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> It's the influence of post-modern thought; the idea that rationality and the scientific method are fundamentally sculpted by a patriarchal and chauvinistic wh
by paloaltokid 6y ago
> It's the influence of post-modern thought; the idea that rationality and the scientific method are fundamentally sculpted by a patriarchal and chauvinistic white male worldview or 'gaze'. From this, post-modernism asserts that no way of knowing can be any better than any other, and that oral tradition and mysticism are equally if not more valid.
This is the best short-hand I've read yet for what's going on under the covers in a lot of those conversations. Thanks for sharing!
- DC-3 6y agoPlease take it with a pinch of salt. Like nearly everyone else here I'm a CS student first and an appreciator of the humanities second. While I try to approach and learn about this stuff with an open mind my visceral reaction to anyone who criticises rationality and the scientific method is not a sympathetic one. It's probably better to read actual philosophers than someone who just likes to read wiki pages while their code compiles :-)
- apocalypstyx 6y agoFor one, Postmodernity != postmoderism.
- DC-3 6y agoWhere did I mention postmodernity?
- apocalypstyx 6y agoFailing to make the distinction among a general audience always implies that all that exists is a choice: to be or not to be postmodern. It implies that the individual's own subjectivity is replaceable as a meta function of their same subjectivity.
- Ar-Curunir 6y agoIt’s also pretty inaccurate and reductive.