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I can see this development as well, and I think it is the influence of postmodernism. As a philosophical thought the postmodernist school states (among other th
by maze-le 8y ago
I can see this development as well, and I think it is the influence of postmodernism. As a philosophical thought the postmodernist school states (among other things) that all knowledge is sociol-culturally conditioned, so no bit of knowledge can be evaluated without evaluating the cultural context in which it is created. This leads to a situation in which all {opinions / stories / facts / utterances} are viewed as equally meaningful and important.
In the 1980s no one cared, because the discourse was purely academic in nature. By now postmodernism has gained widespread adoption in education, social sciences and political theory. And the citation from above is the direct result of that.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoA bit off topic, but: What is the postmodern stance on lies? If "all {opinions / stories / facts / utterances} are viewed as equally meaningful and important", does that leave any place for saying that something is a lie? If not, that's a huge problem. If your philosophy/epistemology doesn't understand that some things are simply lies, and some statements are simply intending to lie, that leaves a huge vulnerability for liars to exploit.