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Weasel words: subjective and objective

Arguably, the two words that give the most trouble to students in ToK are the words subjective and objective. Students do tend to say rather bizarre things about these words - often because they have not really thought much about them and rely on their rather hazy intuitions. On this page we take a brief look at them to help you avoid the pitfalls. Subjective and objective - its probably more nuanced than you first...

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