Leslie Allan - Postmodernism and Relativism are Wrong
The self-undermining paradox of postmodernism and relativism is that they steadfastly propagate the absolute truth that there exists no absolute truth. This contradiction is the ultimate absurdity in their philosophy, a self-defeating axiom that undermines its own premise. Their insistence on the relativity of truths, paradoxically, becomes its own grand narrative, thus contradicting the core tenet of its philosophy. In discounting objectivity, they discount the collective exploration and validation of reality, an endeavor that forms the bedrock of science and human progress. Truth, by its nature, seeks universality, not relativity. In a cosmos striving for clarity, knowledge must always seek to illuminate, not obfuscate, our understanding, standing firm against the relativistic dilution of fact.
Leslie Allan is a philosopher & humanist - here are some of his papers: https://latrobe.academia.edu/LeslieAllan
See article: http://www.scifuture.org/leslie-allan...
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