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The philosophical and cultural shifts that marked the transition from modernity to post-modernity, focusing on the failure of science and technology, linguistics, existentialism, and religion. The works of key thinkers such as ludwig wittgenstein, søren kierkegaard, jean-paul sartre, and albert camus, and their impact on our understanding of truth, existence, and the role of god in a post-modern world.
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Lecture Guide # 32
I. RELATED EVENTS = FAILURE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY –> POST-Modern Turn A. EUROPE: TITANIC , 1912; WWI, 1914-18; “Spanish Flu” 1920 PHILOSOPHY IN 20 TH^ C; WW2 & Holocaust B USA ( Later ): Loss of Vietnam (1974), Challenger , AIDS (failures of our technology) II PHILOSOPHY & LINGUISTICS A. LINGUISTICS: “It’s a matter of semantics” 1 LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN (1889-1951), Tractatus Logico-philosophicus , 1921 Nonvisible = “Nonsense words’ 2 STRUCTURALISM IN PHILOSOPHY a NO necessary connection between the “Word” and the “Thing” b therefore, Language cannot communicate any real TRUTH c Literary or Historical Texts = Politicized System of such Words-&-Things (i.e., propaganda) d SO, Texts just mean whatever I WANT / Interpret them to mean (try this on a Post-moernist w/ a signed contract!) B. EXISTENTIALISM
a. # 1: CAN’T KNOW ANYTHING b. # 2: NOTHING TO KNOW IF You Could Know anything