"EPISTEMIC REDEEMER": THE CODE OF TRICKS USED TO LEGITIMATE NONSENSE
D.V. Vinnik
Institute of Philosophy and Law SB RAS, 8, Nikolaeva st., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: эпистемология, философия науки, теории истины, бессмыслица, иррационализм, постмодернизм, кризис науки, синергетика, квантовая механика, культурология, epistemology, philosophy of science, truth theories, nonsense, irrationalism, postmodernism, crisis of science, synergetics, quantum mechanics, cultural studies
Abstract
The paper deals with the aspect of the crisis of knowledge which shows a profound exhaustion of classical ideas of objective truth. This aspect of the crisis is the result of both intentional and irreflexive passion of the so called non-classical forms rationality, speculative theoretical-cognitive concepts and hidden [latent] forms of anti-scientism and irrationalism. We analyze typical tricks used to legitimate nonsense and pseudo-scientific texts, those are the appeal to Godel theorem, quantum mechanics and fuzzy logic, an incorrect use of results obtained in synergetics and culture anthropology, redtaping texts, the abuse of etymological reduction and the approach employed in linguo-cultural studies.
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