Worried by increasing number of otherwise reasonable people defining 'truth' as what feels meaningful & 'knowledge' as what we believe true.
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They think because what we have thought to be true has changed, that means truth has - that knowledge is what we construct by truth claims
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Rather than that people were just wrong before. The sun really was still a big ball of gas even when ppl thought it was the chariot of a god
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They think they can still oppose postmodernism, related SocJus woo & post-truth culture effectively whilst thinking this way.
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This doesn't mean that people shouldn't find meaning and morality in powerful narratives to enrich & guide their lives. But distinguish.
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Dreaming up reality is easy. Working out the real reality is hard. But much more rewarding.
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