What do you perceive to be the difference between his understanding of truth and Sam Harris' then?
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Harris is strictly an empiricist to the point where he's entirely opposed to any sort of non-empirical conclusions as he associated them with theology. Peterson is a clinical psychologist. He lives in a world where empirical research mixes with human psychology to provide insight
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On the subject of what is true.
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I'm not sure what's unclear. Harris is strictly empirical and rejects non-empirical notions of truth. Peterson is empirical while accepting that non-empirical notions of truth exist.
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It seems the difference is sharper. Both accept that such "notions" exist. Harris denies they have any basis in reality, Peterson doesn't.
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That does not make sense. You can't accept non-empirical truth and then claim the concept has no basis in reality.
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You can accept that people have "notions" of truth: "The world is full of demi-gods and fairies" without those notions being empirically true.
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That's not what we're talking about. We're taking about the agreement of what is true. Harris cannot agree that there is non-empirical truth then say non-empirical truth has no basis in reality.
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Simply fixed because he wouldn't call it 'truth'. He'd say there are non-substantiated beliefs and there are truths. The postmodernists conflate these into different kinds of truths and ways of knowing & so does Peterson. It's not helpful.
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How did appreciation of human's ability with limited resources to make their environments livable, delightful even become that cant phrase "different ways of knowing"?
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An aim to bring about a false equality. I was being told about 'epistemic injustice' recently where we believe things that are evidence over things that aren't.
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