I've been grappling with an apparent paradox: According to postmodernists, there is no such thing as truth. I disagree. But as many institutions come to adopt postmodernist premises, the idea that "truth" depends on who has power seemingly gets hard to deny. [Thread.]
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Yes, as expressed in the second half of the same tweet: "all we can do is to study how different discourses lead us to classify some things as true and others as false."
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This is just playing with words. If you show that the most important thing in how we adjudicate truth is power, then reality (and truth) goes down the drain.
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