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.
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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No, you do not understand it. The acceptance of non-empirical truth is not the same as rejecting objective truth. One can accept science and understand it's limitations.
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We have been here. I have broken down the difference in our perceptions and spelled out what Peterson is criticised for in relation to objective truth - denying the objective nature of truth and including other ways of knowing.
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Except he does not DENY science. Good God.
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I have not claimed he did. He accepts scientific facts as truths and also narratives which are unscientific as truths. Like postmodernists. If I haven't got you to understand this basic distinction yet, I never will. Let's leave it, shall we?
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Postmodernists completely deny the idea of the objective. They would pursue studies that are covered by science and create their own nonsense, like Gender Studies. Peterson does his work mostly in psychology. He does his best to being science to it but there are limitations.
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No, they don't. Some do but most believe in alternative ways of knowing as well. Therefore knowledge and truth to them are not objective.
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If they do not reject the idea of objectivity then they are not Postmodernists even if they claim to be.
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Righto. Not very many postmodernists then. I consider Foucault a prime example of a postmodernist but he's chucked out now.
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