Just before the end of Part I, and of course into Part II, there is a lot of introspective going on. Linden, TC, and Jeremiah feel useless. They want to discuss their uselessness. They practically vomit uselessness. This is all Existentialist as hell.earthbrah wrote:What part of the book did that conversation take place?
Emotions are definitely a way of knowing. I have taught this in a Theory of Knowledge class. They can also be impediments to knowledge, though... Humans are emotional beings, and TC and Linden are examples of that. Extreme examples, yes, but still.
I do agree that some of SRD's characters think mostly subjectively, TC being one of them. He's very intuitive. What objective facts do you think he is confusing with his beliefs?
However, I recognize that something has to happen at this time, and as always with SRD, once the external Jihad has temporarily been abated, the internal Jihad begins anew.
I guess if they weren't extreme examples of emotionalism, it would be a very boring book.