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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 2 Jul 2017

      I find that I am very interested in the nuances of language. I think the ways we use it matter much more than many people realise.

      4 replies 6 retweets 28 likes
    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      But I see this in a very different way to the postmodernists who have an intense focus on discourses: ideological narratives.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      And this comes down, yet again, to the different focuses of liberalism & postmodernism.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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      Liberalism focuses on our shared humanity & individuality so looking at language through it is abt common understandings & feelings.

      1 reply 2 retweets 5 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      And about individual perspectives & arguments. It enables 'I will speak to you as I'd like to be spoken to & take you on your own terms.'

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Rather than as a representative of an identity group. I think an expectation of common ground is the best way to find some.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      But postmodernists would say this misses the ways in which people's experiences differ because of the groups they belong to.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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      And this is a fair point. I won't understand racism in the same way someone who experiences it regularly does. Limited common experience.

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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      But to focus solely on the ways people differ to the point of saying 'Only X group can understand Y' is both wrong & counterproductive.

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    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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      Because we're not mere conduits for discourses & shared humanity & individuality matter.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017

      I particularly take exception to the things like 'Just because you understand racism, don't think you understand homophobia.'

      5:46 AM - 2 Jul 2017
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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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          Because that explicitly denies our common emotions & discourages empathy with a different group.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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          How can the realisation, 'You feel hurt & angry & afraid when ppl are prejudiced against you just like I do' be a bad thing?

          2 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          As @IonaItalia said of the humanities. https://conatusnews.com/humane-understanding-humanities/ …pic.twitter.com/TAcDZBNqS1

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
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          In short, I think we have the ability to understand others' experiences because the common emotions they produce can be conveyed in words.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 2 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @IonaItalia

          And PoMo doesn't allow for either common emotions or the utility of language. But if you've ever cried over a book, u know this is false.

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