Papers by Atabor Augustine Akwu
It is ordinarily expected that no matter the diversities in terms of race, nationality, ethnicity... more It is ordinarily expected that no matter the diversities in terms of race, nationality, ethnicity, culture and language among men, there will remain to be some common grounds of our shared humanity. Furthermore, it is becoming increasingly clear that it is necessary for the world to have a global ideology that would provide for and project justice and respect for persons and communities as well as provide a basis for the minimizing and resolving of conflicts locally and internationally. This paper problematizes the question of objectivity as it pertains to the social science. The paper accentuates the difficulty with postmodernism which tries to deny the possibility of objective truth in the social science. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the postmodernists' quest for relativity and subjectivity of truth and to expose whether objectivity is attainable in the social sciences in the same way it is attainable in the natural sciences. This paper submits that; though postmodernism is not completely useless, its claim for truth is self-contradictory, as it requires a level of common understanding and belief to push its case; and that though objectivity may not be achievable in the social science as it is in the natural science, it remains a fact that 'humanity' shares a lot together and from this point, some basic truth and reality of our existence could be objectified; and that objectivity in the social science is important in working out a holistic global ideology that would be well sustained.
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Papers by Atabor Augustine Akwu