Modernism and Postmodernism: Philosophical Epochs

Abstract

The philosophical developments epochs are much influenced by the two schools of thought; the modernists and the postmodernists. There are numbers of literatures being done on the two philosophies, and each looking at the world with different views. Thus, the study aims to review research studies of the way modernists and the postmodernists understand the world in six aspects within the two eras. The paradigm differences between the development of the two intellectual thoughts and movements will also be discussed in details. The literature revealed that although both periods have different perspectives towards philosophical developments, they have contributed major philosophical influences in the field of social sciences. The modernists look at the inherent forces that influence against closure and stasis, whereas the postmodernists investigations are likely to be in the form of a normal science and tend towards closure.

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