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[2013-01-04] A-ZP for Postmodernism

postmodernism
That postmodernism is definable is truism

postmodernism

En lig h ten men tth e ach iev emen t

o b jectiv e h u man k n o wled g e th ro u g h relian ce u p o n reaso n in p u rsu it o f
fo u n d atio n alism, essen tialism, an d realism

-ism

1 . fo u n d atio n alism

2 . essen tialism

3 . realism

p o stmo d ern ismex p ress g rav e d o u b t ab o u t th e

p o ssib ility o f u n iv ersal o b jectiv e tru th , reject artificially sh arp d ich o to mies, an d
d elig h t in th e in h eren t iro n y an d p articu larity o f lan g u ag e an d life

u n iv ersal o b jectiv e tru th

p o stmo d ern ismp o stmo d ern ism
larg ely a reactio n to scien tific o r o b jectiv e effo rts to ex p lain reality

p o stmo d ern ists

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