Subordinated regimes of truth sustain plausibility for oppressed subjects

Evidence

This puts Griffin firmly on the side of my distinguished colleague Sanford Levinson in his debate with Judge Harry Edwards.2’ To my chagrin, I find myself disagreeing with Griffin and Levinson, though I am honored by the company of Judge Edwards. I do not mean that legal scholarship ought to transform itself into the memoranda of an academy of clerks. But I do think that the pursuit of truth requires the theorist to account for the remarkable phenomenon of the resolution of conflict when the means of determining truth conditions-the modalities-continue to conflict and resist coming to closure. — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 571 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Scholarly discourse can itself silence and wound marginalized participants; Conspiracy functions as an alternative epistemology when interpretation has no ground truth — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 105; Pluralistic ignorance sustains norms even after private attitudes have shifted — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7327 (+16 more)

Related

• Theorizing truth must account for conflicts that resist closure. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Theorizing truth must account for conflicts that resist closure. #expands (0.70) — Philip Chase Bobbitt, Reflections Inspired by My Critics, 571
• Formal balance and impartiality in media mask real dominance of prevailing interpretations #corroborates (0.65)
• Institutional intelligence narratives construct truth to serve political policy needs #corroborates (0.60)
• Suppressing truth hinders personal and social development. #corroborates (0.50) — Jordan B. Peterson, 12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos, 642