Objectivity demands that we must jump outside ourselves and see things from a perspective independent of our mind. Nature has given us a peculiar gift. We have the ability to see things from a detached point of view. Some have called it the 'view from nowhere'. However, at the same time we belong to a particular time period in history. We have our own prejudices and beliefs. We have the ability to see the world in our own image. The clash between this 'personal world view' and the 'view from nowhere' seems to generate all the philosophical problems. To stress the importance of one world view over the other seems to move away from truth. The whole truth neither lies in 'view from nowhere' nor in 'personal world view'. Truth is the clash.
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