Convos between PoMos and rationalists who aren't absolutists - we can know nothing/everything for certain - usually come down to degree.
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Whereas those who seek objective truth, eg scientists, make that aim 90% and the proviso that knowledge is always provisional is abt 10%
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There is only so long you can spend thinking abt the fact that we can't be absolutely sure of knowledge if you want to attain some.
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And that's the difference in motivation, I think. PoMos don't want to attain knowledge. They want to revel in confusion & deconstruction.
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Obv, I think the other ratio is the right one. Concede that knowledge is provisional but focus your energies on attaining it.
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