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Critique of a Postmodern Philosophy Thomas Kuhn

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According to Dave (Introduction to Postmodernism philosophy) Postmodernism emerged as the answers to two major questions, first being How do I know the true interpretation of a text? was the problem of textual interpretation because interpretation of any text cannot coincide exactly with authors intent. Second question was Can language objectively describes truth? which arose from the fact the language is bound in social context and we understand world with reference to our language games. According to Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) our perceived truth is also socially constituted. Dave also pinpoints that if Newtons work initiated orderly, modernistic view then the development in theory of relativity and quantum mechanics supported probabilities despite absolutes

According to Dave both modernism and postmodernism theories was formed to eliminate the lacking of previously formed theories. In modernism, emphasizes were laid upon human ability of reasoning, concept of individualism and considering human as thinking self. The theory had a back draw as it ignore non-rational aspect of human nature it also lacked in defining the limits to human reasoning. It weakened the relationship between human and stressed on individualism so much that world was held back from relational and holistic view. Whereas in David point