Belief vs. Truth: Can You Exit a Bad Idea? | Hunter Ash

About this episode

Hunter Ash discusses his transition from progressive beliefs to a post-rationalist perspective with Peter Boghossian.

Hunter Ash left the left not out of disillusionment but logic. He and Peter Boghossian trace the path from progressive true believer to post-rationalist: Why language became a weapon, what the "progressive stack" is really doing, and whether liberal institutions can survive their own tolerance. See more Peter Boghossian here .

People in this episode

Host: Peter Boghossian

Guest: Hunter Ash

Topics covered

• belief
• truth
• progressivism
• post-rationalism
• language
• liberal institutions

Keywords

• belief
• truth
• progressive stack
• language weaponization
• liberal institutions
• post-rationalism

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