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Professor in exile. Biologist. Seeker and communicator of truths. Spends time in the Amazon. Rhymes with flying.

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    Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

    Extensive profile on Bruno Latour, the French philosopher whose work helped create the science wars of the 1990s, and gave cover to those who don’t believe in objective reality. HT @NobodysMonopoly—thank you. 1/6https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/magazine/bruno-latour-post-truth-philosopher-science.html …

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      2. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

        Nowhere does Latour take responsibility for the interpretation of his work that “facts” are social constructs. He (and Haraway, quoted herein) both want two incompatible things: everything is a social construct, but trust the “good” scientists, the ones with whom we agree. 2/6

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      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

        I wonder if Latour could define what actually makes a scientist a good scientist? If he does not think that the scientific method minimizes the role of bias in discerning truth, on what basis does he think that we should accept any scientific conclusions? 3/6

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      4. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

        “Facts remain robust only when they are supported by a common culture” Latour argues. He is conflating what is asserted, with how the assertion is received. This creates and then feeds confusion, leaving space wide open for bad actors to come in and make trouble. 4/6

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      5. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

        Kofman, the author of the NYT profile, summarizes Latour: “Whether or not a statement is believed depends far less on its veracity than on the conditions of its ‘construction’” This is true. But again, it conflates belief (social acceptance) with accuracy (truth). 5/6

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      6. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 25

        Of course he believes in reality! says Latour. But he is either being dishonest with himself, or the rest of us, if he can’t see the logical end point of his work. This is part of what @ConceptualJames, @HPluckrose, and @peterboghossian revealed w the Grievance Studies Hoax. /end

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      2. Tuure Väyrynen‏ @Vayrytu Oct 26
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        Seems like Latour is speaking about epistemology and people are reading him as if he speaks about ontology.

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      3. Heather E Heying‏ @HeatherEHeying Oct 26
        Replying to @Vayrytu @NobodysMonopoly

        Very interesting point, this. If Latour clearly delineated the line (between epistemology and ontology), and never strayed over it, I would still disagree with him, but the philosophical implications, and the ability of others to abuse them, wouldn't be so grave.

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      4. Tuure Väyrynen‏ @Vayrytu Oct 26
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        That is how I read NYT interview (and few other items I've read from him). Word "abuse" is well suited describing how Latour and his kin has been applied in social sciences. But then again I am not an expert on PoMo philosophy. Just interested bystander :)

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      2. Joel Barker‏ @JoelByronBarker Oct 25
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        I look forward to reading this! The misuse of poorly understood post-modern philosophy has been such a heartbreak. I would say that the value and insight of Latour and others is hard to separate from the effect it has had on, as you said, "giving cover" for dumb-assery.

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      3. Kevin Ouellet‏ @AberrantSkeptic Oct 26
        Replying to @JoelByronBarker @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        Please help me learn. What IS the postmodern contribution to knowledge in your opinion?

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      4. Joel Barker‏ @JoelByronBarker Oct 26
        Replying to @AberrantSkeptic @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        I would love to! I will start on a long form response November 7.

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      1. After Sol‏ @Locus_of_Ctrl Oct 25
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        I have to say, I admire NYT for calling Latour "post-truth" and not reserving that label to the right wing.

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      2. Silent Fruit  👥‏ @Silentfruit Oct 25
        Replying to @HeatherEHeying @NobodysMonopoly

        It's an interesting article because it tries to address Latour's ideas honestly. That's much more compelling than the constant strawmanning of "postmodern nonsense" (Latour's term) that IDW & friends unfortunately indulge in. Maybe this is a good time to actually... (cc @eyywa)

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      3. Silent Fruit  👥‏ @Silentfruit Oct 25
        Replying to @Silentfruit @HeatherEHeying and

        …engage these works of horrible postmodern propaganda instead of constantly issuing vague declarations of how damaging they are. On this issue (and perhaps others) I think the IDW is missing the point. Is it too much to ask that we be responsible for _our own_ interpretations?pic.twitter.com/dI3jF1C7oj

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      4. David Tabachnick‏ @DeTabachnick Oct 25
        Replying to @Silentfruit @HeatherEHeying and

        Very well put. I agree that in order to critique postmodernism you first should take the time to understand it. The IDW fails this test.

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      5. Conan Moore‏ @disitinerant Oct 25
        Replying to @DeTabachnick @Silentfruit and

        I understand it just fine. Hyperreality is stolen Lewis Carroll ideas. Postmodernism didn't bring anything new to the table, and had all of it several times in history. Deconstruction is a cargo cult for analysis. 1/2

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      6. Conan Moore‏ @disitinerant Oct 25
        Replying to @disitinerant @DeTabachnick and

        The fruits of the Age of Reason, of empiricism and it's derivative science, are all around us. We could count them all day. Name one fruit of postmodernism. And don't give me robot embodiment garbage, Buddhism and Thomas Aquinas both came up with that long ago.

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      7. Silent Fruit  👥‏ @Silentfruit Oct 25
        Replying to @disitinerant @DeTabachnick and

        Cute. But don't you see - your (I assume) sincere complaint here mimics the same kind of empty, self-referential jargon that people accuse pomo theory of. No attempt at understanding, citation, analysis, or actual argument. You're saying it's all bad "because I say so." If you...

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      8. Silent Fruit  👥‏ @Silentfruit Oct 25
        Replying to @Silentfruit @disitinerant and

        want to convince us, don't tell us to "name one fruit." It's _your_ complaint. Show us that you know what you're talking about and that you're not just shadow boxing in a subjective fantasy about scholarship you don't follow. Quote someone's argument and explain why you disagree!

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      9. Conan Moore‏ @disitinerant Oct 25
        Replying to @Silentfruit @DeTabachnick and

        No fruit. Thought so.

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