Re: Postmodernism and Truth (was Re: virus: Simulacrum)

C. David Noziglia (noziglia@actrix.gen.nz)
Sun, 26 May 1996 10:19:30 -0700

J. McVean wrote:
>
> Perhaps absolute objectivity is impossible but I think one can
> get pretty damn close.
> Not to say that physics doesn't ponderously hold on to old
> theories sometimes, but it does move to closer and closer
> approximations of the real world.
>
> Jason

And that, Jason, is my point in a nutshell. No absolute does not
mean no standards, or no ability to judge truth, or any other quality.

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