The good, the true and the post-modern

Abstract

The post-modernist scheme for understanding and interpreting cultural phenomena in terms of three 'ideal-types'—classical, modern and post-modern—has been deployed to interpreting many areas of human activity. The post-modernist thesis is interpreted and combined with work on uncertainty and quality to show how post-modern themes can be applied to the understanding of developments in science-based technology and societal aspects that relate to them.