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OBJECTIVE (adjective)

The quality of something to exist independent (see independence) of an observer (see ONTOLOGY). In scientific pursuits, the quality of a description that is free of potentially contaminating properties of an observer, unbiased, value free and observer independent. The search for objectivity places an observer outside the system he attempts to describe. (Krippendorff) (see objectivity)
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