The problem with writing about postmodernism is that then people want to discuss the fine points of postmodern theory with you.
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Many philosophers enjoy trying to cut through this & clarify (others enjoy obscuring it further but ignore them). I'm not a philosopher
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I'm much more interested in how they boil down to ideas, principles & values that affect society. (I'm aware this is a bit Foucauldian!)
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The difference is that I don't think knowledge itself is contingent or relative. We just have variable barriers to getting at it.
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In its defence, though, to most people in most situations, this will be indistinguishable from "relative truth".
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@BaileyNagy But that's the fallacy he's addressing. Ppl thinking that disagreement = no one truth rather than some people being wrong. -
I'm happy to call the (possibly) wrong truth "subjective (or relative) truth" since it's true to the person concerned.This may be unhelpful!
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I think that's a problem. Holding as true something that is false is being wrong. We shld strive to be the least wrong we can.
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that just means interpretative minds will still have value when the AIs take over.
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Thanks, James
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