Postmodernism(questions well answered )2023/2024
Postmodernismtrue - correct answer t/f: a reaction to the evils of modernism true - correct answer t/f: views truth claims as political power plays social construct - correct answer what does postmodernism view truth as? false - correct answer t/f: ultimate knowledge is accessible. false (metanarratives are sus) - correct answer t/f: postmodernism accepts metanarratives as truth after modernism - correct answer what does postmodernism mean? Modernism - correct answer what was the common name that was given to the period of time from 1700s to 1900s in which there were assumptions about christianity in the west? true - correct answer t/f: modernism gave way to skepticism about religion scientific investigation and tecnological processes - correct answer what did modernism embrace? the idea that we can only know what our senses can perceive - correct answer what is empiricism? post does not trust science and modernism is based on empiricism and trusts science - correct answer what is the difference between postmodernism and modernism? true - correct answer t/f: according to postmodernism, we cannot have objective truth. false - correct answer t/f: according to postmodernism, truth is objective, universal and neutral. opinion - correct answer according to postmodernism, what is truth subjective to? embedded - correct answer truth is socially "situated" or "________." true - correct answer t/f: all worldviews are biased. false - correct answer t/f: we can have unmediated, direct, or immediate access to reality. They each offer unbiased truth about the world. They trick people into finding universal truths where none can be found - correct answer What do Postmodernists have to say about the Abrahamic faiths? 1. universal truth cant be known 2. rejects reason that applies everywhere at all times 3. the knowledge cannot be objective 4. modernist narratives do not have objective knowledge 5. rejects the idea of God 6. intuitions cant be designed that would have objective reasoning 7. no person can be neutral - correct answer what are the 7 postmodernism rejections? Gorgias Nietzsche Foucault - correct answer what 3 philosopher's teaching reflect the notions of postmodernism? constructs persuasive arguments without regards to truth - correct answer what is sophism? everything is without meaning, purpose, truth, or value? - correct answer what is nihilism?
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