Jordan Peterson is one of the most prominent public intellectuals in the world today, and one of his favourite things to talk about is religion. But in recent years he has given a series of arguments that I find endlessly fascinating because of their crossover with a view on philosophy that threatens to turn the whole field upside-down (in a good way!)
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Links to Jordan Peterson videos used:
The Greatest God Debate in History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nQUg4QeI_Y
The Problem with Atheism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwi9Q9apHGI
You Are Closer to Believing in God Than You Think: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Sp40OgUio
Alex O'Connor's video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-yQVlHo4JA
Books on Philosophical Pragmatism:
Cheryl Misak - Cambridge Pragmatism (this is an amazing introduction): https://tinyurl.com/2n4h45nf
Works of Charles Peirce: https://tinyurl.com/yckd4jxd
Huw Price Expressivism, Pragmatism and Representationalism: https://tinyurl.com/3h8a6wv9
00:00 Peterson on God
01:17 Peterson's Wager
08:42 The Demons of Dostoevsky
15:41 "You Already Believe in God"
23:31 A Pragmatic Philosophy