Flawed by Design: The Virtues and Limitations of Postmodern Theory
12 Pages Posted: 17 Aug 2016
Date Written: August 15, 2016
Abstract
Nothing is perfect in an imperfect world — especially science. The postmodern critique of Enlightenment science has driven home that point forcefully. However, despite the harshness of its critique, postmodernism has fallen well short of creating a viable alternative to modern science. In this paper, I argue that the only recourse for postmodernists is to adopt a new orientation to the fundamental pursuit of modernist science: truth.
Keywords: science, truth, postmodern, theory, social science, science, reality, power, postmodernism
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
McGettigan, Timothy, Flawed by Design: The Virtues and Limitations of Postmodern Theory (August 15, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2824075 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2824075
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