Faux modern

Faux modern

Faux-Modern Philosophy is an ideology that is projected to gain prominence towards the end of the post-modern era, generating a new worldview regarding personhood, ethics, art, literature, science, and culture. ["Faux-Modern: The Next Epoch", Assist News Service, December 19, 2007]

Some thinkers [Alan Kirby, "Philosophy Now", Issue 58, page 37.] have used a similar term, "Pseudo-Modern", with Pseudo meaning, "not genuine," or "sham." [Webster's Dictionary] to discuss the end of the post-modern era.

Technologically and scientifically driven, Faux-Modernism is a marriage between two prior eras: Modern (1500-1945)- with its scientific and naturalistic bent, and, Post-modern Era (1945-present)- with its deconstructionist and relativist ideology, creating a hybrid of philosophy and scientific/technological development.

Faux means, "artificial," "imitation," or "false." [Mac Dictionary]

ee also

* Modernism
* Post-Modernism
* Artificial Intelligence
* Ethics
* Cloning
* Bioethics

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