tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post114856421107008731..comments2023-07-04T03:53:40.171-07:00Comments on Matt Kundert's Friday Experiment: Epistemological Crises and Dramatic NarrativeMatt Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05304261355315746372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-10511358847845104012012-03-29T10:56:41.532-07:002012-03-29T10:56:41.532-07:00This single concept of epistemological crisis, alo...This single concept of epistemological crisis, along with conflict of traditions, cleared a lot of my conceptual cobwebs as an undergraduate of political science and an informal student of philosophy. In a university and textbooks of diverse various theories, a young student like me might not see the agonistic interplay happening among those theories and make the postmodern misinterpretation of seeing them as arbitrary explanations of an ultimately incomprehensible reality.<br /><br />For my part however, my favorite example of an epistemological crisis is the recent (supposed) discovery of a particle moving faster than light. It threatens the Einsteinian tradition in physics. But then again, I just found out about those examples MacIntyre gave in that essay. Haha.<br /><br />Great article! Hope you have finished After Virtue. I found Whose Justice? Which Rationality? more enlightening though, at least in explaining epistemological crisis and conflict of traditions.Mark B Baldonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-63150897375253098902010-04-29T18:08:55.422-07:002010-04-29T18:08:55.422-07:00Heh--guess again. This author never got around to...Heh--guess again. This author never got around to finishing it, though he finds the essay above, finally collected in MacIntyre's <i>The Tasks of Philosophy</i>, to be the single most useful thing MacIntyre has written for the general intellectual.<br /><br />I have no wish to slight <i>After Virtue</i> as a piece of epistemology/moral philosophy, but one of the reasons I never get around to reading it is because I'm in the process of professionalizing as a literary critic. The virtue of "Epistemological Crises and Dramatic Narrative" is that it is able to say something fascinating, important, digestible, and eminently useful to every intellectual reflecting on their discipline. And for lit crits especially, this single essay is able to teach a lot in a small compass.<br /><br />It's one of those hard, impressive nuggets I'll be assigning students some day.Matt Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304261355315746372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-90852776036875857612010-04-29T07:52:53.306-07:002010-04-29T07:52:53.306-07:00I find it incredible that anyone could begin After...I find it incredible that anyone could begin After Virtue and not finish it. But I guess in 2010 the author probably has...nice piece.johngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24152639.post-1150306753763292392006-06-14T10:39:00.000-07:002006-06-14T10:39:00.000-07:00tut tut tutyou really must finish reading After Vi...tut tut tut<BR/><BR/>you really must finish reading After Virtue (even if you don't read anything else)<BR/><BR/>however, the link between epistemology and psychiatry is an interesting one. Have a look at something I wrote last year which you might find pertinent: <A HREF="http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/2005/06/tom-cruise-and-mental-suffering.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com