I think there are still a significant number of universal liberals on the left but I agree that the Peterson phenomenon reveals a need for inspirational metanarratives. I drew on @MatthewdAncona's argument about it here:https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ …
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I definitely don't see him as an alt-right sexist boogeyman. My main concern is his concept of truth. His filibustering on the subject seems like epistemic relativism, and he makes assumptions about every member of a certain group based on this week's disney character archetype
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That being said, I think his lectures on religion will (in the long run) have the unintended consequence of making some people discard fundamentalism in favor of Chopraesque religion & atheism for others. He breaks down the Bible like others broke down what we now call mythology.
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Hmmm. I worry that he is making irrationalism and disregard for evidence more acceptable.
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Jordan Peterson cites evidence in all the vids I've seen. What, in particular, r u referring to? What videos of his have you watched? Curious. Seems 2 me, he's all about evidence
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See discussion with Sam Harris and Joe Rogan. Also Maps of Meaning, particularly this bit:pic.twitter.com/nc6tZitcSO
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Yes. JP's appeal is easily understood. Common sense answers 2 lifes probs. ( see 12 Rules, UofT psych lec) Yes. Not much common ground btwn atheist and Jungian like JP
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Many atheists like Jungian woo. They just don't like religious woo. Or don't believe it anyway. I like it but don't believe it. https://qmul.academia.edu/HelenPluckrose
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I seek knowledge anywhere and everywhere I can find it. No boxes for me! Lol. High degree of openness and curiosity. Hence, JP's appeal 2 me. See UofT compelled speech/pronoun debate
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Yes, well, you know what they say about brains falling out of minds that are too open. I agree that people should not be compelled to use pronouns they don't believe in. I must go to bed. This is me on postmodernism:https://areomagazine.com/2017/03/27/how-french-intellectuals-ruined-the-west-postmodernism-and-its-impact-explained/ …
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Wow. Just wow. Love it!
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Sweet dreams
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