yes, its a gigantic atheist plot to overthrow, rob and enslave peterson fanboys for their apostacy from objective truth and modernism.
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Replying to @njroode @Tigerlore88 and
Ironically, it’s objective truth and modernism that I think Peterson is selling.
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Replying to @jkspradlin @njroode and
From Maps of Meaning.pic.twitter.com/MVn7yXmJ3I
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Replying to @HPluckrose @jkspradlin and
Doesn't this say that accurate, objective knowledge challenged the mythological worldview because it was wrong about the nature of the objective world? I don't see what I'm supposed to take issue with here.
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Replying to @SelfEngineer @jkspradlin and
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @jkspradlin and
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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Replying to @SelfEngineer @jkspradlin and
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @SelfEngineer and
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @SelfEngineer and
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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