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PostmodernismPremodernism - correct answer Dualistic approach, there is a natural and supernatural or extra-natural. All conclusions were theological. Creation was a result of God, because God created mankind, mankind must have a purpose. History followed an orderly pattern according to God's plan. Three transitions of thinking - correct answer Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern. Modernism - correct answer A revolt against a premodern type of thinking, although aspects of premodern thought are incorporated. For the modern thinker, the ultimate goal was the emancipation of humanity. As a result, humanity would not simply accept unreasonable truth claims. Correspondence theory of truth - correct answer belief that truth corresponds to reality Anti-realism - correct answer the denial of the existence or accessibility of an objective reality Christian Postmodernism - correct answer A hybrid worldview that incorporates elements of postmodern philosophy and Christian theology Correspondence theory of truth - correct answer the view that the truth of a proposition is determined by how accurately it describes the facts of reality Deconstruction - correct answer a method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language to represent reality adequately and seeks to discern and expose the purported underlying ideologies of a text. Metanarrative - correct answer a single, overarching interpretation, or grand story, of reality nihilism - correct answer the view that the world and human existence are without meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. Postmodernism - correct answer A skeptical worldview, founded as a reaction to modernism, that is suspicious of metanarratives and teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct, and truth claims are political power plays. Poststructuralism - correct answer an intellectual movement that believes human knowledge is not based on an accurate understanding of reality but is the product of linguistically constructed forms of grammars that societies have developed over time. Pragmatism - correct answer the belief that propositions do not mirror reality and should therefore be treated as tools and judged only by their practical consequences. sophism - correct answer a pre-Socratic school of philosophy that taught the art of rhetoric and held skeptical views of truth, knowledge, and morality,; a derogatory term used to describe a specious argument intended to manipulate, trick or deceive. Structuralism - correct answer an intellectual movement that believes human knowledge is not based on an accurate understanding of reality but is the product of linguistically constructed forms or grammars that societies have developed over time. In 10-15 words, explain the introductory page on Postmodernism. What is the author of your text trying to describe about Postmodernism? - correct answer He is trying to describe the conflict between truth and lies that goes on within Postmodernism. What did Menchu admit about the story she won a Nobel Peace Prize for? - correct answer She admitted that it was fabricated. How did Guatemalan villagers actually view the Marxist guerrillas? - correct answer They viewed them not as liberators, but people who terrified them. What is the literal meaning of postmodernism? - correct answer After modernism Modernism was during what period of time? - correct answer 1700s to the 1900s
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