4 ms·

It doesn't strike me as obviously so. As I (probably mis-)understand it, the author is saying that if we take seriously the idea that people can have incompati

It doesn't strike me as obviously so. As I (probably mis-)understand it, the author is saying that if we take seriously the idea that people can have incompatible perspectives on the world then we can lose a notion of 'truth' that applies across perspectives - and this undermines ideas like education and learning. However, (it is claimed) science is special in that it can transcend perspectives and, if so, form a foundation for us to make sense of notions like education and learning while still taking perspectivism seriously. I suspect it is a bit of a reach, but if the author wants to take perspectivism seriously without accepting the intuitive conclusions about education and learning, then this could be a promising approach to take.

ganzuul 7y ago
There seems to be an awful lot of convergence (critical phenomena, maybe) happening in information processes (e.g. NNs). That must be what the author means by transcending perspectives.
azhu 7y ago
Agreed. What I get out of that is that we can get more useful info out of perspectivism if we look beyond just the individualism-collectivism way of framing perspective and consider how the fact that some scientists favor holding interdisciplinary perspectives so that they basically have more ingredients for their guts to cook up new hypotheses with implies that there exists an area of study where you examine the relationship between holding one or many perspectives and the conclusions that follow, which could serve as a less subjectively constrained way of thinking about thinking. I also agree that this is borderline self parody because it's much too thick with itself to be an enjoyably stimulating read, at least for anyone who isn't well versed in the vernacular already. It also has a ton of typos given the level of language it's trying to use. > This turn has been facilitated by the lack of technical kwoledge > Strengthening of solidarity and conscesnsus

ganzuul 7y ago

There seems to be an awful lot of convergence (critical phenomena, maybe) happening in information processes (e.g. NNs). That must be what the author means by transcending perspectives.

azhu 7y ago

Agreed. What I get out of that is that we can get more useful info out of perspectivism if we look beyond just the individualism-collectivism way of framing perspective and consider how the fact that some scientists favor holding interdisciplinary perspectives so that they basically have more ingredients for their guts to cook up new hypotheses with implies that there exists an area of study where you examine the relationship between holding one or many perspectives and the conclusions that follow, which could serve as a less subjectively constrained way of thinking about thinking. I also agree that this is borderline self parody because it's much too thick with itself to be an enjoyably stimulating read, at least for anyone who isn't well versed in the vernacular already. It also has a ton of typos given the level of language it's trying to use. > This turn has been facilitated by the lack of technical kwoledge > Strengthening of solidarity and conscesnsus