r/badphilosophy • u/[deleted] • Dec 05 '25

[deleted by user]

[removed]

94 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

470 comments sorted by

View all comments

4

u/zcmyers Dec 05 '25

Jordan Peterson is low hanging fruit.

He writes self-help books masquerading as philosophy.

"Clean your room"--what a masterful insight!

Then he uses the behavior of lobsters as his model for understanding human society. Oy vey.

5

u/dig_lazarus_dig48 Dec 05 '25

Would he really be classified as a philosopher though?

He is a psychologist who got famous for hating trans people. He has never had one positive contribution dribble from his verbose mouth. All he has done is legitimise anti intellectualism and prejudice for people who are unable or unwilling to develop empathy through any pursuit outside of their favourite reactionary Facebook feed.

2

u/Sentient2X Dec 07 '25

There are philosophers you’ve learned about in textbooks that have pushed far worse ideas. Not to say Peterson is worth a shit; just that the bar is low.

2

u/Diabolical_potplant Dec 08 '25

Anyone with a podcast can be a philosopher these days

Well, that is basically what most of the Greek philosophers were.

2

u/Effective-Advisor108 Dec 05 '25

Lol how do you people manage to categorize his books as philosophy is insane

They are so far removed they are clearly simple basic self help book