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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And neither are postmodernists. They also accept as true some things which are objective and some which are subjective narratives. Robert Eaglestone calls this 'the metaphysics of correspondence' & 'primordial truth.' The former is a subcategory.
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So you will then agree Peterson is indeed not a Postermodernist?
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He's not a postmodernist, no. He just has the same rationale for subjective truth being constructed in narratives.
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Morality is subjective truth, so again I think you just fail to understand the topic all together.
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No, I don't fail to understand it. I disagree that this is truth. I know that people call all kinds of subjective stuff 'truth' and 'knowledge' & therefore they deny the objective nature of truth. Includes postmodernists & Prof Peterson.
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This is the nub of the criticism. You may not like being called the denial of objective truth. Perhaps you could live with 'The denial that all forms of truth and knowledge are objective.' Either way, it is what both PoMos & JP are criticised for.
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What does he argue that is objectively false?
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God, probably.
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He's an atheist so that would be shocking.
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LOL. No, he isn't. His conception of God may be metaphorical but he still claims it as truth. Which is the whole point.
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Yes, he is. Again you fail to understand
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You keep telling me I fail to understand and then agreeing with me. I think this is unproductive and best left here.
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You cant claim he accepts objective truth while also claiming is rejects the objective. You cannot say he is like Postmodernists when he does not reject objectivity. Accepting that science has limitations and that truth can exist outside of it =/= objective truth doesn't exist.
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'I believe cats are mammals & that other mammals exist that are not cats'. Then you believe in mammals but not the 'catness' of mammals. 'I believe in objective truth & that other truths exist that are not objective'. Then you believe in truth but deny the objectivity of truth.
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