Me (dumb guy): There are thousands of books using Enlightenment to mean a period in time & thoughts of Kant, Hume, etc. You (smart guy): Let's ignore them and define Enlightenment to mean whatever arbitrary ideas Steven Pinker welds togetherhttps://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1004426458368897024 …
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I did. But as I explained they used their new way of thinking to justify their biases, just as scientists did with the scientific methods. If you read what I said I point that the limits of the Enlightenment were the people, not the ideas.
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No, it wasn't just a matter of justifying previous bias but making them much more systematic & oppressive than before, creating something that didn't previously exist.
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