Lit-review frustrations, part 397
The next time I read someone claiming to derive postmodernism from quantum mechanics and chaos theory, I’m going to scream. This misunderstanding of physics usually ruins what otherwise would be interesting reading.
Brief gloss on pragmatism vs. sociology of knowledge
I’m now done with drafting everything in Accountability Frankenstein except one section, on the problem of expertise in society. For a variety of reasons, I’ve been thinking about this in connection with John Dewey, Walter Lippmann, Karl Mannheim, and William James. And I’ve figured out the difference between the sociologist of knowledge and the pragmatist […]