Postmoderns, in this sense of the term, are eclectic and gather their beliefs from a variety of sources while treating the resulting compilation as tentative. The metaphysics of presence tells us that if I have this thought and write it down, it is forever mine. The pmth listserv was initiated late in 1998 when a schism occurred on the mftc list. The causes of that schism are complex, but pmth became a list for more scholarly and philosophical discussion while many members continued on both lists. They replaced faith in superstition with faith that science and objectivity could build us a better world.
Moderns prefer objective and factual language.
An essay is monologic if it does not bring in other views. Monologic is contrasted with dialogic .