In chapter 8 an alternative to the modernist approach is presented. For lack of better names, it is called a postmodernist approach. To explain this approach further, similarities between it and various philosophical thoughts in history are mentioned. In harmony with the conceptions of a postmodernist approach, a criticism of the belief that there is objective truth (called truth-objectivism) is developed. This criticism is thereafter supported by a scepticism concerning the need to define the meaning of truth.
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