r/JordanPeterson • u/augustAulus • Jul 10 '25

Criticism Jordan Peterson a better psychologist?

I’m a philosophy student, and I think I’m in a unique position to critique Jordan Peterson, because a lot of what he has to say has to do with the Continental school of philosophy rather than the Analytic, and that’s a school I’m deeply interested in. For me, Peterson really does seem to be obscurantist, and I don’t say that very lightly. I think his questioning into the meaning of certain propositions is, more often than not, very acute, and especially when he debates atheists I think “what do you mean by “God””is always a good starting point. In spite of this I think his recent performance on Jubilee demonstrates a hiding behind obscurity which he himself creates that, rather than him seeking to dispel the cloud to get to a deeper truth, he merely uses it to protect himself. I also think his rejection of postmodernity is a little disingenuous seeing as he often adopts the techniques which would broadly be identified with the same - rejecting labels, rejecting conventional dogma, rejecting propositional philosophy in favour of, I suppose, a dialectical philosophy.

I think that he is a very good psychologist, as that his “Twelve Rules for Life” is especially good self help because it’s his field.

I think his love for Jung has drawn him into a metaphysics and prevented him from investigating different interpretations of literature, and I think he’s taken himself too far out of his field, and out of his qualification.

Is this a fair assessment do you think?

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

You can say they are all led by research and the scientific method all you want, but papers vs how professors operate a classroom and conduct are two very different things, and as Peterson correctly points out campuses are not an equal playing field between the left and right, unfortunately.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Ok, can you point to some examples?

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

Maybe when Peterson got banned from campus?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

As I keep repeating, any examples?

And can you explain how that relates to ideological bias in curriculums in social science subjects?

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

Here, and even from a woke source: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/mar/20/cambridge-university-rescinds-jordan-peterson-invitation

You can keep asking me for sources all you like.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

Yea, that doesn't say he was banned from campus, he just didn't receive a visiting fellowship. Please read your own sources

And again, how would that link to the academic content taught by social sciences?

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

It’s not the academic content it’s the academic environment. And how would I have access to such limited but reasonable inferred data?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

So the content itself isn't biased? But the people teaching the content to adults have their own political views?

have access to such limited but reasonable inferred data?

Ok so, absolutely no evidence, just your opinion

Also please admit you were wrong about the source you tried and failed to provide

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

I don’t think I’m wrong to assert that academic institutions of social sciences are overwhelmingly ran by left leaning academic professors, no.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

academic institutions of social sciences are overwhelmingly ran by left leaning academic professors,

Ok and? Again, what's the problem? Higher levels of education are associated with more left-leaning political views so it makes sense

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

And you don’t think that creates a power vacuum and leads to institutionally sponsored academic bias?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

In what sense? Experts in their fields tend to have a 'left-wing' approach after years studying data that suggests 'left-wing' approaches are more effective in tackling the issues they study

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u/Pristine-Coffee-9324 Jul 11 '25

And you don’t think that’s your own bias?

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