I have been waiting for something like this, but I'm not sure I get anything out of this in particular.
@slatestarcodex I believe you have been waiting for thishttps://ssica3003.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/postmodernist-territory/ …
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This was my suspicion
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It seems to say: 1. Postmodernism is simple stuff you already know 2. For example, [crazy thing asserted without justification]
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The post is a description of Postmodernism rather than a persuasive argument for it
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Also don't get how you reduce everything to about "systems". How is "cameras are phallic", even if true, a "critique of systems"?
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in this case the system being critiqued is of neutral machines that impassively record reality (and must be shaped this way)
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Likewise, "women are oppressed", even if true doesn't imply "we cannot understand the world scientifically" w/o more explanation.
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No that bit was simply a critique of all human systems, showing their until then invisible bias. Foucault critiqued science
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Overall I feel more confused and less sympathetic to your presentation compared to eg Chapman.
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This seems likely given my relative inexperience
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