JP would agree with "Enlightenment liberalism w/ its emphasis on freedom, equal opportunities, individuality, science, reason &evidence" 1/2
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Replying to @premodernism
No. He doesn't believe in objective knowledge and truth. He believes in subjective knowledge but judges truth on what makes us survive.pic.twitter.com/NNEt8ItB3t
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism
He expands upon this in the
@joerogan podcast with@BretWeinstein. Kind of like hidden wisdom in tradition. Value of religious stories etc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MillenarianWoes @HPluckrose and
To wit: Ideally these metaphorical truths map onto literal truth but often that's not possible. And he says that was original sense of truth
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism and
OK. They're still not true tho.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism and
That's what Rogan said, you'd have to watch the podcast to get the gist, Weinstein agreed with Peterson.
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism and
But I'm not denying that people have used 'truth' to mean things that are satisfying rather than evidence-based. I'm just saying its wrong
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Replying to @HPluckrose @premodernism and
He doesn't mean that either, it's complicated, skip to the 1 the point if u want, but it's peppered throughout https://youtu.be/6G59zsjM2UI
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Replying to @MillenarianWoes @premodernism and
Does he accept that objective truth is reached by evidence? I'd rather not have any more waffle abt folk wisdom.
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Yes he does he just puts other stuff into his definition. You'll probably still get your waffle though.
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Well, he's very welcome to do that but in the fight against postmodernism, blurring the boundaries of truth & knowledge is a problem.
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