Comments on: A Relational Model of Truth http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2012/02/01/a-relational-model-of-truth/ Historical and missiological reflections on modernity, postmodernity, and what comes next Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:27 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: e-biwak.pl http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2012/02/01/a-relational-model-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 e-biwak.pl Tue, 29 May 2012 20:10:08 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=206#comment-2969 I think this website holds some real excellent info for everyone : D. I think this website holds some real excellent info for everyone : D.

]]> By: emily http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2012/02/01/a-relational-model-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-1875 emily Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:58:15 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=206#comment-1875 Nice piece, David! I find great hope and optimism in Palmer's relational view because it implies that through discourse communities can form shared senses of truths -- sensibilities that are not frozen as truths for all time but rather truths that can shift as the community matures, changes, evolves, etc. It embraces collective inquiry (at times through healthy conflict...nodding to your recent post), synergy, and a non-static vibrancy that makes it safe for communities to declare and to embody truths as they know them -- truths, however, that do not become reified -- truths that, in a community's self-reflexive way, are historically- and materially-specific and will necessarily change through the meaning-making of relationship. Nice piece, David! I find great hope and optimism in Palmer’s relational view because it implies that through discourse communities can form shared senses of truths — sensibilities that are not frozen as truths for all time but rather truths that can shift as the community matures, changes, evolves, etc. It embraces collective inquiry (at times through healthy conflict…nodding to your recent post), synergy, and a non-static vibrancy that makes it safe for communities to declare and to embody truths as they know them — truths, however, that do not become reified — truths that, in a community’s self-reflexive way, are historically- and materially-specific and will necessarily change through the meaning-making of relationship.

]]> By: David W. Scott http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2012/02/01/a-relational-model-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-1663 David W. Scott Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:24:25 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=206#comment-1663 Palmer would talk about letting the object of study speak to you instead of trying to dictate to it what you want to know. I don't know if Palmer's that into worldview, but he is into values, love, and spirituality as important parts of the learning process. Palmer would talk about letting the object of study speak to you instead of trying to dictate to it what you want to know. I don’t know if Palmer’s that into worldview, but he is into values, love, and spirituality as important parts of the learning process.

]]> By: David Shane http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2012/02/01/a-relational-model-of-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 David Shane Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:32:14 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=206#comment-1656 I don't know, I think I'd need an example. It's pretty clear to me what it means to call the Theory of Relativity true from a modernist perspective (set of propositions) - what changes in a relational perspective? That said, if only because from a practical perspective many truths are harder-to-see than "the apple is red", I appreciate that postmodernists and, perhaps, Palmer as well, recognize the importance of worldview. This especially matters, maybe Palmer would agree, in education. I think many people would say, "the public schools shouldn't teach from a Christian perspective, they should teach objectively." Yeah right. Every teacher is seeing the world through some lens, even if unacknowledged, and they're probably passing some of that on to their students. I don’t know, I think I’d need an example. It’s pretty clear to me what it means to call the Theory of Relativity true from a modernist perspective (set of propositions) – what changes in a relational perspective?

That said, if only because from a practical perspective many truths are harder-to-see than “the apple is red”, I appreciate that postmodernists and, perhaps, Palmer as well, recognize the importance of worldview. This especially matters, maybe Palmer would agree, in education. I think many people would say, “the public schools shouldn’t teach from a Christian perspective, they should teach objectively.” Yeah right. Every teacher is seeing the world through some lens, even if unacknowledged, and they’re probably passing some of that on to their students.

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