Tag: postmodern times

• A Big Fat Lie About Postmodernism

  

  A year or two ago I took a course online about debunking popular misconceptions about things. What you are NOT supposed to do, when debunking a popular misconception, is start with the popular misconception, and then say that it’s incorrect. What will stick in people’s heads if you do that is the misconception. Research has…

  HAT

  November 29, 2018

  Thinking Out Loud

  popular culture, postmodern times, realism, reality, religious studies;, social construction

• Truth Value

  Class is all over but the grading, which needs to be done a little more quickly than usual because the university’s Moodle site, where all my students’ work will be, is going to be shut down for maintenance two days before grades are due. Did anyone actually think that was a good idea? I have…

  HAT

  June 16, 2017

  Essays

  critical thinking, epistemology, meta-narratives, postmodern times, teaching, truth