Kick out postmodernists and regressives, welcome back liberals and secularists.pic.twitter.com/Cp0bfu5d2b
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I don't think you know what postmodernism means tbhhttps://theoutline.com/post/2190/why-are-we-blaming-postmodernism-for-trump?utm_content=buffer20e2c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer …
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I've read your article three times. Perhaps
@HPluckrose can make sense of it, but I have a hard time punching through the 'alt-facts'.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
No, it doesn't really engage with the arguments of the essays which look at the postmodern shift in academia and its effect on culture.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonOno and
Perhaps my take on postmodernism is influenced by JPB's take on it. I associate it with identity politics and an endless oppression story.
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Yes, but there's also the epistemic relativity and denial of objective reality which he glosses over a bit coz he does that too.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonOno
Yes I noticed that in the podcast with Sam Harris. His 'get your act together' message is spot on. His fear of nihilism makes weird jumps.
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Yeah. And this from his book,Objective knowledge as constructed by narratives and affective knowledge (feelings) being more meaningful. PoMopic.twitter.com/koP9WSzg8J
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Narratives and myths are fine in their place. No problem to draw meaning & morals from them. But objective truth requires evidence.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonOno
Pot and kettle in a nutshell. Perhaps his reluctance for objective truth is based on an idea that the west is in a narrative competition.
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He's this kind of woolly, subjective, metaphorical thinker. I find too much regard for him a problem if we want to tackle PoMo.pic.twitter.com/xW1emDUBMt
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonOno
I understand, and I appreciate you both for handing me arguments to counter pomo, even regardless of non overlapping magisteria at its core.
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