id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_wbtuhzbz6nhdbadmalih434diy Michael Martin The Objectivity of a Methodology 1973 5 .pdf application/pdf 2206 183 63 In this paper I consider critically Richard Rudner's account of the objectivity of I show that Rudner's analysis provides neither a sufficient condition nor a necessary condition for one method being more objective than another. continuing to believe or coming to believe false sentences than is the other method. Given this account of objectivity Rudner argues that a method is maximally Hence, his account is not a sufficient condition for the objectivity of method. his account does not provide a necessary condition of the objectivity of method. method A is less likely than method B to result in its users continuing to believe, or coming to believe, false sentences. given Rudner's definition for users of this method neither continue to believe of extreme caution would be absolutely reliable and thus it would be more objective than scientific method. coming to believe, false sentences and (b) the users of method A continue to ./cache/work_wbtuhzbz6nhdbadmalih434diy.pdf ./txt/work_wbtuhzbz6nhdbadmalih434diy.txt