Answer to Question #311606 in Philosophy for Luu

Question

1. Define postmodernism.

2. Postmodernism rejects and suggestions of absolute truth,What do you understand about the above statement?

3.what contribution do you think postmodernism,as a philosophy of education can make in your classroom practice.

Answer 1

1) Postmodernism denies the existence of any ultimate principles, and it lacks the optimism of there being a scientific, philosophical, or religious truth which will explain everything for everybody. Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourse defined by an attitude of skepticism toward what it considers as the grand narratives and ideologies of modernism, as well as opposition to epistemic certainty and the stability of meaning.

2) It is true that Postmodernism rejects suggestions of absolute truth. Postmodernist philosophers, in general, argue that truth is always contingent on historical and social context rather than being absolute and universal and that truth is always partial and "at issue" rather than being complete and certain.

3) Postmodernism encourages a learner to pay attention to the other instead of own self, diverse cultures, embracing cooperative methods, perilous thinking, utilizing writing skills, creativity, construction of knowledge, and considering teachers as facilitators. Regarding postmodernist, the aims of education are teaching critical thinking, production of knowledge, development of individual and social identity, self-creation. In postmodern education teachers just lead students to discover new things.