David Rose Negatively Judging 'Liberal Progressivist Philosophy'

David Rose wrote to sys-func and sysfling on 11 February 2017 at 09:57:

It’s just that terms like conventions and choosing not to follow them buy into the discourse of liberal progressivist philosophy rather than social semiotic theory. 

I’m arguing for valeur.

Appraised	Appraisal
	Polarity	Attitude
liberal progressivist philosophy	negative	judgement: social sanction

Blogger Comments:

Note the false dichotymy.

The meaning of 'liberal progressivist philosophy' can be explored at sites such as the following:

Progressivism
Progressive Education (e.g. John Dewey, Rudolf Steiner, Maria Montessori)
Liberal Education

Liberalism (a political philosophy or worldview founded on ideas of liberty and equality)


See also the critique of 'liberal humanism' in Martin (1992: 577-88).