Defending Objectivity Essays in Honour of Andrew Collier

Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following: 'objectivity of value', 'objectivity and everyday knowledge', 'objectivity in political economy', 'objectivity and reflexivity', 'objectivity, postmodernism and feminism', 'objectivity and nature'. The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

Encounters with Andrew Collier 1. Roy Bhaskar, A Considerable Realist: A Personal and Intellectual Tribute to Andrew Collier2. Ruth Merttens , Losing the Plot Critiques of Counter-Objectivity 3. Ray Monk , Objectivity, Postmodernism and Biographical Understanding: Andrew Collier on R. D. Laing4. Douglas V. Porpora , Objectivity and Phallogocentrism The Objectivity of Value 5. Alison Assiter , The Objectivity of Value6. John O'Neil , Commerce and the Language of Value7. Andrew Sayer , Restoring the Moral dimension in Social Scientific Accounts: A Qualified Ethical Naturalist Approach Objectivity and Everyday Knowledge 8. Margaret S. Archer , Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge9. Justin Cruickshank , Practical Knowledge and Realism: Linking Andrew Collier on Lay Knowledge to Karl Popper on the Philosophy of Science10. Jonathan Joseph , Being and Knowledge Objectivity and Materialism 11. Jolyon Agar, Towards Objectivity: From Kant to Marx12. Christopher J. Arthur , The Contradictions of Capital13. Phil Warden , Understanding Objectivity in a Material World Objectivity and Reflexivity 14. Alan Montefiore , Reason and its Self-Undoing?15. William Outwaite , Intentional and Reflexive Objectivity: Some Reflections Objectivity and Nature 16. Ted Benton , Realism about the Value of Nature? Andrew Collier's Environmental Philosophy17. Kate Soper , Objectivity, Experience and the Aesthetic of Nature