Tag: metanarratives

Metanarrative Obsolescence: On “Cynical Theories,” Part 2

Post author By Geoff Shullenberger
Post date September 8, 2020

Did “Theory” make people skeptical of science, as Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay claim? Jean-François Lyotard’s account of the decline of metanarratives offers another view.

Tags Cynical Theories, Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay, Jean-François Lyotard, metanarratives, science, technology, The Postmodern Condition