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Postmodernism has revealed the liminal nature of a world in which the full range of absolutes, essentials, and foundations have shattered. This book has focused on four key cultural objects that have had to be put back together again along with science itself – the Brain, God, Mathematics, and Logic. The strategy for achieving this has been first to pluralize these objects and begin a new conversation about brains, gods, maths, and logics. The basic tool I have used to help bring about putting these objects back together in new syntheses is sociology. I began by situating myself in the midst of postmodernisms. In this conclusion I situate myself in the broader context of our liminal society.
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Restivo, S. (2017). Conclusion: The Liminal Context. In: Sociology, Science, and the End of Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95160-4_9
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