This editorial has been stimulated by an excellent article in RSWP in which Drake and Hodge (2022) portray social work as being at or near a critical inflection point between scientific (empirical) knowledge versus the “postmodern/critical off-ramp” (P/CT) perspective. Drake and Hodge claim that their article intends not to favor the empirical approach, and—despite their apparent preference for it—they seem to bend over backward in trying to give the P/CT perspective more credit than it deserves. Readers familiar with my career will not be surprised to see that I will not bend over backward in this editorial. Instead, I will pose some questions that suggest that instead of being an off-ramp the P/CT perspective is off the rails. Of course, my questions will be based on logical thinking, so they might have no chance of being taken seriously by P/CT adherents who eschew logic.

中文翻译：

---

后现代/批判的视角：出轨还是出轨？

这篇社论受到 RSWP 中一篇优秀文章的启发，其中 Drake 和 Hodge (2022) 将社会工作描述为处于或接近科学（经验）知识与“后现代/批判性出口”（P/ CT) 视角。Drake 和 Hodge 声称他们的文章不打算支持实证方法，并且——尽管他们明显偏爱它——他们似乎在试图给予 P/CT 观点更多的信任而不是应得的。熟悉我职业生涯的读者看到我在这篇社论中不会退缩，不会感到惊讶。相反，我将提出一些问题，表明 P/CT 观点不是偏离轨道，而是偏离轨道。当然，我的问题将基于逻辑思维，