Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00065)

Dear David
Thank you for your response and query.
Very briefly, I was using the term "postmodern relativity" in a 
generalist sense where critical thinking as a discipline associated 
with postmodernism is "demanding" we re-examine old paradigms and 
belief systems. 
In the field of science, quantum mechanics forced us into a complete 
re-evaluation of that discipline. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, 
Schroedinger's cat experiment and photon particle/wave theory, 
challenge definitive and absolutist positions to say nothing about 
theories on parallel and multiple universes. 
Moreover, the special theory of relativity had Einstein asking a 
train conductor "What time does the next station arrive at this 
train?"
Blavatsky, her teachers and modern science are showing us that an 
ever open and investigative mind is required if we are to begin to 
apprehend the truths of our "dimension" of existence.
Whilst it is true, postmodernism per se "has made little headway in 
the sciences", nonetheless in terms of how we think, there are 
identifiable parallels to me.
Regards
Nigel




--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, david-blankenship@c... wrote:
> Nigel writes: postmodern relativity
> 
> From most of what I read, postmodernism is confined to the 
liberal arts curriculum such as literature - that it has made little 
headway in the sciences. The sources I read this in were politically 
biased so I would like your opinion on this. The idea that truth is 
relative and only true in its paradigm seems absurd. That the 
Standard Model led to the transistor and other things, argues for a 
reality where truth can be determine independently.
> 
> What inroads has postmodernism made outside literature? 
Perhaps you could explain it simply for me.
> 
> thank you,
> David B.
> 
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