clearly instead of through your feelings. That's why objectivistic describes a fact-based, 'not personal' way of thinking or analysis.