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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“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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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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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. /endShow this thread
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Social construction is a social construct
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