They seem to think that they alone are aware of error & bias & a certain unavoidable arbitrariness to objects of study.
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They don't seem to realise the field of science has considered this & sought & found ways to reduce this & self-correct & continues to do so
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Rather than blethering on about the inaccessibility of obtaining pure objective knowledge so let's give up and embrace the mess. Let's not.
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I particularly love it when they turn to science to say it backs them when it really doesnt. It's entertaining.
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or deliberate and malicious dishonesty, which looks more likely given how easy it is to actually correct the misunderstanding.
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Without naive science, postmodernists would be writing their opinions about the impossibility of objective knowledge on papyrus scrolls.
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I'd say malicious, ie intentionally superficial analysis
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Well to be fair, at some point positivism was also a pretty naive view of the world.
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