Comments on: XXX http://markelikalderon.com/2007/08/05/xxx/ Philosophy and Text Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: myl http://markelikalderon.com/2007/08/05/xxx/comment-page-1/#comment-444 myl Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:29:01 +0000 http://markelikalderon.com/blog/2007/08/05/xxx/#comment-444 <p>I agree, the interesting question is why -30- is "a hermeneutic lightening rod".</p> <p>But it's not only postmodernists who think that (at least some) rational thought is actually post-hoc rationalization. Nor need this mean that such rationalizations are false, only that their source (which is irrelevant to their validity) is a bit messy.</p> <p>One example: Holton's distinction between "public science" and "private science".</p> I agree, the interesting question is why -30- is “a hermeneutic lightening rod”.

But it’s not only postmodernists who think that (at least some) rational thought is actually post-hoc rationalization. Nor need this mean that such rationalizations are false, only that their source (which is irrelevant to their validity) is a bit messy.

One example: Holton’s distinction between “public science” and “private science”.

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