Discourse theory’s claim that nothing exists outside discourse is reductionism upward

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• A discourse both enables and constrains how a topic can be constructed (similarity 0.85)
• Fully discursive theory commits ‘reductionism upward’ by collapsing operates-like into is (similarity 0.83)
• Discourse theory merely relocates contradiction from structure to the unconscious. (similarity 0.81)
• Discourse-centered theory treats knowing the world as totalizing and thus evades material change (similarity 0.80)
• Representation and misrepresentation differ only by degree within a shared field of discourse. (similarity 0.80)
• Critical Theory claims to cure philosophy only from outside its own boundaries (similarity 0.80)
• Discourse theory is politically responsible but historically ungrounded. (similarity 0.79)
• Extreme Foucauldian premises reduce theory to passive consumption of discourse (similarity 0.79)
• Effective discourse that organizes power relations constitutes a regime of truth. (similarity 0.79)
• Discourses persist beyond their origins and carry unexamined assumptions forward. (similarity 0.79)
• Discourse is a way of representing knowledge that constructs a topic while limiting alternatives (similarity 0.79)
• Discourses form coherent wholes through interlocking statements sharing strategy (similarity 0.78)