Quoting David M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Hi Platt > >> > >> Yes, Alan Sokal is also pretty leftist in his views too, and attacks > >> postmodernism for its failure to help progressive politics. > >> He has also recently mentioned that he thinks Nick Maxwell > >> offers a better way forward and that he intends to write about > >> him. > >> > >> Ta > >> David M > > > > Hi David M, > > > > Sokal's political leanings are irrelevant to the validity of his expose of > > feckless postmodern thought. > > > > Regards, > > Platt > > > > DM: Not for me, knowing how you love progressive politics. Of course, > Chris Norris in his book 'Deconstruction: theory and practice' in the 1980s > sees Pirsig as an early postmodern. Interesting that Sokal admires Nick > Maxwell who admires Pirsig. Derrida of course bangs on about the > role of values in our theories. So the overall picture of relationships is > complex. > I agree with postmodernism that scientismand SOM is not such a great thing, > but with Sokal and Maxwell that we still need to find an alternative to > handle > reason and science, to make the best of them, as human activities based on > human values.
If you ask me, Sokal and Maxwell should look to the MOQ for their need to to make the best of reason and science. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
