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   The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) is a book by Errol Morris in which he criticizes the philosophy of Thomas Kuhn.

   • Author: Errol Morris

   • Publish Year: 2018

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   May 16, 2018 · In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it.

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   • Author: Errol Morris

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   Feb 17, 2023 · In a time when truth feels ever more embattled, under siege from political lies and virtual lives alike, The Ashtray is a bracing reminder of its value, delivered by a figure who has, over decades, uniquely earned our trust through his commitment to truth. No Morris fan should miss it. Read more.

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5. slate.com › culture › 2018Errol Morris’ book about Thomas Kuhn, The Ashtray, reviewed.

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   Jun 5, 2018 · The ashtray Kuhn lobbed at Morris embodies both the pointy-edged reality that (in Morris’ view) Kuhn denied and the professor’s brutal “intolerance” of any dissent from his own theories.

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   “The documentarian Errol Morris gives us The Ashtray, a semi-autobiographical tale of the supremely influential The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn. A spellbinding intellectual adventure into the limits, fragility, and infirmity of human reason. Morris’s tale is picaresque.

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   Why does Morris use the ashtray as a metaphor?

   • Morris uses the ashtray as a metaphor for the material reality that Morris believes Kuhn denied, as well what Morris views as Kuhn's intolerance of dissent from his theories.

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   Why is the ashtray important?

   • The Ashtray tells why—and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris’s way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. “For me,” Morris writes, “truth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth.”

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   How does the ashtray impact modern philosophy?

   • The Ashtray uses the incident as a catalyst to overhaul the total ideological framework of contemporary philosophy, particularly in the ways it has been shaped by Kuhn and his infamous concept, the paradigm shift. Errol Morris cheesing for WealthSimple. Image courtesy of WealthSimple

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   What does ashtray mean in English?

   • Ashtrayis a noun. A nounis a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc. WHAT DOES ASHTRAYMEAN IN ENGLISH? Ashtray An ashtrayis a receptacle for ash from cigarettes and cigars.

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9. www.moviemaker.com › errol-morris-the-ashtrayThe Ashtray: Errol Morris Reimagines Total World Philosophy ...

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   Jan 31, 2023 · New from Errol Morris, The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality) is the legendary writer-director’s first book since 2012’s A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald, and latest project since last year’s Netflix documentary series Wormwood.