Skepticism toward taken-for-granted knowledge

Historical and cultural specificity

Knowledge is created and sustained by people

There is no objective truth (anti-realism)

Language is a precondition for thought

We are the product of social influences

Labeling the other side in unfavorable terms

The futility and danger of old thinking

Spirituality, not arrogant Religion

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Comm Theories Ch 13

Term	Definition
1	Skepticism toward taken-for-granted knowledge
2	Historical and cultural specificity
3	Knowledge is created and sustained by people
4	There are no "essences"
5	There is no objective truth (anti-realism)
6	Language is a precondition for thought
7	We are the product of social influences
8	Labeling the other side in unfavorable terms
9	The futility and danger of old thinking
10	Spirituality, not arrogant Religion