diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile index 4808072..7c3306b 100644 --- a/Gemfile +++ b/Gemfile @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ ruby "2.5.1" gem "nokogiri" gem "jekyll" +gem "jekyll-scholar", group: :jekyll_plugins diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml index 340dc59..e66a750 100644 --- a/_config.yml +++ b/_config.yml @@ -48,3 +48,6 @@ showToggleButton: true authors: Mahdi: url: https://github.com/mdibaiee/ + +scholar: + style: apa diff --git a/_drafts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md b/_drafts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md index d8e7cc2..cb9d88f 100644 --- a/_drafts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md +++ b/_drafts/2021-10-29-inherent-subjectivity.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- layout: post -title: "An Alternative Definition of Objectivity for Rigid Scientists" -subtitle: "On Inherent Subjectivity of Some Things" +title: "On Inherent Subjectivity of Some Things" +subtitle: "An Alternative Definition of Objectivity for Rigid Scientists" date: 2021-10-30 12:57:46 permalink: alternative-objectivity-and-inherent-subjectivity/ categories: philosophy @@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ author: Mahdi draft: true --- -https://postcognitivism.wordpress.com/2021/04/06/the-great-escape-can-we-transcend-our-own-conceptual-frameworks/ + As a computer scientist and someone who loves [mathematics](/mathematical-induction-proving-tiling-methods) and [abstractions](/typoclassopedia-exercise-solutions), I was obsessed with the idea of rationality, that is, an _objective_ and absolute rationality. @@ -24,4 +24,13 @@ So I enter this course with this mindset: we can objectively analyse the world a However... I found myself to be more and more interested in the philosophy side of this course than the psychology side, hell I even started to not like the psychology side anymore, but fall in love with the philosophy. This is where I found the opposite of what I had come for: an alternative definition of objectivity, and an inherent subjectivity of some things. +## What is Objectivity anyway? +This is probably the main question here. What is objectivity? I don't think dictionary definitions are particularly authoritative when it comes to philosophy discussions, but I found this dictionary definition interesting to open the topic with: + +> the quality or character of being objective : lack of favoritism toward one side or another : freedom from bias. {% cite objectivity-merriam-webster %} + +References +---------- + +{% bibliography --cited %} diff --git a/_plugins/scholar.rb b/_plugins/scholar.rb new file mode 100644 index 0000000..af88e6d --- /dev/null +++ b/_plugins/scholar.rb @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +require 'jekyll/scholar' diff --git a/bibliography.bib b/bibliography.bib new file mode 100644 index 0000000..65a58ba --- /dev/null +++ b/bibliography.bib @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +@misc{objectivity-merriam-webster, + title = {Objectivity. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary.}, + author = {Merriam-Webster. (n.d.)}, + year = {2021}, + url = {https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/objectivity} +}