Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?

Philosophic Exchange 31 (1) (2001)
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Postmodernism is a celebration of relativism. It is a movement that has actively embraced the collapse of standards that it takes this to imply. This paper examines the debate between postmodernists and their opponents, approaching it through the debate over Alan Sokal’s famous hoax.

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Simon Blackburn
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