Value-Free Research

[PoliticalNightmare]

How can I adopt a scientific approach ensure that my research is entirely free from subjectivity (as much as humanly possible)?

[Victus Mortuum]

Impossible.

Peer Review. But that's just lots of subjective consensus.

[PoliticalNightmare]

If it is not possible to perform research in an objective manner, how is it best to perform research (I don't have a team of professional academics - nor do I claim extensive knowledge in any particular field).

[blake 3:17]

No. But that doesn't mean anything goes nihilism or solipsistic methodologies of methods of methods.

What are you studying or researching?

A number of anti-positivist academic friends have started using positivist methods in their work -- mostly basic or not so basic statistical methods.

[PoliticalNightmare]

No. But that doesn't mean anything goes nihilism or solipsistic methodologies of methods of methods.

What are you studying or researching?

A number of anti-positivist academic friends have started using positivist methods in their work -- mostly basic or not so basic statistical methods.

I was reading the critique of capitalist economics in Section C of the "An Anarchist FAQ" and it was criticising the non-objectivity of capitalist economics. It made me think "Yeah, I don't want to be subjective, myself". I'm not researching anything particular at the moment, just political ideology as a whole - nothing overly dogmatic or sciencey.