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Old 04-07-2018, 12:15 AM   #402
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Is this thread still about Jordan Peterson?

The guy may say the occasional thing that makes sense, but his epistemology makes no sense. He doesn't believe in objective truth. He defines truth as being what is of greatest utility in terms of survival. I can't even begin to think how this would even be a useful conception of truth, let alone a 'true' one.

I find it difficult to take any of his conclusions seriously if this is how he sees the world. It speaks to someone who would easily allow bias into their analysis.
I mean I can kind of buy it but he sucks at expressing it. Someone like Richard Joyce does a much better job of explaining the evolutionary aspects of meta-ethics than Peterson does.
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