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I think you are giving postmodernism too much credit. It's whole premise is a non problem. Looking back on it's history, it's a politically and religiously moti

I think you are giving postmodernism too much credit. It's whole premise is a non problem. Looking back on it's history, it's a politically and religiously motivated ideology to push anti-enlightenment values that coated itself in esoteric language to avoid scrutiny. It's not a well thought out philosophy, because they reject the very thing that would allow that to happen, reason. Empiricism solved this issue. You will very quickly learn if your assumptions are wrong by testing them in reality. This is what is meant by "feels over reals" and the opposite. Your assumptions, beliefs, or axioms - no matter how fondly held - will be crushed under the infinite weight of reality.

Alex3917 8y ago
> it's a politically and religiously motivated ideology to push anti-enlightenment values Modernism is closer to being a parody of enlightenment values. I mean do you really think that Descartes, who supposedly came up with most of his ideas while sick in bed and staring at a spider on his wall, would think it was a good idea for everyone to get their news from the Facebook news feed?
idontpost 8y ago
I think your biases are showing. I don't really buy the postmodernist argument, and more or less agree with Empiricism. However, I don't think you can dismiss the postmodernist argument. I cannot prove that Empiricism is correct. > Empiricism solved this issue. You will very quickly learn if your assumptions are wrong by testing them in reality. This is what is meant by "feels over reals" and the opposite. Your assumptions, beliefs, or axioms - no matter how fondly held - will be crushed under the infinite weight of reality. This is simply begging the question -- whether reality is real. That's not a question you can just skip over if you're claiming to be rigorous in your analysis.

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I think you are giving postmodernism too much credit. It's whole premise is a non problem. Looking back on it's history, it's a politically and religiously moti

by PinkMilkshake 8y ago

Alex3917 8y ago
> it's a politically and religiously motivated ideology to push anti-enlightenment values Modernism is closer to being a parody of enlightenment values. I mean do you really think that Descartes, who supposedly came up with most of his ideas while sick in bed and staring at a spider on his wall, would think it was a good idea for everyone to get their news from the Facebook news feed?
idontpost 8y ago
I think your biases are showing. I don't really buy the postmodernist argument, and more or less agree with Empiricism. However, I don't think you can dismiss the postmodernist argument. I cannot prove that Empiricism is correct. > Empiricism solved this issue. You will very quickly learn if your assumptions are wrong by testing them in reality. This is what is meant by "feels over reals" and the opposite. Your assumptions, beliefs, or axioms - no matter how fondly held - will be crushed under the infinite weight of reality. This is simply begging the question -- whether reality is real. That's not a question you can just skip over if you're claiming to be rigorous in your analysis.