If you want to look quaint and naïve in sophisticated circles, your best bet is to use the two words truth and objectivity without irony or scare-quotes. It is not surprising, therefore, that David ...

“That reporter is too biased to cover this story.” It’s a too-familiar complaint from news consumers — and sometimes also from newsroom managers — because people expect journalists to be impartial, ...

Belief has waned in a lot of things in recent years: Christianity, table manners, the Republic of Ireland’s men’s football team. But one type of disbelief has had a more profound effect than any other ...

Scientific practice has long been guided by an ideal of objectivity, yet the influence of values—both epistemic and non-epistemic—pervades every stage of research. Epistemic values, such as accuracy, ...