The Demon Ratu Macaling Brings Disease and Disaster Every Year in the Rainy Season

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 LITERATURE

PHILOSOPHY AND RHETORIC Pub Date : 2020-07-14 DOI:10.5325/philrhet.53.3.0246

Ralph Cintrón, David Bleeden, Casey Corcoran

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Abstract

abstract :Today, it is widely believed that humans have the ability to grasp the material world as it is, and that this grasp can be instrumentalized so as to progressively solve problems and maximize human flourishing. We call this idea “technopositivism.” Technopositivism seeks to give a comprehensive explanation of all that is, including the best possible social order. But, like all interpretive systems, technopositivism is incapable of providing such an explanation. Technopositivism is thus riddled with ironies and fragile. We argue that prevailing understandings of COVID-19 are instantiations of technopositivism and, as such, illuminate many of these ironies and fragilities.

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文摘：今天，人们普遍认为，人类有能力把握物质世界的现状，这种把握可以被工具化，从而逐步解决问题，最大限度地促进人类的繁荣。我们称之为“技术实证主义”。技术实证主义试图对一切事物做出全面的解释，包括尽可能好的社会秩序。但是，就像所有的解释系统一样，技术实证主义无法提供这样的解释。因此，技术实证主义充满了讽刺和脆弱。我们认为，对新冠肺炎的普遍理解是技术实证主义的例证，因此，阐明了其中许多讽刺和脆弱之处。

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0.70

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