issue157 尝试对obervation进行两种层面的分析 请指教

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157"There is no such thing as purely objective observation. All observation is subjective; it is always guided by the observer's expectations or desires."

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Is there some thing like purely objective observation? And are all the observation guided by the observer's expectations or desires? Before analyzing this issue, I would rather first distinguish the observation as an action and the observation as a result.

When we talk about the observation as an action, I agree with the speaker that there is no such ting as purely objective observation. Ever since people open their eyes, they started to observe the world around them. They are attracted by the things that light up their interest, and overlook the things they do not care about. They choose the things to focus and the things to neglect. And to something they pay great attention while to others they just see them and then forget. In this sense, all the observation as action is directly controlled by people's will and is made through people's selection. Thus, the observation as an action cannot be purely objective.

When it comes to the observations as results, the issue became somewhat complex. In my view, whether the observations as results are subjective or objective depends on the purpose they serve. And we need a case-by-case examination into the field of art and the field of science.

For the artists, who observe the world and try to express their own feelings, the observations of them are subjective rather than objective. The art works which are the observations made by the artists convey the emotional or spiritual experience the artists undergo when they observe the world. When the same artists see the same scene, the works they create may be different due to their distinctive moods; while when different artists confront the same landscape they may make different works owning to their dissimilar backgrounds and experiences. And it is quite common that different artists faces different things but express the same kind of feeling in their works, for the things have stimulate the same parts in their hearts. In a nutshell, in the world of arts, almost all the observations are colored by the moods of the artists and shaped by the feelings the artists want to express.

For the scientists, whose job is to explain the world around them and reveal the truth, the observations of them can almost be described as objective. Observations in the world of science are targeting at objectively render the objective phenomenon in our objective world. Thus, it has to be objective. The scientists have long been working hard to preclude the subjective factors that may affect their observations. In modern science, we can almost say that most of the observations are very close to objective. The psychologists sometimes use video cameras to document the behaviors of their subjects, avoid to take part in the experiment in order to preclude the effect on the subjects due to their presence; the chemists use the electric analysis machine to help them define the concentration of certain substances, in order to rule out the possibility that their desire may affect the result of their experiments; The doctors use equipments to help their diagnoses, in order to prevent the influence of their subjective judgment.

All in all, observation as an action is always subjective, for people choose who to observe and what to neglect. While the observations as results are different. In the world of art, most of the observations are subjective, but in the world of science, we can confidently say that most of them are objective.

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scientist一段我觉得有点问题
Observations in the world of science are targeting at objectively render the objective phenomenon in our objective world. Thus, it has to be objective. The scientists have long been working hard to preclude the subjective factors that may affect their observations.
这段是和纯粹客观的观察是否存在不大相关。

而且，下面举的例子，句子的主干都是在强调'实现客观'的目的，而没有强调'实现客观'这个结果。
The psychologists sometimes use video cameras to document the behaviors of their subjects, avoid to take part in the experiment in order to preclude the effect on the subjects due to their presence;
如果这样写:video cameras, which........(论证camera的精确) are often utilized by the psychologists to observe.., avoiding taking part in...........可以体现强调的是设备消除主观因素。

我觉得这段可以主要论证在科学领域内，科学家使用种种手段，实现客观观察的效果和事实。

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danke autumnsea!