Jordan Peterson rightfully targets postmodernism for its reliance on crazy empowerment myths, but he does it through the crosshairs of his own equally crazy empowerment myths. Still, Peterson's craziness - unlike that of his many critics in media/academia - at least seems sincere
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I think that's an uncharitable characterization of his epistemology. Postmodernists are most certainly not pragmatists. And he doesn't measure it by utility, he seems to imply that he measures it by adaptive capacity. Different concepts.
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Adaptive capacity is a form of utility. Peterson has some good arguments & ideas, but too often he uses mythology as a substitute for fact. His debate with Sam Harris gives you a clear idea of Peterson's approach to truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8TDbXO6dkk …
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