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The Elusiveness of Scientific Objectivity: Anthropomorphic Nature and Reductionism


Two more variables lead to questions concerning the objectivity of science: The Necessity for Anthropomorphic concepts and language and the tendency toward Reductionism.

All scientific endeavors are tailored for humans. What are the aberrations in method caused by this reality? Again while this factor may be unconscious it is none the less a potential influencing factor which threatens to skew the outcome of scientific research.

Finally, scientific explanations can be reductionistic in that they attempt to explain very complex events in merely physical terms. In short, quantitative results do not adequately account for qualitative differences.