But continental philosophy is not the same as postmodernism. — philosophy
I suspect, of course, the reason is that post-modernism is not taken to meet ''acceptable standards of logic, rigour, and clarity'' which are seen as fundamental to the practice of philosophy. Whilst this may be true, I'm not sure whether it is a particularly strong argument to make given that these are the very things that post-modernist thinkers tend to critique/question. — philosophy
What I should have added is that post-modern attacks on reason/logic/truth are self-defeating/self-refuting. — philosophy
Personally I do think the current paradigm could do with a lot more scientific method, and I think the future of English literature probably lies in machine learning/computational linguistics combined with social systems/complex systems theory. — alieninstinct
I've actually seen many people attempt to discuss him for maybe ten minutes before admitting that they haven't read more than a few of his sentences. — whollyrolling
To isolate Nietzsche's work to a few aphorisms is impatient and short sighted. If only reading was so easy as finishing one sentence before throwing the book into a bonfire with all the others. — whollyrolling
I suppose I should have said the future of Eng lit ought to be in ML/comp linguistics + systems theory. That being said, digital humanities is a field which is both growing in the UK and Europe and is interested in using machine learning, as is cultural analytics in Canada. — alieninstinct
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