Some say
I recall a round-table discussion of many years ago between senior NHS doctors and senior NHS managers. I offered a philosophical perspective on ageing and memory but was interrupted by … Continue reading Some say
Tag: subjective-objective divide
Valid to – Valid from
Validation a word, that like all words cannot understand itself.
div-ided
“The subjective – objective divide” Within and outwith I cannot find any ‘dividing’ line: backwards, forwards, inside-out and wonderfully Humpty-Dumpty, no presence is ever knowingly div-ided.
I struggle to measure
Subjectivity – that which makes us human – should not simply roll over to data. In its collection data has losses: experience “translated” to words, and then words “translated” to … Continue reading I struggle to measure
Polarization
The Swedish poet, Tomas Tranströmer, in a Transatlantic letter to his friend Robert Bly, expressed concern about a human failing to always polarise everything: Tomas Tranströmer’s poem seems just as … Continue reading Polarization
Psychiatry and the ‘subjective-objective divide’
In my subjective opinion, one of the most important articles written in the Journal of my College, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, was written by a colleague of mine who … Continue reading Psychiatry and the ‘subjective-objective divide’
Who taught you all that?
I was taught to “Defeat Depression”. I was taught that I was “objective”. The following are passages from Tomas Tranströmer and Albert Camus:
“Objectivity” does not come in a title
Professor Perlis, in a paper titled “Anxiety about Antidepressants” , considered “the cognitive and affective biases that may prevent effective treatment“. In this paper Professor Perlis referred to the recent … Continue reading “Objectivity” does not come in a title