Por la objetividad y contra la imparcialidad: el compromiso en la reflexion epistemologica de Ignacio Martin Baro For objectivity and against impartiality: commitment in the epistemological reflection of Ignacio Martin Baro
This paper deals with the way in which Ignacio Martin Baro conceived and distinguished objectivity and impartiality in psychology. It is shown how these two fundamental epistemic values deserve different and contradictory treatments in the work of the Spanish Salvadoran psychologist. Impartiality is questioned and challenged, while objectivity is reformulated and maintained as opposed to impartiality. To elucidate this opposition between two concepts that are often assimilated to each other, the paper starts by discussing Martin Baro's epistemological perspective, specifically its affirmation of the inescapable necessity of class, social, historical and human engagement, and then it examines how this commitment is concealed in the impartiality and recognized in objectivity.