Critical rationalists, which I tend to favor and count myself among, is most prominent to me. Bill Bartley pointed to conflict…
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… in Unfathomed Knowledge, Unmeasured Wealth https://books.google.com/books/about/Unfathomed_Knowledge_Unmeasured_Wealth.html?id=rnRvQgAACAAJ&hl=en …
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… while David Miller took on Sokal and Bricmont in Back to the Frying Pan: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/miller/miller_pli_9.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwj2haqhjLDPAhXCHR4KHe3UAmUQFggRMAM&sig2=rjRPBhVyxN3YB2eXyjiTSA&usg=AFQjCNE6fxWkc7w3aQOAzTHfrWuV6VlNnQ …
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Peter Munz also wrote along these lines. From this perspective there are three major factions, but …
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Can you say in 140 characters what the three are, so I know what to look for in the reading?
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There are (1) those who think knowledge involves justified identification of truths and hope this will somehow occur.E.g. Sokal
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(2) Those who also think knowledge involves this but see it as impossible, turning instead to social patterns. E.g. Derrida
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(3) Those who think knowledge doesn't involve justification, mustering reliance on truth toward robust explanations E.g. Popper
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Thanks! This somewhat resembles the eternalism/nihilism/complete stance trichotomy (in same order)
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