Most everything I've seen him speak on is quite relevant to psychology. The psychology of college campuses and faculty and how they have gone to militant liberal levels. The psychology of human religion throughout history and how it has shaped the world we live in. The psychology of human truth and what it means.Dr. Watson said:
Psychology is useful if you do evolutionary psychology or social psychology. I'm just noticing him popping up on everything lately.
Justin Barrett, a Cognitive Psychologist said: "Many cognitive scientists assume that because our brains and their functions have been 'designed' by natural selection we can trust them to tell us the truth; such an assumption is epistemologically dubious".Texaggie7nine said:Most everything I've seen him speak on is quite relevant to psychology. The psychology of college campuses and faculty and how they have gone to militant liberal levels. The psychology of human religion throughout history and how it has shaped the world we live in. The psychology of human truth and what it means.Dr. Watson said:
Psychology is useful if you do evolutionary psychology or social psychology. I'm just noticing him popping up on everything lately.
To take a Petersonian perspective, that depends on how you define truth.oldarmy1 said:Justin Barrett, a Cognitive Psychologist said: "Many cognitive scientists assume that because our brains and their functions have been 'designed' by natural selection we can trust them to tell us the truth; such an assumption is epistemologically dubious".Texaggie7nine said:Most everything I've seen him speak on is quite relevant to psychology. The psychology of college campuses and faculty and how they have gone to militant liberal levels. The psychology of human religion throughout history and how it has shaped the world we live in. The psychology of human truth and what it means.Dr. Watson said:
Psychology is useful if you do evolutionary psychology or social psychology. I'm just noticing him popping up on everything lately.
Texaggie7nine said:
I have really been enjoying this series. He's already up to episode 11.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos/videos
As someone who has fallen out of belief in the Bible being divinely inspired, but knowing all the stories from 25+ years growing up in church, it really helps me appreciate the genius behind the bible that men had.
Before you go asking why it couldn't be God that inspired it, I would say, the book is still very, very flawed. But the moral lessons behind it which shaped our modern western civilization are about the best humans have come up with.
A lot of what Peterson gets out of interpretation is by studying what theologians from recent to ancient have written about scriptures he is addressing. In a way, he is summarizing a lot of what the western culture got right about how to act properly as a human in the world, and giving rightful credit to the bible as a primary source for the culture that brought about that acting.Dr. Watson said:Texaggie7nine said:
I have really been enjoying this series. He's already up to episode 11.
https://www.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos/videos
As someone who has fallen out of belief in the Bible being divinely inspired, but knowing all the stories from 25+ years growing up in church, it really helps me appreciate the genius behind the bible that men had.
Before you go asking why it couldn't be God that inspired it, I would say, the book is still very, very flawed. But the moral lessons behind it which shaped our modern western civilization are about the best humans have come up with.
I would say the interpretation of those lessons are heavily dependent on where and when you live. Peterson is not an archeologist or a theologian or an historian or a classicist. His interpretation of the Bible is a postmodern interpretation, no matter how much he may hate the term.