The question is what is "authority"? And does power (money, race, gender, status) impact speech. Postmodernism looks at power dynamics.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt and
Sometimes perhaps, but often critical. This philosophy classic defines "subjective truth": https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://organizations.utep.edu/Portals/1475/nagel_bat.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwjm_rL0vfvWAhVllFQKHdUOBm4QFghJMAQ&usg=AOvVaw2q9x13C7myGJyILw9BOdbu …
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Replying to @stevenjshirley @GodDoesnt and
That's about subjective experience. We all know that exists.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt and
The point is how hard it is to access perspectives. Have you thought "like a bat" lately? As a country we fail when cannot do that well.
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Replying to @stevenjshirley @GodDoesnt and
I recommend working to reduce censorship in your universities as a first step.Then you can access many more whilst learning to evaluate them
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt and
How do we have a censorship problem at universities? Loud, uncomfortable protests are not censorship.
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Replying to @stevenjshirley @HPluckrose and
Yes, if they're a "heckler's veto." I strongly support protest. But that does not involve preventing others from hearing a chosen speaker
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Replying to @NAChristakis @HPluckrose and
Question is where to draw line. California Supreme Ct said: "heckling, interrupting, harsh questioning, and booing" can advance 1st Amnd.
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Replying to @stevenjshirley @NAChristakis and
Free speech isn't just abt the 1st amendment tho. It also refers to a principle of positively encouraging the free exchange of ideas.
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Much better to listen to ideas you find awful so you can show them to be so. Making animals noises over them doesn't have the same effect.
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