Is Modernism Really Modern? Uncovering a Fallacy in Postmodernism

Abstract

Some postmodernists criticize the view that the logics of Western thought can be employed universally. In doing so, they assume without adequate proof that different human societies have greatly different rationalities and employ completely different logics. This essay argues that, on the contrary, widely different cultures often share noteworthy similarities in rationality.

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“…[18][19]. These recommendations ought to resonate with researchers from any research tradition and, indeed, as Harpine [30] suggests, "Syllogism, deductive logic, inductive logic, the argument from authority, empirical observation, and hypothesis testing are widespread in diverse human societies" [p. 355], so these research methods are not necessarily even owned by Western scientists and empirical researchers.…”