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451. Navigating Belief, Skepticism, and the Afterlife | Alex O'Connor

2024/5/23
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Jordan Peterson: 本文探讨了怀疑论的适当运用、信仰和祈祷的真正含义、圣经的神话和历史性质、分析层次问题以及人工智能在检验认识论方面的潜力。他认为，信仰是一种承诺和行动，而非与事实的简单对应；上帝是价值等级体系的顶点；圣经故事并非简单的历史记录，而是包含神话和历史的复杂文本；对文本的解读应基于尊重和对未知的承认，并结合多学科视角；基督教信仰的核心在于效法基督，承担责任，而非简单的言语承诺。 Alex O'Connor: 本文探讨了“Cosmic Skeptic”这一名字的含义，以及怀疑主义在追求真理中的作用。他认为怀疑主义应是一种工具，服务于对无知的纠正，而非论战的胜利；宗教信仰中的“相信”是一种承诺和行动；Peterson对上帝的理解是价值等级体系的顶点；对圣经故事的解读应区分神话和历史成分；他认为，对圣经历史真实性的追问，往往基于对历史真实性的狭隘理解；大型语言模型可以辅助文本解读，但仍存在局限性；他认为，对文本的解读应追求多视角的融合，并结合不同文化背景下的解读模式。

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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down in-person with philosophical-oriented YouTuber and podcaster Alex O’Connor. They discuss the proper use of skepticism, the true meaning of belief and prayer, the mythological and historical nature of the Bible, the level-of-analysis problem, and the potential for the use of AI to examine epistemology.

Alex O'Connor is a philosophy-oriented YouTuber, podcaster, and public speaker with over 750,000 subscribers on YouTube. He graduated in 2021 from St. John's College, Oxford University, with a BA in philosophy and theology. In 2023, he launched the “Within Reason” podcast, which has featured guests including Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Slavoj Žižek, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Rory Stewart, amongst others. He has debated issues of religion, ethics, and politics with figures including Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Douglas Murray, and Piers Morgan.

 

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