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RE: Stefan Molyneux; Two People Who Were in His Inner Circle
Some of his early videos were good, but even his first podcasts were off-putting. Now I can see why, with the benefit of hindsight. He was building a cult of personality rather than a serious, consistent, rigorous philosophy program.
I corresponded with him briefly and even his knowledge of philosophy is sketchy (which is supposed to be his area of expertise). He studied at Toronto Univ. where Etienne Gilson taught. Gilson was one of the foremost experts in the history of philosophy...Molyneux didn't know him. He also takes a very one-sided look at the great philosophers...if you don't agree with him, then clearly you don't know what you're talking about. I think most of his audience are people who don't really have any background in philosophy, so they buy his crap. We had a brief discussion about Kant's Transcendental Aesthetic and when I pointed out how poorly he understood the concept, he suddenly stopped corresponding with me...Go figure!!!
Sounds like he needs to listen to The History of Philosophy podcast to brush up a bit before churning out more content of his own.