Re: MD The mythology of science

From: Elizaphanian (elizaphanian@tiscali.co.uk)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 07:58:00 BST

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    Hi Matt - glad you're still around! The reason I explicitly referenced Lyotard is because I think he
    IS 'half-baked'. I don't think Rorty is (from what I know about him). But yes, I should have put
    'some' in there as a qualifier. Or perhaps, "1970's"?

    Cheers
    Sam

    "Even to have expressed a false thought boldly and clearly is already to have gained a great deal."
    Wittgenstein, 1948
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Matt the Enraged Endorphin" <mpkundert@students.wisc.edu>
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    Subject: Re: MD The mythology of science

    : Sam,
    :
    : Sam said:
    : My take on postmodernism (as evidenced by someone like Lyotard) is that it
    : is still trapped in what I call 'The meta-narrative of rational primacy',
    : which derives from John Locke saying that 'in everything let Reason be your
    : guide', especially in matters of ethics and religious belief. Modernism is
    : built on that basis; post-modernism says that reason can't achieve what the
    : Moderns think it can achieve, which is true, but they draw the false
    : conclusion that this means 'anything goes'. If you have a different guide
    : to ethics and religious belief (eg Quality or Value in the MoQ) then you
    : are outside the meta-narrative of rational primacy, which post-moderns are
    : still defined by, through rejection.
    :
    : Matt:
    : C'mon, Sam. I may be a ghost around here these days, but the least you
    : could do is qualify your reference to post-modernism by a "vulgar" or a
    : "half-baked" or a "some." ;-) For instance, rather than "I expect the
    : above from MoQers," I would say, "I expect the above from
    : _vulgar/half-baked/some_ MoQers." You, I don't expect it from. Others, a
    : little bit.
    :
    : Matt
    :
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