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  2. Point of view (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Moline rejects the notion that points of view are reducible to some rules based on some theories, maxims or dogmas. Moline considers the concept of "location" in two ways: in a direct way as a vantage point, and in an extended way, the way how a given vantage point provides a perspective, i.e., influences the perception. [9]

  3. Donna Haraway - Wikipedia

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    In Haraway's thesis, "Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective" (1988), she means to expose the myth of scientific objectivity. Haraway defined the term "situated knowledges" as a means of understanding that all knowledge comes from positional perspectives. [20]

  4. Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    The root of the words subjectivity and objectivity are subject and object, philosophical terms that mean, respectively, an observer and a thing being observed.The word subjectivity comes from subject in a philosophical sense, meaning an individual who possesses unique conscious experiences, such as perspectives, feelings, beliefs, and desires, [1] [3] or who (consciously) acts upon or wields ...

  5. Preterism - Wikipedia

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    Partial preterism is also sometimes called orthodox preterism, classical preterism or moderate preterism. On the other hand, some full preterists prefer to call their position "consistent preterism", reflecting their extension of preterism to all biblical prophecy and thus claiming an inconsistency in the partial preterist hermeneutic. [25]

  6. Object relations theory - Wikipedia

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    Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development. Its concerns include the relation of the psyche to others in childhood and the exploration of relationships between external people, as well as internal images and the relations found in them. [1]

  7. Perspectivism - Wikipedia

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    Perspectivism (German: Perspektivismus; also called perspectivalism) is the epistemological principle that perception of and knowledge of something are always bound to the interpretive perspectives of those observing it.

  8. Mereological nihilism - Wikipedia

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    This empirical perspective poses a problem for nihilism because it does not seem like all material objects perfectly decompose to mereological simples. [dubious – discuss] In addition, some philosophers have speculated that there may not be a "bottom level" of reality. Atoms used to be understood as the most fundamental material objects, but ...

  9. Bias - Wikipedia

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    The term generally implies a pervasive or widespread bias violating the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [148] The level of media bias in different nations is debated. There are also watchdog groups that report on media bias.