Objectivity
DEFINITION
Being influenced by facts instead of by emotions or personal prejudices. The opposite of objectification and subjectivity.Quote: "Subjective artists are one-eyed, but objective artists are blind." Georges Rouault (1871-1958), French painter. See Expressionism. "Objectivity is of the essense of science, just as subjectivity is of the essence of art." Mario Bunge (1919-), Argentinian philosopher. Finding Philosophy in Social Science, 1996, p. 326. New Haven: Yale University Press. See science and art.