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> THESE ARE ALL JUST NARRATIVES. > the pretense that we have arrived at some idea of the "truth" based on "evidence", as if either of these things existed, and
by Florin_Andrei 10y ago
> THESE ARE ALL JUST NARRATIVES.
> the pretense that we have arrived at some idea of the "truth" based on "evidence", as if either of these things existed, and we should all start living on the basis of this paradigm. There is only ever observation (itself a fraught enterprise) and subjective interpretation
Perhaps a bit tangential, or perhaps not, but anyway - that comment was very strongly postmodern.
- astazangasta 10y agoI've been reading Feyerband (Against Method), Latour (We Have Never Been Modern), and Foucault (The Order of Things) lately, I am so hopped up on postmodern criticism of science it isn't even funny. Also, invaluable in being an excellent scientist. Understanding the epistemology is great for destroying your illusions about what you are producing and clearing the way for useful effort.
- Florin_Andrei 10y ago> I am so hopped up on postmodern criticism of science it isn't even funny. I can tell. :) I'm not being ironic, because I agree with: > invaluable in being an excellent scientist