Glad you address what postmodernism gets right, more fair than what seems to be @RichardDawkins' outright rejection of #postmodernism.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/900421397545197568 …
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Granted, but there is also subjectivity. A work of art or literature is interpretive. We interact with and ascribe meaning to the work.
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Sure but that has nothing to do with knowledge. We can have subjective perceptions & objective truths & not conflate them.
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I misunderstood. Could you give me an example of objective knowledge of a work of art or a novel?
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Shakespeare's Othello drew heavily on the writings of Leo Africanus.
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That's objective knowledge?
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Yes, I think so. Always provisional but the evidence is strong. If you prefer: Julius Caesar was a Roman Emperor.
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Main issue in critiquing pomo is tendency towards relativism as means of devaluing a priori knowledge, e.g. ethics
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