Postmodernism vs. Poststructuralism

[@jagans3543]

Happy morning Sir... V r expecting more videos on literary theory in updated version Sir..

[@IlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIl.]

it's important to note that "postmodern" thinkers were generally describing and critiquing postmodernity, not promoting it. calling Jean Baudrillard or Frederic Jameson "postmodernists" in the latter sense would be like calling Karl Marx a capitalist for describing capitalism

[@zorro_zorro]

Soooo... are you still a moral realist?

[@autodidactstoolkit]

I am; don’t take my teaching about PM and PS as endorsement 😉 I think there’s room for the PM and PS insights to fit into the social and subjective aspects of life without needing to throw out the existence of objective (Kantian, in my case) moral facts that we can have epistemic access to. But good on you for holding my feet to the fire!

[@zorro_zorro]

@@autodidactstoolkit On a scale of 1 to 10, one being "I kinda feel like this is the most likely option right now but any piece of evidence however slim could change my mind" and ten being "I am certain enough that no amount of evidence could realistically change my mind", how sure are you that morality is ontologically separated from subjective beliefs and cognition? (I'm not trying to convince you right now, I just want to understand you)

[@autodidactstoolkit]

@@zorro_zorro I want to separate level of certainty from dogmatism. To my mind, someone can be totally uncertain and no evidence will change their mind and, similarly, someone can be totally certain and any reasonable evidence would change their mind. Maybe I’m being pedantic or self-serving there, though. I want to separate those two because I am nearly positive, almost completely certain, but also 100% willing to change my mind.

[@zorro_zorro]

@@autodidactstoolkit Ok! So am I correct in assuming that your current certainty does not come from empirical evidence, or at least that it mostly comes from something else, but that - if you were presented with evidence on the topic - you would give epistemic weight to said evidence? Also, do you wish to have this talk (I promise I'll behave)?

[@autodidactstoolkit]

@@zorro_zorro yup and yup-my evidence is underdetermined by the empirical, in the same way that most philosophical evidence is, but any good evidence would be something I’d have no rational choice but to consider. And I’d love to have this conversation! If I don’t get back to you right away, I will the first chance I get.