Frederic's point certainly rings true to me:
>"A linguistic expression can be an adequate approximation of reality for a
specified context and a specified purpose."
especially as he points out that the scientific/Western Enlightenment
episteme has been significantly hamperred by the low hanging
Thanks for asking!
I have been thinking about these topics for many years, but have not
published anything yet.
As I am a very slow writer, I will start by replying just to the
philosophical/epistemological questions. They provide the proper tools and
perspective to answer the other questions.
- What Would a Knowledge Democracy Look Like -
The workshop The War on Knowledge on Thursday 17th of October in Brighton’s
Digital Festival.
The workshop is an attempt to help flesh out questions that are around issues
variously
described as the "epistemic crisis” the “post truth era" the
