Postmodernism, the school of 'thought' that proclaimed 'There are no truths, only interpretations' has largely played itself out in absurdity, but it has left behind a generation of academics in the humanities disabled by their distrust of the very idea of truth and their disrespect for evidence, settling for 'conversations' in which nobody is wrong and nothing can be confirmed, only asserted with whatever style you can muster.
Daniel DennettSometimes you donโt just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them - if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix.
Daniel DennettA child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.
Daniel DennettPhilosophers' Syndrome: mistaking a failure of the imagination for an insight into necessity.
Daniel Dennett