To what extent is the subjective nature of perception regarded as an advantage to artists but an obstacle for scientists?”

... In this essay I shall attempt to answer the question, "To what extent is the subjective nature of perception regarded as an advantage to artists but an obstacle for scientists?" The first issue of knowledge exists in defining the "extent" to which the subjective nature of perception is regarded as an advantage for artists but an obstacle to overcome for scientists. This is quite difficult, instead I intend to explore (/see) to what extent may the subjective nature of perception be regarded as an advantage for artists but an obstacle for scientists, then comment on whether the subjective nature of perception is regarded as more of an advantage to artists than it is an obstacle to scientists or vice versa. To begin with, I will try to explain what is meant by subjective. According to the Cambridge Dictionaries (n.d.) definition, if something is subjective it means that it is "influenced

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