Examination of Datson and Galison’s Objectivity

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Examination of Datson and Galison’s Objectivity
In their discussion of objectivity, Daston and Galison introduced two terminologies namely truth-to-nature and mechanical objectivity. Both terminologies were used by scientists, in different historical timelines, to demonstrate objectivity in their work. The term truth-to-nature was an objectivity vision that entailed the transformation of what is observed from nature into a drawing or other forms of representation. Golgi is one of the historians who adopted this objectivity vision. Daston and Galison (p.116) reveal that Golgi proclaimed that his pictures were drawn exactly as they were seen in nature. Truth-to-nature, however, was prone to human modification and interventions (p.120), which made it more subjective than objective. This led to the need for an approach that was free from human interference, hence the rise of mechanical objectivity. Mechanical objectivity e...