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If every way of thinking has validity within its own construct, how does society reconcile the views they create when in conflict. Is there a way of doing this which is not an expression of power? If not, does this simply mean that a new epistemology must take power to become influential?

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Another great question that is way bigger than a comment section. Several future posts will pick up some of these themes. I'll note that there is a descriptive story here - what actually happens - and a normative one - what should we do. The later is in practice one of the core questions that every political philosophy has had to face and, in the terms here, how you think you should do it depends a lot on whether you start with epistemic humility or confidence.

If we are chasing some kind of more neutral approach that is not just an expression of power, one starting point is that every way of thinking, even within its own construct, has to interact with reality in some way. Some ways of thinking succeed better than others, even when assessed on their own terms.

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