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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 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      Noooo! We still want to respect evidence & reason in the humanities! That's where I am.

      2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
    2. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
      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.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      Sure but that has nothing to do with knowledge. We can have subjective perceptions & objective truths & not conflate them.

      2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
    4. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

      Also, depends how one defines knowledge. Ascribing meaning is knowing albeit not objective.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      If you use knowledge to mean 'subjective interpretation' of course it will include subjective interpretation. It's not what's at issue here

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

      Not for you, but I get a sense of where you are coming from. Appreciate the discussion.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      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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    8. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

      Objectively true? That's a straw man. Who is making such claims?

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      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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    10. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

      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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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
      Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

      You are spectacularly missing the point. They assert things like 'sexual jealousy arose as a result of a crisis of masculinity in 17th C'

      1:01 PM - 23 Aug 2017
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        2. David J. Ley PhD‏Verified account @DrDavidLey 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

          It's not that we are attacking subjective claims. We are challenging belief that subjective experiences are more valid than data.

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        3. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @DrDavidLey @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          More valid in an objectively verifiable sense? No, subjective claims are not.

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        4. David J. Ley PhD‏Verified account @DrDavidLey 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          Precisely. But, postmodern approaches view them as equally valid forms of evidence. Fox News style debate where conviction = evidence.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @DrDavidLey @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          I might have said such a misleading thing in the 1990s. They are not equally valid forms of evidence but, rather, different ways of knowing.

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        6. David J. Ley PhD‏Verified account @DrDavidLey 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          Knowing means have a true belief. Many people believe they "know" that climate change is not real. Are their beliefs valid?

          2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        7. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @DrDavidLey @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          I take a broader stance of what knowing is.

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        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @JeffreyGuterman @DrDavidLey @RichardDawkins

          OK but we don't want to. Would like to keep what can be established (provisionally) as true separate from what meanings ppl can find.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @DrDavidLey @RichardDawkins

          What happened to guests? We have different understandings of knowing. If we are clear about this, I see no problem. I am laying down a bit.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @JeffreyGuterman @RichardDawkins

          This is a truth claim. And it's false. See essay I sent you.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Jeffrey Guterman‏Verified account @JeffreyGuterman 23 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @RichardDawkins

          I will read tonight. Thanks.

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