I think you have a rather low opinion of humans. Yes, sex motivates many things, but it’s not the only thing that motivates. I go to the gym to get in shape. Is that JUST to increase my chances to get laid? Or is it possible there are other more important motivations as well?
No. It says that that it did that but that that was bad (pathological) because objective knowledge is essentially a social construct conveyed in language (note scare quotes around 'objective') and the 'reality' of the mythic world and emotion (affective) was undervalued.
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When he says it "challenged the belief in the reality of the mythic world", doesn't that mean it challenged people's ability to believe that it is true? If by "this tendency" he means objectivity I agree with you but I don't agree that he thinks it's "essentially" a social
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Yes, it does. He is saying this is a bad thing. He wants people to see the reality of the mythic world and this is why he keeps talking in archetypes and bible stories.
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Honest question, and apologies if you’ve said it somewhere and I missed it, but do you disagree with him on the importance of recognizing the truth in the myths and archetypes? Just curious.
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Well very succinct:) lol. How come? It seems to me that there is a lot of questions answered if we perceive the mythic world as being more than just old stories. I think that’s actually the real reason he’s drawn such a crowd.
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I argued that here: https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ … Also, my background is in the social power of religious myths. https://qmul.academia.edu/HelenPluckrose It's not a reliable epistemology tho & we can have all that without claiming it to be true.
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