[lbo-talk] How radical was Derrida? (was 'does anyone read poststructuralism anymore?')

Ted Winslow egwinslow at rogers.com
Sat Nov 7 16:59:47 PST 2009


Chris Doss wrote:


> The reason that you and I do not believe in witches is the same
> reason that people in 14th-century Europe believed that there were
> witches. People we trust have told us that there are no witches all
> our lives, witches are incompatible with our view of the world, and
> we have seen no evidence that there are witches. Similarly, a person
> in 14th-century Europe has been told by people that they trust all
> their lives that there are witches, witches are compatible with his
> or her view of the world, and he or her has seen no evidence that
> there are not witches. This is how human cognition works.

For what reason do you believe this?

Ted



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