Liberalism is strongly associated with and dependent on the cognitive style of modern natural science—the assumption that there is external reality we can perceive, measure, and experiment with through scientific methods to understand and manipulate the external world, giving rise to modern technology.

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Frank Fukuyama

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liberalism has also been closely associated with a certain cognitive style which is that of modern natural science...there is a external reality. We can perceive that, we can measure it, we can experiment with it

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Is Liberalism Dead? Fukuyama vs GrayIntelligence Squared
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:40:33 PM

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