Filosofiniai žurnalistikos pagrindai : subjektyviosios objektyvumo šaknys

Journalism, like science, takes for granted certain fundamental assumptions, including (1) that reality exists; (2) that truths exist; and (3) that reality can be shown by expressing truths about it. These assumptions have been challenged by relativists and postmodernists of various stripes. This paper attempts to overcome the challenge by showing that these assumptions can be vigorously de¬fended (and some kinds of relativism and postmodernism refuted) not only on Aristotelian-Tho-mistic but also on Berkleian (subjective idealist) and Kantian (transcendental idealist, humankind-relativist) grounds. If the latter two approaches can be sustained, then objectivity and subjectivity need not be considered mutually exclusive. This paper is part of a larger project of exploring the foundations of journalistic objectivity.