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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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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Also, depends how one defines knowledge. Ascribing meaning is knowing albeit not objective.
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If you use knowledge to mean 'subjective interpretation' of course it will include subjective interpretation. It's not what's at issue here
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Not for you, but I get a sense of where you are coming from. Appreciate the discussion.
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No-one is attacking subjective interpretations or saying they shld be banned! Saying they shouldn't be claimed to be true!
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Objectively true? That's a straw man. Who is making such claims?
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Oh for goodness sake. I can't explain this in tweets if you really don't understand. Got company. I'll get back to you,
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You said subjective views "shouldn't be claimed to be true." I say that's a straw man. If you show me who said that, I'll also dispute.
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You are spectacularly missing the point. They assert things like 'sexual jealousy arose as a result of a crisis of masculinity in 17th C'
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