So a bunch of nobodies who are not representatives of the continental school, at least not like actual philosophers, as say Deleuze, Lyotard, and similar.Matt J wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:31 amAngry U of Chicago grad students taken in, no doubt, by the Sokal affair.Norwegian wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 1:10 am Please share some names, who said this? Are these people relevant, as in, are they actual representatives of the continental school, or are they just random anonymous people from the streets sharing whatever thought comes to their mind, much like what happens all the day, every day, like usual, with any topic, regardless if it's sensible or not?
The Sokal example has been done to death by more people, outlets, communities, and so on than I can even begin to remember. It means absolutely nothing. And it's honestly quite tiresome at this point.Of course, this is not a thing of the past:
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archi ... ax/572212/
What a turn this thread has taken!
And as for your incredibly silly Trump argument above, it is dealt with rather nicely in this article, although there are many other sources one could use for the same purpose: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/ ... story.html
This is more about how it's something like an overall trend. You can see it almost everywhere. So it was a general comment.I should add, I never said Continental philosophy was incomprehensible or such. That was Malcolm.
I won't deny that there's incredibly difficult to read texts in continental philosophy but there are incredibly difficult to read texts in analytical philosophy as well. But there are people who understand what these things means.
If I say "schizoanalysis" then maybe Sokal will go "That's not even a real word! That's so unscientific!" But Deleuze and Guattari rather carefully explained many times in many texts, what exactly "schizoanalysis" means to them.