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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      I actually have to go and work but you're making a lot of the same defences of PoMo as a piece I recently edited for Areo. I also responded to it in Areo:https://areomagazine.com/2018/04/28/skepticism-is-necessary-in-our-post-truth-age-postmodernism-is-not/ …

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    2. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

      No worries. Thanks for directing me to the article, I'll take a read and get back to you. I'm not adverse to thoughtful discussion on the topic. My issue lies with the current characterisations of Po Mo which are resulting in hyperbole and misunderstandings about the ideas.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      Thanks. Yes, mine too. I will soon writing something to address the 'postmodernism is neo-Marxism' nonsense. There are valid & invalid, informed & uninformed criticisms of postmodernism as a set of skeptical approaches to grand narratives. I ultimately think there are better ones

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    4. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

      Hehe, yeah I got involved in one of those conversations the other day, the idea makes no sense when the ideas are actually considered. For sure! I'm not actually a postmodernist. But I study atheists and I've seen a fall towards very uninformed arguments about Po Mo recently.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      Well, I am one who is trying to fix this. I have already written three long essays about it, taken part in some talks and debates and have just begun a book on the topic so if anyone remains uninformed, it will not be through my lack of effort.

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      But I don't think this is particularly an atheistic thing. The 'PoMo as cultural Marxism' argument is a conservative one designed to conflate the two enemies - the economic left & the identitarian left - and atheists lean more left than almost everyone else.

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    7. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

      No, definitely not! I just expect more of atheists, which I know isn't a fair nor reasonable expectation. Data on atheists also shows most atheists are left leaning, but there is an increasingly vocal right leaning section and they are making dubious allies in many circles.

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      Yes. They are bound to be fairly politically diverse. I'm not sure how useful it is to consider the right-wing ones with dubious allies in terms of their atheism nor do I consider atheists to be a community so I'm not inclined to 'collect my own' like I am with liberal-lefties.

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      But the 'New Atheists/Skeptics' group were my people so I have addressed how I think that form of critique should be expanded & it is against the irrationalisms and illiberalisms of the far-left or far-right.https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/15/where-now-for-new-atheists/ …

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    10. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
      Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

      Thanks. I've read this before, so I have seen and catalogued your articles (just checked my database), but I'll take another look before I continue our earlier discussion.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
      Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

      I will be interested in the results of your research. Now following but I often miss lots of tweets so if manage to remember to tell me when you publish something, that would be great.

      4:34 AM - 9 Jun 2018
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        2. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
          Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

          No problems, I have a few out already, but they tend to be in academic books, which aren't cheap or accessible. If you pm me a place to send, I'll see what I can do for you.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 9
          Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt

          I can't. You don't follow me.

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        4. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
          Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

          I do now and can't believe I wasn't already. Thanks for the contact.

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        1. Dr Alan Nixon‏ @alangnixon Jun 9
          Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt

          Also have a book coming out next year which includes discussion on the great rift (ideological differences), public and non-public manifestations and other issues. I'll keep you in the loop, hope you will do the same on your book.

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