What are the similarities between objectivity and rationality?

Question

I would like to the connection the two share

Answer 1

They are both delusions people have about the way that they think.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Objectivity is the ability to describe a thing from no point of view, or from a universal point of view -- technically impossible, but in practice we say that someone is virtually objective if most everyone can agree that they describe a thing correctly.

Rationality is the ability to apply reason and logic.
In order to be rational, you should attempt to be objective, because having a point of view can interfere with the application of reason. However, you still may be rational about a subjective topic, and you may be irrational even if you are being objective.

Answer 3

Being objective includes reasoning upon an existing problem, or situation, which is assumedly real and concrete, for dealing with it. Objectivity as opposed to subjectivity, then, would avoid feelings and inner sensations - as unrelated opinions too in order to get to a stand to a definite problem.
By being rational, one supposedly puts himself in the position of observing a situation, measuring it, calculating the problems envolved in such situation, objectively. Likewise, inner sensations should not interfere in the rationalistic drive of getting to a problem and solving it. That is the similarity that exists between this attempts of knowledge of reality. But while we call the first a positioning one has towards reality, we call rationalism a method to get to understand what reality tells you. There are ways of understanding reality, like intelectualism. One can also say, not quite very phylosophically, that rationality is the same of thinking, or the same of philosophy, when it is correct. That's only one way of knowledging true, but not the only one for philosophy.

Answer 4

there are no similarities between the two concepts, objectivity is the art of description, acting and reacting within some situational limits that are conventionally being admitted to be so, it s what I call subsistent rationality that never eggs on Reason to work at full speed and efficiency. Rationality, however, is the art of leading the brains to work undefatigably, without any situational limits,with, on and towards Reason as being the ultimate resort and target regardless of pragmatism and subsistencies

Answer 5

Not sure i can explain it to you at this time of night;
i learned everything about this from the late scholar Sir karl Popper;see his work called Objective Knowledge.
Its based on the fact that there is and has been far too much
subjectivity,guessing and conflict in science and philosophy,
inc other subjects.
To readers of Sir karl this may sound odd,
as he was a firm adherent of Criticism-in-education(possibly
the only one). But like him i mean conflict(above) in a subjective and therefore irrational sense-the best way of describing it is to see it in its current political sense;that is,
an answer can be given politically,THEREFORE the current
action/programme is wrong and mistaken.
This has its "roots" in Darwinism;what you and i and the
educated rest have been taught,that things survive because they are the best or fittest;then they get superceeded by
something better.
This occurs in the very small(genes) and
the very large(global environment). But one thing we do know;that its only a theory and ought to be superceeded by
a better one(not going into that here though),
And we think its Objective to look at our earlier history to
gain knowledge of when and how this theory "came about".
For this should give us a better indication as to the real and
developing conditions of this theory, so we can better
understand it(write,discuss and criticise it).
And there are some who do not do the above things;even
"scholars" or experts whom it seems write about the first
ideas-in-their-heads. They are being subjective and (usually)
irrational.(in trying to be popular ,controvertial,etc).

Answer 6

Rationality is the state of having good sense and sound judgment; and you can make a sound judgement only when you are objective
Objectivity is judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices
Hence to be rational you must possess objectivity

Answer 7

Objective means you can step out of a scenario and see it without bias, being unaffected by the outcome of whatever outcome should happen.

Rationality is being able to apply logical thought to a situation and come to a conclusion about it.

Being male and female is a great example of this.

No person can be objective about matters of sex and gender. It is impossible to step out of ourselves to see an argument objectively because we are bound by our experiences as one or the other.

But we can be rational about these issues. We can learn about each other, try to understand each others' points of view, make educated guesses abot what is likely to happen to each group and humanity as a whole in the future, we can resolve conflicts related to our differences, and finally, agree or disagree with each other on matters of sex and gender...and find ourselves in mixed company when everyone's mind is made up.