| ID | 171238 |
| Title Proper | Analytic objectivity and science |
| Other Title Information | evaluating the US intelligence community’s approach to applied epistemology |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Marrin, Stephen |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Analytic objectivity as a standard for the US Intelligence Community appears to have been drawn from idealized conceptualizations of the scientific method as a kind of value-neutral epistemological framework used to develop knowledge “objectively.” But this embrace of objectivity provides a poor foundation for contemporary conceptualizations of the applied epistemology of intelligence analysis, as well as performance standards. Instead, intelligence analysts should embrace a more realistic goal of aspiring to but never actually achieving analytic objectivity through the reduction of subjectivity while embracing the values of honesty, neutrality, and integrity encapsulated in the phrase “calling it as you see it”. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 35, No.3; Apr 2020: p.350-366 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol: 35 No 3 |
| Key Words | United States ; Intelligence Community ; Epistemology ; Analytic Objectivity |