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I think the trend you're describing comes down to post-modernists' general rejection of objective truth, which the scientific method relies on. This excerpt fro
by rozab 6y ago
I think the trend you're describing comes down to post-modernists' general rejection of objective truth, which the scientific method relies on. This excerpt from the Chomsky-Foucault debate sums it up well[0]. I like the idea as a progression of philosophy but it's been applied in some pretty terrible ways[1].
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvL7YH0L_o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQvL7YH0L_o
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair
- pessimizer 6y agoThat's a weird box to put it in. I think the reason the fragility concept has caught on with (US) black people is because we each have far more experience dealing with white people than they have dealing with us (on average.) It's difficult to design a study around. Calling it post-modern is just a slur. It's easier to say that you don't believe it.