Want to critique power structures? You aren't doing science. You can't even be seeking truth. No agenda with "criticize" in it can be truthseeking; only curious and neutral inquiry into whatever might be happening. "Criticize" puts some results more on the agenda than others.
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Only those that believe in the myth of the fact/value dichotomy would agree with this.
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not a myth tho
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I don't believe in two kinds of truth.
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Interesting. What book is this? But, wouldn't it just be easier to demonstrate "the myth of the fact/value dichotomy" by logically deriving a value statement from a factual statement? Can you do that real quick? I'd love to see it!
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This argument has always seemed dishonest to me. "It's impossible to go to Mars. If I'm wrong, just prove it by flying to Mars." All accurate statements about the world are statements of fact. Therefore accurate value statements are factual statements. There is no dichotomy.
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You are confused with there not being such a thing as universally compelling moral arguments. That's correct. But a fact/value dichotomy is no more meaningful than than a fruit/apple dichotomy. A factual moral statement is one that follows logically from real-world values.
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The is-ought fallacy is also incorrect, because again, ALL accurate moral statements follow purely from statements of fact. The confusion comes from thinking that statements about human values are somehow not scientific or "objective". It's magical thinking, basically.
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The thought that MLK Jr. "must" champion the <civil rights movement> appeals to a normative standard, though, and is of course arguable. Untenable if you look through the current Overton window, but arguable.
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You can "critique power structures" while "doing science". Maybe you meant 'criticize'? Denotatively, critique = detailed assessment of x, criticism = expression of disapproval. Although your larger point is well-taken: agendas of criticism are contaminated by motivated cognition
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