Confused about the verb."Object"

[BG]

Here is a sentence from OG.

You might object that professionals excavate to acquire knowledge, not money.

How could I understand the meaning of the sentence? you object"professionals excavate to acquire knowledge, not money" OR you consider"professionals excavate to acquire knowledge, not money"

The word "object" is confusing.

[StaceyKoprince]

I don't know the exact context of this sentence, so I'm going to have to guess a little bit here. I'm guessing, first, that this is from an RC passage?

"object" is used to indicate disagreement and "object that blah blah blah" indicates the way in which the person disagrees

So, for example, I might say, "Let's go swimming!" and you might object that it is much too cold to go swimming today: "No! It's much too cold to go swimming today!"

Or, maybe I said, "We should have rules in place to ensure that professional archaeologists aren't tempted to sell what they find to the highest bidder." And you might say, "We don't need to do that! True professionals are focused on knowledge, not money."

So in the sentence you transcribed, it sounds like the author made a case for something, and then said "you" (the person reading this) "might object" (might disagree with what I said previously) "that blah blah blah" (and here's how you disagree with me). Does that make sense?