From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 20:13:26 GMT
Johnny, Matt:
> I don't think Matt has a problem believing what he believes. It would be
> mighty hard to avoid that.
Yes, it sure would. He seems to have no problem with believing
postmodernism is true, although postmodernism denies truth. You've
identified another postmodern claim that refutes itself, illustrating once
again the irrationality of the postmodern posture.
>What he's talking about those times that really
> matter: when people disagree about what is true. How does one confirm what
> they believe to be true execpt by confirming it with other people? We are
> talking to other people right now, aren't we?
Are you saying that postmodernism has value only when there is
disagreement about what is true? If so, this presupposes that there is
such a thing as "the truth" which, if I understand what Matt has been
saying, is what postmodernists deny.
To paraphrase Alice in Wonderland, "Postmodernism just gets
curiouser and curiouser."
Platt
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