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The Limitations of Liberal and Conservative Political Philosophy
23:41 - 29:56 (06:14)
The podcast episode discusses the limitations of liberal and conservative political philosophy, both of which are framed based on assumptions about human nature that are false. The host also talks about the work of psychologist Jordan Peterson and his concerns about the arbitrary nature of meaning.
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Psychologist Jordan Peterson's evolutionary and Jungian view of meaning places more importance on religious types of meanings that humans didn't pay sufficient attention to in our early days.
23:41 - 26:06 (02:24)
Summary
Psychologist Jordan Peterson's evolutionary and Jungian view of meaning places more importance on religious types of meanings that humans didn't pay sufficient attention to in our early days. Peterson was concerned about vague claims that all meaning is arbitrary at the time he was working on his maps of meaning.
ChapterThe Limitations of Liberal and Conservative Political Philosophy
Episode#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The interesting ones often go about life amusing themselves without feeling the need for validation from an audience or recording, whereas most people tend to be quite dull.
26:06 - 27:38 (01:32)
Summary
The interesting ones often go about life amusing themselves without feeling the need for validation from an audience or recording, whereas most people tend to be quite dull.
ChapterThe Limitations of Liberal and Conservative Political Philosophy
Episode#117 – Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker argues that both liberal and conservative political philosophies are morally and intellectually bankrupt due to their false assumptions about human nature.
27:38 - 29:56 (02:18)
Summary
The speaker argues that both liberal and conservative political philosophies are morally and intellectually bankrupt due to their false assumptions about human nature. He also mentions how Jordan Peterson defended conservative philosophy by stating that it has more empirical evidence from academic psychology.