Uploaded September 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Stefan Molyneux has (all but) proclaimed himself the 'salvation of philosophy,' and in so doing he has belied his poor grasp of both the history and the methodology of philosophy. His egregiously pompous attitude is much more revealing than any of his arguments. I try to layout the myriad short-comings from two of his videos:

Part one of stefbot's "Salvation of Philosophy": youtube.com/watch?v=VeKys6zog2M

Part two: youtube.com/watch?v=z1M2CnEg3GE

Wiki entry on 'Performative Contradictions': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_contradiction

Wiki entry on 'Self-Refuting Ideas': en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-refuting_idea

Poll on most embarrassing philosophers: leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/now-heres-a-tough-poll-to-answer.html

Wiki on elan vital: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lan_vital

And the really sad thing? He claims that he's been working on this project for 25 years.