Some charitable reading is required; the labels are oversimplifications.
I agree that most post-modernists are merely pretending to be at some high level of thinking, and the reason it works for them is that most of their colleagues are in exactly the same situation, so they pass the “peer review”. But we can still use them as a pointer towards the real thing. What would be the useful mental skills that these people are pretending to have?
I remember reading somewhere about a similar model, but for the given question, on each level both “pro” and “con” positions were provided. That made it easier for the reader to focus on the difference between the levels.
Some charitable reading is required; the labels are oversimplifications.
I agree that most post-modernists are merely pretending to be at some high level of thinking, and the reason it works for them is that most of their colleagues are in exactly the same situation, so they pass the “peer review”. But we can still use them as a pointer towards the real thing. What would be the useful mental skills that these people are pretending to have?
I remember reading somewhere about a similar model, but for the given question, on each level both “pro” and “con” positions were provided. That made it easier for the reader to focus on the difference between the levels.