The Impossibility of Unbiased and Apolitical Research

Baron, Philip

Volume 16 · Number 3 · Pages 342–344

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The Impossibility of Unbiased and Apolitical Research

Philip Baron

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Open peer commentary on the article “Materialism and Selection Bias: Political Psychology from a Radical Constructivist Perspective” by Björn Goldstein. Abstract: I argue that bias can be reduced but never completely removed, owing to humanity’s incomplete knowledge. A proposal is thus made for research to have more than one paradigmatic approach in order to provide multiple pathways and multiple results for a single research project.

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Baron P. (2021) The impossibility of unbiased and apolitical research. Constructivist Foundations 16(3): 342–344. https://constructivist.info/16/3/342

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