A claim’s falsity does not bar it from structuring thought

Evidence

When I speak of a grid of intelligibility, I am obviously not saying that what Boulainvilliers said is true. One could probably even demonstrate that everything he said was false. | am simply saying that it could be demonstrated. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 179

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors Foucault’s genealogy method distinct from truth-claims; connects to how Islamophobia critiques are judged. — connects to: Descriptions can become true because people act on them believing they are true — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 577; Believing contradictions works because the mind can simply exclude the conflicting object from attention — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 618; Belief systems respond to contrary evidence by discounting the evidence (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Believing contradictions works because the mind can simply exclude the conflicting object from attention #expands (0.82) — Jeremy Bentham, The Panopticon Writings, 618
• Belief systems respond to contrary evidence by discounting the evidence #exemplifies (0.78)