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postmodernism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| postmodernism #1- Prime Reality | not a direct object of knowledge , identification depends on ones language |
| 2- external reality | same as prime reality, a part of everyones language system |
| 3- human beings | constructed by he languages people used by and about people |
| 4- death | personal extinction most probable, though one never knows |
| 5- knowledge | no one knows anything, ones understanding is constructed and limited by their language |
| 6- morality | totally humanistic, the result of socially and linguistically constructed patterns of desire, thought, and behavior |
| 7- history | no meaning or purpose to life except those we construct, all metanarratives are dubious and oppresive |
| 8- core commitments | to learn to fashion and use language that will get each person what they want |