I'm fairly sure he's talking about its attack on science, reason & objective truth too.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
Some proponents postmodernism do not attack science, reason & objectivity meaning independent measurement. They see it's a, not, the way.
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Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins
That's the problem, yes. Other 'ways of knowing' which don't require evidence, testing or reason. Bad epistemologies.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
Bad epistemologies for science, yes. Not others domains such as humanities. Again, proponent of pomo who rejects science is foolish pomo.
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Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins
Noooo! We still want to respect evidence & reason in the humanities! That's where I am.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
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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Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins
Sure but that has nothing to do with knowledge. We can have subjective perceptions & objective truths & not conflate them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
I misunderstood. Could you give me an example of objective knowledge of a work of art or a novel?
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Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins
Shakespeare's Othello drew heavily on the writings of Leo Africanus.
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The evidence is weak? There's quite a consensus but I'm open to new evidence.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins
With respect, those examples to show art can be objective are very weak. Really reaching.
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Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins
I don't know what you mean. We need to value evidence when analysing art. Art itself is not objective, don't know how it can be.
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