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	== Dialectical materialist foundation ==		== Dialectical materialist foundation ==



	[[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], developing [[Friedrich Engels\|Engels']] formulation, defined objectivity as existing "independently of man and mankind" (Materialism and Empirio criticism) <ref>{{Web citation\|author=V.I. Lenin\|newspaper=Marxists.org\|title=MATERIALISM and EMPIRIO-CRITICISM		[[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], developing [[Friedrich Engels\|Engels']] formulation, defined objectivity as existing "independently of man and mankind" (Materialism and Empirio criticism) <ref>{{Web citation\|author=V.I. Lenin\|newspaper=Marxists.org\|title=MATERIALISM and EMPIRIO-CRITICISM
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	== Objective laws and it's relation to subjective agency ==		== Objective laws and it's relation to subjective agency ==



	Marxist-Leninist philosophy maintains that social development follows objective laws (the [[dialectics]] of [[productive forces]] and relations), while human [[praxis]] transforms material conditions. [[Voluntarism]] denies objective constraints; mechanical materialism denies revolutionary agency. As [[Karl Marx\|Marx]] asserted, the correct position realizes, objective tendencies while emphasizing that "men make their own history", though not in circumstances of their choosing.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Karl Marx\|newspaper=Marxists.org\|title=The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.\|date=1852\|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm\|quote=Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.}}</ref>		Marxist-Leninist philosophy maintains that social development follows objective laws (the [[dialectics]] of [[productive forces]] and relations), while human [[praxis]] transforms material conditions. [[Voluntarism]] denies objective constraints; mechanical materialism denies revolutionary agency. As [[Karl Marx\|Marx]] asserted, the correct position realizes, objective tendencies while emphasizing that "men make their own history", though not in circumstances of their choosing.<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Karl Marx\|newspaper=Marxists.org\|title=The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.\|date=1852\|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm\|quote=Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.}}</ref>

	Objectivity is verified through social practice, not contemplation. Theory tested in revolutionary struggle, in transforming material conditions, demonstrates its correspondence to objective reality. This criterion distinguishes Marxism-Leninism from both [[dogmatism]] and [[relativism]].		Objectivity is verified through social practice, not contemplation. Theory tested in revolutionary struggle, in transforming material conditions, demonstrates its correspondence to objective reality. This criterion distinguishes Marxism-Leninism from both [[dogmatism]] and [[relativism]].




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	'''~~Objectivity~~''', in [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist-Leninist]] philosophy, refers to the material existence and lawful development of reality independent of human consciousness, while simultaneously acknowledging that all knowledge of the objective world is historically conditioned by material social relations.		'''Objectivitism''', in [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist-Leninist]] philosophy, refers to the material existence and lawful development of reality independent of human consciousness, while simultaneously acknowledging that all knowledge of the objective world is historically conditioned by material social relations.

	Philosophical ~~objectivity~~ is not to be confused by [[Ayn Rand]]'s system of thought.		Philosophical objectivism is not to be confused by [[Ayn Rand]]'s system of thought.

	== Dialectical materialist foundation ==		== Dialectical materialist foundation ==

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	'''Objectivity''', in [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist-Leninist]] philosophy, refers to the material existence and lawful development of reality independent of human consciousness, while simultaneously acknowledging that all knowledge of the objective world is historically conditioned by material social relations.		'''Objectivity''', in [[Marxism–Leninism\|Marxist-Leninist]] philosophy, refers to the material existence and lawful development of reality independent of human consciousness, while simultaneously acknowledging that all knowledge of the objective world is historically conditioned by material social relations.


	Philosophical objectivity is not to be confused by [[Ayn Rand]]'s system of thought.		Philosophical objectivity is not to be confused by [[Ayn Rand]]'s system of thought.

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'''Objectivity''', in [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] philosophy, refers to the material existence and lawful development of reality independent of human consciousness, while simultaneously acknowledging that all knowledge of the objective world is historically conditioned by material social relations.

Philosophical objectivity is not to be confused by [[Ayn Rand]]'s system of thought.

== Dialectical materialist foundation ==

[[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], developing [[Friedrich Engels|Engels']] formulation, defined objectivity as existing "independently of man and mankind" (Materialism and Empirio criticism) <ref>{{Web citation|author=V.I. Lenin|newspaper=Marxists.org|title=MATERIALISM and EMPIRIO-CRITICISM
Critical Comments on a Reactionary Philosophy
( Chapter Two: The Theory of Knowledge of Empirio-Criticism and of Dialectical Materialism. II )
4. Does Objective Truth Exist?|date=1908-02 to 1908-10|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/mec/two4.htm|archive-url=}}</ref>. This position fundamentally opposes both [[subjective idealism]] (which reduces reality to consciousness) and [[mechanical materialism]] (which fails to account for the dialectical relationship between subject and object). Matter is primary; consciousness is secondary, a reflection of material conditions.

Crucially, recognizing objective reality does not mean claiming "view from nowhere" epistemology. All knowledge is produced by historically situated subjects embedded in [[Social class|class relations]]. [[Bourgeoisie|Bourgeois]] claims to "neutral objectivity" serve [[Ideology|ideological functions]], naturalizing [[Capitalism|capitalist]] relations as eternal laws rather than historically specific arrangements. The [[Proletariat|proletariat's]] epistemological position, arising from its [[Relations of production|relationship to production]] and its revolutionary interests, enables a more comprehensive grasp of social totality precisely because it has no interest in mystifying [[exploitation]].

== Objective laws and it's relation to subjective agency ==

Marxist-Leninist philosophy maintains that social development follows objective laws (the [[dialectics]] of [[productive forces]] and relations), while human [[praxis]] transforms material conditions. [[Voluntarism]] denies objective constraints; mechanical materialism denies revolutionary agency. As [[Karl Marx|Marx]] asserted, the correct position realizes, objective tendencies while emphasizing that "men make their own history", though not in circumstances of their choosing.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Karl Marx|newspaper=Marxists.org|title=The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte.|date=1852|url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm|quote=Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given and transmitted from the past.}}</ref>

Objectivity is verified through social practice, not contemplation. Theory tested in revolutionary struggle, in transforming material conditions, demonstrates its correspondence to objective reality. This criterion distinguishes Marxism-Leninism from both [[dogmatism]] and [[relativism]].

== References ==
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