here we go
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GwT4_YRZdBf9nIUHs0zjrnUVl-KBNSM
The complete lectures from Dr. Arthur Holmes' influential course, "A History of Philosophy."
The complete lectures from Dr. Arthur Holmes' influential course, "A History of Philosophy."
not that academic, but I love it as reminder that feeling like shit is perfectly normal. Whole those series with music are great
Part 1 in the 8-part series, The Self Under Siege: Philosophy in the Twentieth Century (1993).
Damn it! I know that nothing on youtube lasts forever. So I was going to give priority to listen to all his great anti-natalist, Cioran, Kierkegaard content. But I had a bunch of other audiobooks to finish 1st. But now it looks like hes going to be taking down his channel. I will try to listen to what I can before he does.
https://www.youtube.com/user/SalmonHeart88/playlists
https://www.youtube.com/user/SalmonHeart88/playlists
>>24548
Bah shit! The uploader took down the Benatar vids as I was halfway through the playlist. Oh well at least since last night I listened to Cioran, Kierkegaard and half of Benetar. I would like to think that since existential pessimistic philosophy is my fav topic I would listen to it over and over again. But I would like to suicide by 30, and there just so many audiobooks and lectures to listen to, that there really isn't anytime for repeats no matter how excellent.
Bah shit! The uploader took down the Benatar vids as I was halfway through the playlist. Oh well at least since last night I listened to Cioran, Kierkegaard and half of Benetar. I would like to think that since existential pessimistic philosophy is my fav topic I would listen to it over and over again. But I would like to suicide by 30, and there just so many audiobooks and lectures to listen to, that there really isn't anytime for repeats no matter how excellent.
>>24620
This is his new channel hopefully he'll start uploading some good existential anti-natalist philosophy content again.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ype-eZhPCvAI4DDiilZjA/featured
This is his new channel hopefully he'll start uploading some good existential anti-natalist philosophy content again.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_ype-eZhPCvAI4DDiilZjA/featured
>>24621
antinatalism is like the new atheism in terms of the stuff i see people posting. it brings me back.
i can't say i care or find either interesting though.
antinatalism is like the new atheism in terms of the stuff i see people posting. it brings me back.
i can't say i care or find either interesting though.
Philosophy has always been something I've found immensely boring, and sometimes just a way of taking a pointless topic and making it incredibly abstract, verbose, and confusing. Videos of it are more tolerable, my brain just shuts down if I try reading about it.
>>20839
>John Searle on the Philosophy of Language: Section 1
I actually liked this one, it touched on a thought I was (very poorly) trying to articulate and think about a week ago.
>>24625
>antinatalism is like the new atheism in terms of the stuff i see people posting.
Really seems that way. I always found arguing about philosphy or religion to be meaningless, but I think anti-natalism at least has some real-world purpose to it. I can get on board with it.
>>20839
>John Searle on the Philosophy of Language: Section 1
I actually liked this one, it touched on a thought I was (very poorly) trying to articulate and think about a week ago.
>>24625
>antinatalism is like the new atheism in terms of the stuff i see people posting.
Really seems that way. I always found arguing about philosphy or religion to be meaningless, but I think anti-natalism at least has some real-world purpose to it. I can get on board with it.
>>24628
>Philosophy has always been something I've found immensely boring, and sometimes just a way of taking a pointless topic and making it incredibly abstract, verbose, and confusing.
>John Searle on the Philosophy of Language: Section 1 I actually liked this one, it touched on a thought I was (very poorly) trying to articulate and think about a week ago.
It does confirm my idea that Analytic Philosophy is philosophy for people who think philosophy is bullshit.
>Philosophy has always been something I've found immensely boring, and sometimes just a way of taking a pointless topic and making it incredibly abstract, verbose, and confusing.
>John Searle on the Philosophy of Language: Section 1 I actually liked this one, it touched on a thought I was (very poorly) trying to articulate and think about a week ago.
It does confirm my idea that Analytic Philosophy is philosophy for people who think philosophy is bullshit.
History of philosophy lectures here
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GwT4_YRZdBf9nIUHs0zjrnUVl-KBNSM
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GwT4_YRZdBf9nIUHs0zjrnUVl-KBNSM
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV5_xavg5I2S6Z1eDl54cpmTKvEKGvFFQ
Here is the full audiobook of The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant.
https://www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler
This guy has like 800 videos of fully detailed philosophy lectures. I would recommend his Hegel lectures.
Here is the full audiobook of The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant.
https://www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler
This guy has like 800 videos of fully detailed philosophy lectures. I would recommend his Hegel lectures.
Good series on Phenomenology
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS8vfA_ckeuY6ayo3TlbFMnkPXIMMBXyw
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS8vfA_ckeuY6ayo3TlbFMnkPXIMMBXyw
>>20961
This video on Stoicism got me through some tough times when I was surrounded by Chad degenerates in college, but tried to control myself as to not let my internal fortitude be affected by externals
This video on Stoicism got me through some tough times when I was surrounded by Chad degenerates in college, but tried to control myself as to not let my internal fortitude be affected by externals
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Anyone got some interesting lectures on the subject aesthetics/art? Also what philosophers should I look deeper into if I want to learn more about the philosophy of art? Thanks
Big fan of Julian Young, especially his works on art, Nietzsche, and Heidegger.
http://college.wfu.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/julian-young/
Where Alan Marston talks to Auckland University Philosophy Professor Julian Young about the problem of being an individual and possible philosophical help for that most difficult of all things encountered in the realm of the human condition.
http://college.wfu.edu/philosophy/people/faculty/julian-young/
Where Alan Marston talks to Auckland University Philosophy Professor Julian Young about the problem of being an individual and possible philosophical help for that most difficult of all things encountered in the realm of the human condition.
Philosophy as a Way of Life (Pierre Hadot)
Pierre Hadot, classical philosopher and historian of philosophy, is best known for his conception of ancient philosophy as a bios or way of life (manière de vivre).
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hadot/
Pierre Hadot, classical philosopher and historian of philosophy, is best known for his conception of ancient philosophy as a bios or way of life (manière de vivre).
http://www.iep.utm.edu/hadot/
>>31816
Spiritual exercises in Ancient Philosophy and Pierre Hadot's legacy 1/8
(Interview is in French. They plan to add English subtitles in the near future.)
Spiritual exercises in Ancient Philosophy and Pierre Hadot's legacy 1/8
(Interview is in French. They plan to add English subtitles in the near future.)
There are some good audiobooks hiding on youtube. Some of them amateur made. I wish youtube had a better search engine to find all the good content hiding on it. Google videos had a not bad search engine. Google owns youtube, you would think they would figure out how to get a good search engine running.
"Baudelaire on Original Sin," Françoise Meltzer
>By 1851, the poet Charles Baudelaire had become obsessed — in contrast to his previous anarchist position — with the views of the reactionary and fiercely Catholic Joseph de Maistre. Maistre argued that Original Sin "explains everything," a perspective that Baudelaire was to adopt, and which markedly changed his poetry. This lecture will consider Baudelaire's preoccupation with sin in light of Kierkegaard's treatment of anxiety and sin in "The Concept of Anxiety."
>By 1851, the poet Charles Baudelaire had become obsessed — in contrast to his previous anarchist position — with the views of the reactionary and fiercely Catholic Joseph de Maistre. Maistre argued that Original Sin "explains everything," a perspective that Baudelaire was to adopt, and which markedly changed his poetry. This lecture will consider Baudelaire's preoccupation with sin in light of Kierkegaard's treatment of anxiety and sin in "The Concept of Anxiety."
Nietzsche on Nihilism & the Aesthetic Justification of Life
>Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death. Even the existence of the self, free will, objective value, & absolute truth/knowledge are wholly illusory. All forms & qualities are but mere human conventions, subjective expressions of our competing drives. The unquenchable desire for objectivity is the drive to transcend our finite bodily existence and grab hold of something universal, absolute, unchanging, and God-like. But there simply is none. So it is all too easy to become disillusioned and fall into an abyss of anguish and despair, turning away from existence and the drives, as suggested by the pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. But Nietzsche urges against this turning away from life. For Nietzsche, existence is justified, but only as an aesthetic phenomenon. But what does this mean exactly?
>Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death. Even the existence of the self, free will, objective value, & absolute truth/knowledge are wholly illusory. All forms & qualities are but mere human conventions, subjective expressions of our competing drives. The unquenchable desire for objectivity is the drive to transcend our finite bodily existence and grab hold of something universal, absolute, unchanging, and God-like. But there simply is none. So it is all too easy to become disillusioned and fall into an abyss of anguish and despair, turning away from existence and the drives, as suggested by the pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. But Nietzsche urges against this turning away from life. For Nietzsche, existence is justified, but only as an aesthetic phenomenon. But what does this mean exactly?
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>>31817
>spare white shelves stacked with
>white walls
>hard wood flooring
>persian rug or similar
>leather reading chair chair
what the fuck is it with European academics and this meme? Why do they ALL do this?
>spare white shelves stacked with
>white walls
>hard wood flooring
>persian rug or similar
>leather reading chair chair
what the fuck is it with European academics and this meme? Why do they ALL do this?
Finally started watching True Detective. I saw some of the anti-natalist clips on youtube and for a long time figured I just needed the philosophy not the cop drama. But I intended to eventually watch it online. But I mostly watch TV for comedic escapism not staring into the hell of the human condition. But I've started watching films online recently. And Season 1 stands alone as its own miniseries. So I figured I could watch an 8 hour movie, an episode a night. I'm on Ep 4 now.
I really like it. I like the anti-natalist quotes. The influence of Ligotti.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Detective_(season_1)#Philosophical_pessimism_and_influences
There is also some comic book influences on it. And I always like the dark, gritty, brooding, existential version of Batman capeshits. So this is that for adults.
If you're looking for existentialism in film, this is it. But not the happy go lucky celebration of the absurdity of life, but hard Ligotti Cioran hatred at the shittiness of life. The blood and guts. The meatiness of the human meat puppets.
I really like it. I like the anti-natalist quotes. The influence of Ligotti.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Detective_(season_1)#Philosophical_pessimism_and_influences
There is also some comic book influences on it. And I always like the dark, gritty, brooding, existential version of Batman capeshits. So this is that for adults.
If you're looking for existentialism in film, this is it. But not the happy go lucky celebration of the absurdity of life, but hard Ligotti Cioran hatred at the shittiness of life. The blood and guts. The meatiness of the human meat puppets.
>>32453
>The influence of Ligotti.
That's a mild way to put it. A lot of the dialogue is outright plagiarized from Ligotti's Conspiracy Against the Human Race.
>The influence of Ligotti.
That's a mild way to put it. A lot of the dialogue is outright plagiarized from Ligotti's Conspiracy Against the Human Race.
>>32454
I wanted to read Ligotti again after watching, and wouldn't you know it Wizchan is the 1st google hit. I think its the 1st time Wizchan ever came up on google on a topic unrelated to Wizchan. Fitting.
>>32453
http://www.thecritique.com/articles/no-exit-from-darkness-the-philosophy-of-true-detective/
I wanted to read Ligotti again after watching, and wouldn't you know it Wizchan is the 1st google hit. I think its the 1st time Wizchan ever came up on google on a topic unrelated to Wizchan. Fitting.
>>32453
http://www.thecritique.com/articles/no-exit-from-darkness-the-philosophy-of-true-detective/
Anyone want to talk about the philosophical themes of True Detective? I think it fits with the topic of videos about philosophy
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>>32612 'No Marty , the light is winning!". It's def a great mini-series but the ending ruined the character for me. Nic threated AN as something to be disregarded in the end because life is basically worth it. Besides that it was awesome. I love the villain's reason as to why he did those things :"to escape the loop". Rust also hints at eternal recurrence which makes them great adversaries.
Oh yeah don't watch the second season, it's trash.
Oh yeah don't watch the second season, it's trash.
>>32619
> I love the villain's reason as to why he did those things :"to escape the loop".
I missed that as his motivation.
Yeah I was disappointed by the ending too, not just Rust but also with the mystery.
I mean Rust wishing he were dead goes along with his character. Although his final way of stating it, was in a manner many interpret as religious or spiritual.
The final optimism does go against his general character. Although it is also somewhat in the spirit of Schopenhauer. We try to do the bit of good we can in the world, even against the vastness of the pitch black universe. And if the light is winning, its not because its all sunshine, but because there are little specks of light in the vast galactic ocean of dark where there was once none at all.
> I love the villain's reason as to why he did those things :"to escape the loop".
I missed that as his motivation.
Yeah I was disappointed by the ending too, not just Rust but also with the mystery.
I mean Rust wishing he were dead goes along with his character. Although his final way of stating it, was in a manner many interpret as religious or spiritual.
The final optimism does go against his general character. Although it is also somewhat in the spirit of Schopenhauer. We try to do the bit of good we can in the world, even against the vastness of the pitch black universe. And if the light is winning, its not because its all sunshine, but because there are little specks of light in the vast galactic ocean of dark where there was once none at all.
>Alexander Kojève and the End of History
Alexandre Kojève was responsible for the serious introduction of Hegel into 20th Century French philosophy, influencing many leading French intellectuals who attended his seminar on The Phenomenology of Spirit in Paris in the 30s.
He focused on Hegel’s philosophy of history and is best known for his theory of ‘the end of history’ and for initiating ‘existential Marxism.’ Kojève arrives at what is generally considered a truly original interpretation by reading Hegel through the twin lenses of Marx’s materialism and Heidegger’s temporalised ontology.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/kojeve/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Koj%C3%A8ve
Alexandre Kojève was responsible for the serious introduction of Hegel into 20th Century French philosophy, influencing many leading French intellectuals who attended his seminar on The Phenomenology of Spirit in Paris in the 30s.
He focused on Hegel’s philosophy of history and is best known for his theory of ‘the end of history’ and for initiating ‘existential Marxism.’ Kojève arrives at what is generally considered a truly original interpretation by reading Hegel through the twin lenses of Marx’s materialism and Heidegger’s temporalised ontology.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/kojeve/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Koj%C3%A8ve
This is the most extensive interview ever given by Emil Cioran, known for his aversion to interviews and a life-long refusal to be filmed.
For three days in June 1990, the famed Paris attic of Emil Cioran (1911-1995) was transformed into a film studio under the supervision of filmmaker Sorin Ilieşiu, creating an engrossing portrait of the philosopher and essayist, who wrote in Romanian and French. Writer Gabriel Liiceanu talked to Cioran about many themes of his writings: the skepticism of a world in decline, the original sin, the tragic sense of history, the refusal of consolation through faith, the obsession with the absolute, and much more.
For three days in June 1990, the famed Paris attic of Emil Cioran (1911-1995) was transformed into a film studio under the supervision of filmmaker Sorin Ilieşiu, creating an engrossing portrait of the philosopher and essayist, who wrote in Romanian and French. Writer Gabriel Liiceanu talked to Cioran about many themes of his writings: the skepticism of a world in decline, the original sin, the tragic sense of history, the refusal of consolation through faith, the obsession with the absolute, and much more.
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>>33442
really interesting wizzie, thanks a lot, i really need to download all oh these interview to keep track of those inspiring person.
really interesting wizzie, thanks a lot, i really need to download all oh these interview to keep track of those inspiring person.
A professor who taught Stephen Breyer did a blogpost about my comment. I feel like I'm one with history now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Breyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Breyer
Black Nihilism: ALBERT CARACO AND THE WILL OF DEATH
http://saynotolife.blogspot.com/2012/02/albert-caraco-pessimist-for-pantheon.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Caraco
http://saynotolife.blogspot.com/2012/02/albert-caraco-pessimist-for-pantheon.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Caraco
Professor David Benatar - Better Never to Have Been argues for a number of related, highly provocative, views: (1) Coming into existence is always a serious harm. (2) It is always wrong to have children. (3) It is wrong not to abort fetuses at the earlier stages of gestation. (4) It would be better if, as a result of there being no new people, humanity became extinct. These views may sound unbelievable–but anyone who reads Benatar will be obliged to take them seriously.
History of the Human Race by Giacomo Leopardi.
The author is comparable to Schopenhauer in his fundamental philosophy, which is pessimistic view of life. But also, he was a terrific poet as well.
The author is comparable to Schopenhauer in his fundamental philosophy, which is pessimistic view of life. But also, he was a terrific poet as well.
Brain, bodily awareness, and the emergence of a conscious self: these entities and their relations are explored by German philosopher and cognitive scientist Metzinger. Extensively working with neuroscientists he has come to the conclusion that, in fact, there is no such thing as a "self" – that a "self" is simply the content of a model created by our brain - part of a virtual reality we create for ourselves.
But if the self is not "real," he asks, why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct the self? In a series of fascinating virtual reality experiments, Metzinger and his colleagues have attempted to create so-called "out-of-body experiences" in the lab, in order to explore these questions. As a philosopher, he offers a discussion of many of the latest results in robotics, neuroscience, dream and meditation research, and argues that the brain is much more powerful than we have ever imagined.
He shows us, for example, that we now have the first machines that have developed an inner image of their own body – and actually use this model to create intelligent behavior. In addition, studies exploring the connections between phantom limbs and the brain have shown us that even people born without arms or legs sometimes experience a sensation that they do in fact have limbs that are not there.
Experiments like the "rubber-hand illusion" demonstrate how we can experience a fake hand as part of our self and even feel a sensation of touch on the phantom hand form the basis and testing ground for the idea that what we have called the "self" in the past is just the content of a transparent self-model in our brains.
Now, as new ways of manipulating the conscious mind-brain appear on the scene, it will soon become possible to alter our subjective reality in an unprecedented manner. The cultural consequences of this, Metzinger claims, may be immense: we will need a new approach to ethics, and we will be forced to think about ourselves in a fundamentally new way.
But if the self is not "real," he asks, why and how did it evolve? How does the brain construct the self? In a series of fascinating virtual reality experiments, Metzinger and his colleagues have attempted to create so-called "out-of-body experiences" in the lab, in order to explore these questions. As a philosopher, he offers a discussion of many of the latest results in robotics, neuroscience, dream and meditation research, and argues that the brain is much more powerful than we have ever imagined.
He shows us, for example, that we now have the first machines that have developed an inner image of their own body – and actually use this model to create intelligent behavior. In addition, studies exploring the connections between phantom limbs and the brain have shown us that even people born without arms or legs sometimes experience a sensation that they do in fact have limbs that are not there.
Experiments like the "rubber-hand illusion" demonstrate how we can experience a fake hand as part of our self and even feel a sensation of touch on the phantom hand form the basis and testing ground for the idea that what we have called the "self" in the past is just the content of a transparent self-model in our brains.
Now, as new ways of manipulating the conscious mind-brain appear on the scene, it will soon become possible to alter our subjective reality in an unprecedented manner. The cultural consequences of this, Metzinger claims, may be immense: we will need a new approach to ethics, and we will be forced to think about ourselves in a fundamentally new way.
>>36237
I knew about his poetry, didn't know he wrote a prose philosophical work about pessimism
I knew about his poetry, didn't know he wrote a prose philosophical work about pessimism
I'm reading this fascinating and even-handed book. Very interesting. Posting here because this raises philosophical and ethical questions.
>Do fish feel pain and why does it matter?
Fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are often overlooked when it comes to welfare. Annually, millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats – should we be concerned about this?
Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and suffering, and explains what we now understand about fish neurobiology and behavior that helps us appreciate how fish perceive and experience their world. Her work has helped her to interact and work with both fishing related industries and with the angling world to discuss and debate the implications of the scientific evidence. She argues that the science indicates fish should be offered similar kinds of protection currently given to birds and mammals.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Victoria Braithwaite obtained her D.Phil. in animal behavior from the University of Oxford, UK. She was a member of faculty at Edinburgh University UK for 12 years before becoming Professor of Fisheries and Biology at Penn State University, USA where she is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition. In 2010, she published a popular science book Do Fish Feel Pain? She has received several awards for her research and science writing and has been awarded Fellowships by the Linnean Society, the Royal Institute of Navigation, the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany.
>Do fish feel pain and why does it matter?
Fish, with their lack of facial expressions or recognisable communication, are often overlooked when it comes to welfare. Annually, millions of fish are caught on barbed hooks, or left to die by suffocation on the decks of fishing boats – should we be concerned about this?
Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and suffering, and explains what we now understand about fish neurobiology and behavior that helps us appreciate how fish perceive and experience their world. Her work has helped her to interact and work with both fishing related industries and with the angling world to discuss and debate the implications of the scientific evidence. She argues that the science indicates fish should be offered similar kinds of protection currently given to birds and mammals.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Victoria Braithwaite obtained her D.Phil. in animal behavior from the University of Oxford, UK. She was a member of faculty at Edinburgh University UK for 12 years before becoming Professor of Fisheries and Biology at Penn State University, USA where she is currently the Co-Director of the Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition. In 2010, she published a popular science book Do Fish Feel Pain? She has received several awards for her research and science writing and has been awarded Fellowships by the Linnean Society, the Royal Institute of Navigation, the Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin, Germany.
Some quotes from Plotinus, NeoPlatonism, the most sophisticated ontological stage of ancient philosophy
A Wizardly philosophy that looks away from this normie world of flesh and matter
A Wizardly philosophy that looks away from this normie world of flesh and matter
Random selections taken from
THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION
to help reveal the spirit of the Upanishads
THE WORLD AS WILL AND REPRESENTATION
to help reveal the spirit of the Upanishads
The Fall out of Redemption: Writing and Thinking Beyond Salvation in Charles Baudelaire
>In the nineteenth century and continuing to our own day, many atheist and agnostic writers have borrowed from a theological framework while refuting tenets of Christianity, especially the existence of a benevolent God and the possibility of redemption. Mid-nineteenth-century poet Charles Baudelaire goes further than many contemporary thinkers in identifying the consequences of refusing to entertain the possibility of salvation of any kind, whether by art, politics, or divine intervention. One important consequence is that he is able to create the possibility of a new, antimodern, ethics.
>Joseph Acquisto joined the University of Vermont in 2003. He specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature, with particular emphasis on lyric poetry and the novel. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including his most recent, The Fall out of Redemption: Writing and Thinking Beyond Salvation in Baudelaire, Cioran, Fondane, Agamben, and Nancy (Bloomsbury, 2015). His teaching focuses on modern French literature and intermediate and advanced language courses. He serves as faculty director of the Global Village Residential Learning Community.
>The College of Arts and Sciences Full Professor Lecture Series was designed to give newly promoted faculty an opportunity to share with the university community a single piece of research or overview of research trajectory meant to capture the spark of intellectual excitement that has resulted in their achieving full professor rank.
>In the nineteenth century and continuing to our own day, many atheist and agnostic writers have borrowed from a theological framework while refuting tenets of Christianity, especially the existence of a benevolent God and the possibility of redemption. Mid-nineteenth-century poet Charles Baudelaire goes further than many contemporary thinkers in identifying the consequences of refusing to entertain the possibility of salvation of any kind, whether by art, politics, or divine intervention. One important consequence is that he is able to create the possibility of a new, antimodern, ethics.
>Joseph Acquisto joined the University of Vermont in 2003. He specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French literature, with particular emphasis on lyric poetry and the novel. He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including his most recent, The Fall out of Redemption: Writing and Thinking Beyond Salvation in Baudelaire, Cioran, Fondane, Agamben, and Nancy (Bloomsbury, 2015). His teaching focuses on modern French literature and intermediate and advanced language courses. He serves as faculty director of the Global Village Residential Learning Community.
>The College of Arts and Sciences Full Professor Lecture Series was designed to give newly promoted faculty an opportunity to share with the university community a single piece of research or overview of research trajectory meant to capture the spark of intellectual excitement that has resulted in their achieving full professor rank.
i used to watch youtube videos on philosophy from this one guy when i first started learning, the stuff i most enjoyed was the presocratics, the cynics, nietzsche, and max stirner. stirner's philosophy ends up the one i always appreciate most. i have a problem of losing interest in many things ever since reading him, it's like they have no foundation to stand on anymore. but what started it was just random clicking youtube videos and sampling everything, i think this thread would have helped a lot back then
>The Moral Economy of Guilt
>BIll McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at University of Oklahoma, gives a talk entitled "The Moral Economy of Guilt" as part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts
>BIll McClay, the G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at University of Oklahoma, gives a talk entitled "The Moral Economy of Guilt" as part of the Emory Williams Lecture Series in the Liberal Arts
>>20822
I don't have anything to contribute to this thread. I just want to thank all of you for the enlightening and thoughtful discussion here.
I don't have anything to contribute to this thread. I just want to thank all of you for the enlightening and thoughtful discussion here.
An interesting discussion between two great philosophers of the latter half of the 20th century, exploring topics such as truth, meaning and reference. I apologize for the audio sync. It was a problem with the original file (not that it matters much, the video is simply two old men talking).
Richard Rorty (1931-2007) developed a distinctive and controversial brand of pragmatism that expressed itself along two main axes. One is negative—a critical diagnosis of what Rorty takes to be defining projects of modern philosophy. The other is positive—an attempt to show what intellectual culture might look like, once we free ourselves from the governing metaphors of mind and knowledge in which the traditional problems of epistemology and metaphysics (and indeed, in Rorty's view, the self-conception of modern philosophy) are rooted.
Richard Rorty (1931-2007) developed a distinctive and controversial brand of pragmatism that expressed itself along two main axes. One is negative—a critical diagnosis of what Rorty takes to be defining projects of modern philosophy. The other is positive—an attempt to show what intellectual culture might look like, once we free ourselves from the governing metaphors of mind and knowledge in which the traditional problems of epistemology and metaphysics (and indeed, in Rorty's view, the self-conception of modern philosophy) are rooted.
Richard Rorty and others discuss whether philosophy can ameliorate mental health problems in the context of the depression suffered by William James.
Look what studying Hegel will do to you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mICASsPG8WI&list=PL4gvlOxpKKIgR4OyOt31isknkVH2Kweq2&index=200
>Biking With Panda
Biking With Panda
7 months ago
are you ok man? over the 3 years you've been producing this series it has aged you considerably.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mICASsPG8WI&list=PL4gvlOxpKKIgR4OyOt31isknkVH2Kweq2&index=200
>Biking With Panda
Biking With Panda
7 months ago
are you ok man? over the 3 years you've been producing this series it has aged you considerably.
>>43204
oh shit sadler i forgot about him. his videos were my introduction to philosophy i used to watch them every day. i liked the ones on nietzsche and the ancient greeks and presocratics
oh shit sadler i forgot about him. his videos were my introduction to philosophy i used to watch them every day. i liked the ones on nietzsche and the ancient greeks and presocratics
Simon May - Nietzsche and the affirmation of life
>in his search for an ideal or ideals free of traditional morality he relies heavily on a central ambition of that very morality: namely to justify suffering in terms of a higher meaning or end to which it is essential.
>in his search for an ideal or ideals free of traditional morality he relies heavily on a central ambition of that very morality: namely to justify suffering in terms of a higher meaning or end to which it is essential.
The Betrayal by Technology: A Portrait of Jacques Ellul
In the interview French theologian/sociologist Jacques Ellul discusses how the technological society differs from previous societies, how it leads to a breakdown in ethics and worldviews and the hope we may have in changing.
In the interview French theologian/sociologist Jacques Ellul discusses how the technological society differs from previous societies, how it leads to a breakdown in ethics and worldviews and the hope we may have in changing.
#148 David Benatar: Anti-Natalism, Abortion, Suicide, Euthanasia, Environmentalism
Published on Mar 8, 2019
Published on Mar 8, 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95roZ_uHuQs
Most of this playlist is interesting
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C2FC0D6A87A2DA
Most of this playlist is interesting
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96C2FC0D6A87A2DA
I think wizards might enjoy this short lecture series on the concept of Idleness With Dignity from Johannes Niederhauser PhD. It's relevant to the philosopher NEET life.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlGKhJRyG0snD8_1q3ZnL7dQEfPN0dm9H
A lecture series on David Hume
A lecture series on David Hume
>The Inspiration for True Detective’s Rust Cohle with David Benatar (2 June 2019)
In this episode we talk with David about anti-natilism: the concept and philosophy which postulates that coming into existence at all causes serious harm and inevitably leads to suffering, and how as a consequence, it is, morally wrong to create more sentient beings.
In this episode we talk with David about anti-natilism: the concept and philosophy which postulates that coming into existence at all causes serious harm and inevitably leads to suffering, and how as a consequence, it is, morally wrong to create more sentient beings.
I love this channel.
Whenever I'm feeling down or desperate, I turn to one of this guy's videos to regain some motivation.
Whenever I'm feeling down or desperate, I turn to one of this guy's videos to regain some motivation.
Found this :
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThangNeihsial/videos
A treasure trove of philosophy lectures.
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThangNeihsial/videos
A treasure trove of philosophy lectures.
>The Way of the Slob
I think some wizards here will like this guy's work. I like him a lot so far. Still looking into him, appears to be influenced by Gurdjieff, Cioran, Spinoza, Schopenhauer.
https://martinbutler.eu/category/the-thinker/
I think some wizards here will like this guy's work. I like him a lot so far. Still looking into him, appears to be influenced by Gurdjieff, Cioran, Spinoza, Schopenhauer.
https://martinbutler.eu/category/the-thinker/
>>48836
OP here.
If I can recommend you guys something it's to listen to the lectures of the bald man with a beard and glasses. His name is Allen Charles Kors and he's a very good vulgarizer and he knows his stuff very well. He's an expert in 16th-17th century history of philosophy and I feel he could have explained Descartes way better than the ponytail guy. Kors lecture on John Locke is very good. He's harvard-educated and won a presidential medal laureate but he's not pedantic at all and his style fells like someone enthusiastic about sharing his passion to a lay audience.
If you have amazon, you might have a free audiobook trial and I strongly suggest you use it on this :
https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Modern-Mind-Intellectual-Centuries/dp/B00DTO4SFW/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Alan+Kors
Basically he goes through the 16th and 17th intellectual and philosophical history, his area of expertise, in a very down to earth way. I can't recommend him enough.
OP here.
If I can recommend you guys something it's to listen to the lectures of the bald man with a beard and glasses. His name is Allen Charles Kors and he's a very good vulgarizer and he knows his stuff very well. He's an expert in 16th-17th century history of philosophy and I feel he could have explained Descartes way better than the ponytail guy. Kors lecture on John Locke is very good. He's harvard-educated and won a presidential medal laureate but he's not pedantic at all and his style fells like someone enthusiastic about sharing his passion to a lay audience.
If you have amazon, you might have a free audiobook trial and I strongly suggest you use it on this :
https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Modern-Mind-Intellectual-Centuries/dp/B00DTO4SFW/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=Alan+Kors
Basically he goes through the 16th and 17th intellectual and philosophical history, his area of expertise, in a very down to earth way. I can't recommend him enough.
>>50471
Hey I listened to both that and his lectures as part of a broader TTC history of philosophy, you can consider it Version I of the same course.
And I really loved his description of Holbach's atheism in it. When asked how he would respond to God if it turned out God was real, he said he'd ask god "how dare you do this, how dare you do that". Not cringing before God's power, but calling out God's endless moral failings.
Hey I listened to both that and his lectures as part of a broader TTC history of philosophy, you can consider it Version I of the same course.
And I really loved his description of Holbach's atheism in it. When asked how he would respond to God if it turned out God was real, he said he'd ask god "how dare you do this, how dare you do that". Not cringing before God's power, but calling out God's endless moral failings.
>>50474
Nice!
It's refreshing to find other people who share a common interest. Especially something as specific as this.
I listened to the "How dare you do this" part only about 2 weeks ago. Nice coincidence!
One part especially liked is in the introductory lecture where he talks about how if we were sent back in time with a time machine, what would be most exotic to us would not be the different customs or fashions but the realization that ancient people thought very differently than us.
When I listen to it again, Ill copy/paste the passage for others here because it's a great way to get other people into this kind of subject.
Nice!
It's refreshing to find other people who share a common interest. Especially something as specific as this.
I listened to the "How dare you do this" part only about 2 weeks ago. Nice coincidence!
One part especially liked is in the introductory lecture where he talks about how if we were sent back in time with a time machine, what would be most exotic to us would not be the different customs or fashions but the realization that ancient people thought very differently than us.
When I listen to it again, Ill copy/paste the passage for others here because it's a great way to get other people into this kind of subject.
>>50477
Oh it is in that set of lectures? I re-listened to it a few years back and must have missed it, which is what lead me to think it was part of his other series. Theres some out of print, TTC stuff from the 90s, I used to listen to on cassette from my library
Oh it is in that set of lectures? I re-listened to it a few years back and must have missed it, which is what lead me to think it was part of his other series. Theres some out of print, TTC stuff from the 90s, I used to listen to on cassette from my library
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuglHhTBpks
Dimitrios Liantinis, very Nietzschean Philosopher.
Dimitrios Liantinis, very Nietzschean Philosopher.
>Awaking from his dream, Adam declares that the future is hopeless, and that the only course of action now open to him is to kill himself, thereby ending the human race before it begins and preventing all the meaningless suffering the future holds. As he is poised to throw himself from a cliff, Eve finds him, and happily announces that she is pregnant. Adam falls to his knees and declares that God has vanquished him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tragedy_of_Man
>>50482
yes it's part of a series of lecture by Prof. Kors.
An almost 13 hour long series of lecture going through the major historical points of intellectual history and philosophy from the 1600s and 1700s. Very accessible but also has good depth.
Also I just found out another series of lectures by accident!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arthur+f+holmes
another treasure trove of philosophy lecture! I havent listened to any of them as I just discovered them 5 minutes ago!
yes it's part of a series of lecture by Prof. Kors.
An almost 13 hour long series of lecture going through the major historical points of intellectual history and philosophy from the 1600s and 1700s. Very accessible but also has good depth.
Also I just found out another series of lectures by accident!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=arthur+f+holmes
another treasure trove of philosophy lecture! I havent listened to any of them as I just discovered them 5 minutes ago!
>>50788
This really isn't arguing against subjectivism, it's arguing against selective nihilism. There do exist true subjectivists to whom his arguments do not apply.
This really isn't arguing against subjectivism, it's arguing against selective nihilism. There do exist true subjectivists to whom his arguments do not apply.
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>>20822
Does anyone have any advice about 'Seeking Excellence'?
I'm tired of being a degenerate, yet i am also too intelligent to be herdcattle, so i am caught in the middle.
Being a comfy boi is wearing down my sprit, yet, sustained effort is also undesired
Does anyone have any advice about 'Seeking Excellence'?
I'm tired of being a degenerate, yet i am also too intelligent to be herdcattle, so i am caught in the middle.
Being a comfy boi is wearing down my sprit, yet, sustained effort is also undesired
(March 2020) Antinatalism - should we let humans go extinct? David Benatar vs Bruce Blackshaw
David Benatar is the world’s leading ‘antinatalist’ philosopher. His controversial book ‘Better Never To Have Been’ argues that the suffering of existence always outweighs any potential good and that it is morally wrong to bring new human beings into the world. A small but growing community of Antinatalists believe that we should stop reproducing and allow humanity to go extinct.
Benatar engages with Christian philosopher Bruce Blackshaw on the myriad of questions raised by his philosophy and whether antinatalism is a logical consequence of his atheist perspective.
https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Antinatalism-should-we-let-humans-go-extinct-David-Benatar-vs-Bruce-Blackshaw
David Benatar is the world’s leading ‘antinatalist’ philosopher. His controversial book ‘Better Never To Have Been’ argues that the suffering of existence always outweighs any potential good and that it is morally wrong to bring new human beings into the world. A small but growing community of Antinatalists believe that we should stop reproducing and allow humanity to go extinct.
Benatar engages with Christian philosopher Bruce Blackshaw on the myriad of questions raised by his philosophy and whether antinatalism is a logical consequence of his atheist perspective.
https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Antinatalism-should-we-let-humans-go-extinct-David-Benatar-vs-Bruce-Blackshaw
>>52424
You need to learn to control your state of mind. Actually exercising your true will should not be felt as effort, it is natural and effortless, like flow. Only way to do this is practice. Look at what happens to you when you adopt a frame of mind, find the causal root of that and try and emulate it. Visualization might be necessary at first, but the most important this is to do it 100%. Passively fantasizing probably won't work, go all out with it.
You need to learn to control your state of mind. Actually exercising your true will should not be felt as effort, it is natural and effortless, like flow. Only way to do this is practice. Look at what happens to you when you adopt a frame of mind, find the causal root of that and try and emulate it. Visualization might be necessary at first, but the most important this is to do it 100%. Passively fantasizing probably won't work, go all out with it.
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>>52624
Can you elaborate on this?
The idea is also linked to my thread about lack of drive.
What do you mean by 'true will'?
My true will is to not exist, yet because of survival instincts i do my best to achieve to secondary will, avoidance of suffering.
> I suffer when i try to adapt to the ideals of others
> I suffer when i am left alone in a vacuum of no accountability.
Yet i am not braindead enough to become an NPC, maybe bashing my head against the wall will fix that
I exist in the dead centre between doing anything to change my situation and walking into the nearest lake with sand-filled boots
Sometimes i really marvel at the Supreme Creators ability to design my life just enough to keep me hanging on, but still make me aware of this fact.
Give me enough motivation to explore my inner psyche, but ramp up the anxiety to a point that i am unwilling to engage with the hard.
Can you elaborate on this?
The idea is also linked to my thread about lack of drive.
What do you mean by 'true will'?
My true will is to not exist, yet because of survival instincts i do my best to achieve to secondary will, avoidance of suffering.
> I suffer when i try to adapt to the ideals of others
> I suffer when i am left alone in a vacuum of no accountability.
Yet i am not braindead enough to become an NPC, maybe bashing my head against the wall will fix that
I exist in the dead centre between doing anything to change my situation and walking into the nearest lake with sand-filled boots
Sometimes i really marvel at the Supreme Creators ability to design my life just enough to keep me hanging on, but still make me aware of this fact.
Give me enough motivation to explore my inner psyche, but ramp up the anxiety to a point that i am unwilling to engage with the hard.
>>52628
Being and Doing.
Will = thing that causes Doing. Every iota of the universe has Will because every iota of the universe participates actively in causality and therefore generates some Doing. Being results from Active Doing burying into Passive Reception (to be Done upon). This duality creates Action (to Do upon a Do-ee) which then creates Being (patterns of Doing and being Done upon).
So you the Being are a pattern. Object created from Doing and being Done. Pattern can Do therefore pattern has Will. Some patterns can Do alot but cannot be Done upon, others are reverse. We call your highest causal Do-link the true Will because it is the position in which you can attain a most macro view of the field. Attainment of high causal position (firey) puts one's consciousness-pattern (earthy) above matter, bound mainly by the subtle threads composing higher, more Do-intensive macrocosms of which we have no accurate conception of. On the other hand, if the high causal point moves the consciousness-pattern low and waterwards, it becomes bound in matter, which is very Done-upon and has minimal causal initiative but very bass resonance so that it may act as a solid anchor.
Point being: the consciousness point is but a small piece of your pie. Every binding thread is part of your body, the key to freedom is to use your Will to acquire higher causal viewpoints and thus move from the perspective of matter into the supernal.
Practical advice: take time to analyze what it is like to do things. You don't think about doing things while you do them, doing doesn't happen by thinking it happens by doing. This is because primal doing has no receptive power and thus it cannot attain adjectives, it can only apply adjectives.
1. decide to do
2. do
3. think about what happened
4. repeat
Being and Doing.
Will = thing that causes Doing. Every iota of the universe has Will because every iota of the universe participates actively in causality and therefore generates some Doing. Being results from Active Doing burying into Passive Reception (to be Done upon). This duality creates Action (to Do upon a Do-ee) which then creates Being (patterns of Doing and being Done upon).
So you the Being are a pattern. Object created from Doing and being Done. Pattern can Do therefore pattern has Will. Some patterns can Do alot but cannot be Done upon, others are reverse. We call your highest causal Do-link the true Will because it is the position in which you can attain a most macro view of the field. Attainment of high causal position (firey) puts one's consciousness-pattern (earthy) above matter, bound mainly by the subtle threads composing higher, more Do-intensive macrocosms of which we have no accurate conception of. On the other hand, if the high causal point moves the consciousness-pattern low and waterwards, it becomes bound in matter, which is very Done-upon and has minimal causal initiative but very bass resonance so that it may act as a solid anchor.
Point being: the consciousness point is but a small piece of your pie. Every binding thread is part of your body, the key to freedom is to use your Will to acquire higher causal viewpoints and thus move from the perspective of matter into the supernal.
Practical advice: take time to analyze what it is like to do things. You don't think about doing things while you do them, doing doesn't happen by thinking it happens by doing. This is because primal doing has no receptive power and thus it cannot attain adjectives, it can only apply adjectives.
1. decide to do
2. do
3. think about what happened
4. repeat
>Silvia Jonas, Minerva Fellow of the Max Planck Society at Munich University, discusses how ineffability can reconcile the relationship between science & religion.
>Ineffability and its Metaphysics
Can art, religion, or philosophy afford ineffable insights? If so, what are they? The idea of ineffability has puzzled philosophers from Laozi to Wittgenstein. In Ineffability and its Metaphysics: The Unspeakable in Art, Religion and Philosophy, Silvia Jonas examines different ways of thinking about what ineffable insights might involve metaphysically, and shows which of these are in fact incoherent. Jonas discusses the concepts of ineffable properties and objects, ineffable propositions, ineffable content, and ineffable knowledge, examining the metaphysical pitfalls involved in these concepts. Ultimately, she defends the idea that ineffable insights as found in aesthetic, religious, and philosophical contexts are best understood in terms of self-acquaintance, a particular kind of non-propositional knowledge. Ineffability as a philosophical topic is as old as the history of philosophy itself, but contributions to the exploration of ineffability have been sparse. The theory developed by Jonas makes the concept tangible and usable in many different philosophical contexts.
>Ineffability and its Metaphysics
Can art, religion, or philosophy afford ineffable insights? If so, what are they? The idea of ineffability has puzzled philosophers from Laozi to Wittgenstein. In Ineffability and its Metaphysics: The Unspeakable in Art, Religion and Philosophy, Silvia Jonas examines different ways of thinking about what ineffable insights might involve metaphysically, and shows which of these are in fact incoherent. Jonas discusses the concepts of ineffable properties and objects, ineffable propositions, ineffable content, and ineffable knowledge, examining the metaphysical pitfalls involved in these concepts. Ultimately, she defends the idea that ineffable insights as found in aesthetic, religious, and philosophical contexts are best understood in terms of self-acquaintance, a particular kind of non-propositional knowledge. Ineffability as a philosophical topic is as old as the history of philosophy itself, but contributions to the exploration of ineffability have been sparse. The theory developed by Jonas makes the concept tangible and usable in many different philosophical contexts.
>>52747
It is impossible to discuss the ineffable, and the ineffable by definition has no conceptualization attached to it. So she's either ignorant or a liar.
It is impossible to discuss the ineffable, and the ineffable by definition has no conceptualization attached to it. So she's either ignorant or a liar.
>>52748
off topic but how do I get to discover such videos with very few views on youtube?
pretty sure it isn't the search algorithm because it only suggests verified channels with million views
off topic but how do I get to discover such videos with very few views on youtube?
pretty sure it isn't the search algorithm because it only suggests verified channels with million views
>>20822
I don't understand any of this
not even one sentence
My main point is about the Supreme Creator's ability to create a being that understands it's uselessness but not equip it with the ability to function mentally in a survival orientation
I don't understand any of this
not even one sentence
My main point is about the Supreme Creator's ability to create a being that understands it's uselessness but not equip it with the ability to function mentally in a survival orientation
>>52754
Because philosophers are all up their collective asses, and have been so wrapped in their own bullshit even they don’t know what they’re saying anymore.
Because philosophers are all up their collective asses, and have been so wrapped in their own bullshit even they don’t know what they’re saying anymore.
>>52760
I meant to quote this >>52632
But yeah, a lot of /phil/ falls into this problem of being inaccessible
Comfy quote of the day
>The history of the Beast is fulfilled, and in humility it awaits a double death — the physical annihilation and the obliteration of the recollection to itself.
— Das Untier
I meant to quote this >>52632
But yeah, a lot of /phil/ falls into this problem of being inaccessible
Comfy quote of the day
>The history of the Beast is fulfilled, and in humility it awaits a double death — the physical annihilation and the obliteration of the recollection to itself.
— Das Untier
>>20822
Not really philosophy, but still relevant to the future of humanity and that sort of thing
Not really philosophy, but still relevant to the future of humanity and that sort of thing
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>>20822
Not a video, but it's still an interesting article, and it's relevant to the sorts of things Chalmers talks about.
http://www.jaronlanier.com/zombie.html
Not a video, but it's still an interesting article, and it's relevant to the sorts of things Chalmers talks about.
http://www.jaronlanier.com/zombie.html
>>52751
I get recommended fairly obscure videos on a regular basis, I think. I'm usually logged in to YouTube when I search, if that matters.
IIRC that Dr Jonas video was recommended to me after I watched the other one posted right above it, and that one was recommended to me after I watched a video from the popular channel "Closer to Truth."
I get recommended fairly obscure videos on a regular basis, I think. I'm usually logged in to YouTube when I search, if that matters.
IIRC that Dr Jonas video was recommended to me after I watched the other one posted right above it, and that one was recommended to me after I watched a video from the popular channel "Closer to Truth."
I tried to read up on Traditionalism at the library after seeing it discussed in Houellebecq's novel "Submission." I gave up too quickly because it mostly seemed like a bunch of goofy, eccentric nonsense for jaded intellectuals. But I'm now having another go at it and I found this interesting YouTube channel that's putting out high-quality videos on Julius Evola's "Revolt Against the Modern World."
This video here is a Q&A on Traditionalism and Evola, which I think should be viewed first before watching her Evola series proper.
This video here is a Q&A on Traditionalism and Evola, which I think should be viewed first before watching her Evola series proper.
>>53033
>PLEASE NOTE: Professor Benatar requested that we film a brief followup conversation to clarify some points, which can be found here
>PLEASE NOTE: Professor Benatar requested that we film a brief followup conversation to clarify some points, which can be found here
>Analysis of Thomas Nagel's Mind and Cosmos
When a non-theistic philosopher claims that the "materialist neo-darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false", Christian scientists must pay attention. Nagel takes the fine-tuned universe and the emergence of conscious beings for essential facts about our universe that demand an adequate explanation. He gives three main reasons why the materialist neo-Darwinian concept fails as an explanation. But what is Nagel's own proposed solution out of the dilemma? We will discuss the arguments and how they can help us in scientific apologetics.
When a non-theistic philosopher claims that the "materialist neo-darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false", Christian scientists must pay attention. Nagel takes the fine-tuned universe and the emergence of conscious beings for essential facts about our universe that demand an adequate explanation. He gives three main reasons why the materialist neo-Darwinian concept fails as an explanation. But what is Nagel's own proposed solution out of the dilemma? We will discuss the arguments and how they can help us in scientific apologetics.
>>52817
Like with many things, it may take some time to "get" from reading alone but understanding through this medium is much better.
I dont know how one can bear listening to succubi speak either.
Like with many things, it may take some time to "get" from reading alone but understanding through this medium is much better.
I dont know how one can bear listening to succubi speak either.
>>55543
Its funny on one of his Hegel series someone wrote "Hegel has really aged you" and he replied "life has aged me"
Its funny on one of his Hegel series someone wrote "Hegel has really aged you" and he replied "life has aged me"
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>>55609
Thanks * 2^128
I've been saying this ever since I first learned Newtonian mechanics some 25 years ago, but no one ever listens.
Thanks * 2^128
I've been saying this ever since I first learned Newtonian mechanics some 25 years ago, but no one ever listens.
>>55610
Free will sits between determinism (Classical) and non-determinism (Quantum). We do not exist in a purely Newtonian universe.
Free will sits between determinism (Classical) and non-determinism (Quantum). We do not exist in a purely Newtonian universe.
>>55624
> We do not exist in a purely Newtonian universe.
She addresses this in the video. Random events in quantum mechanics are just that, random. They're not influenced by your will. They're not influenced by anything. It is not possible to derive anything that one can meaningfully label "free will" from quantum indeterminacy.
> We do not exist in a purely Newtonian universe.
She addresses this in the video. Random events in quantum mechanics are just that, random. They're not influenced by your will. They're not influenced by anything. It is not possible to derive anything that one can meaningfully label "free will" from quantum indeterminacy.
>>55609
Non falsifiable theory that requires the total ignoring of emperical observations of reality.
It's coming up with a idea and disregarding whatever doesn't fit in that idea despite it being a clearly observable phenomenon.
So because the theory doesn't have explanatory power for the observable phenomenon, rather then modifying or replacing the theory, instead one erroneously claims that observable reality must be wrong and observations of really must be disregarded. Replacing the plainly apparent with a preferred abstraction.
It is classic declaring how things should be rather than accepting things as they actually are.
It is the reason why determinism is a non-functional dead end in every practical sense. Because it isn't based in reality.
Non falsifiable theory that requires the total ignoring of emperical observations of reality.
It's coming up with a idea and disregarding whatever doesn't fit in that idea despite it being a clearly observable phenomenon.
So because the theory doesn't have explanatory power for the observable phenomenon, rather then modifying or replacing the theory, instead one erroneously claims that observable reality must be wrong and observations of really must be disregarded. Replacing the plainly apparent with a preferred abstraction.
It is classic declaring how things should be rather than accepting things as they actually are.
It is the reason why determinism is a non-functional dead end in every practical sense. Because it isn't based in reality.
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>>55625
Here you go, this image should explain what I'm poorly attempting to project.
Free will can not exist in either end of the spectrum, randomness leads to no controllable pathway. Determinism also has no controllable pathway. Interestingly our universe is composed of both. We exist and sit between these two ends.
Roger Penrose and John Conway both touch on this if you would like to know more. I used to hesitate in bringing up Penrose, thankfully he just won a Nobel prize.
Here you go, this image should explain what I'm poorly attempting to project.
Free will can not exist in either end of the spectrum, randomness leads to no controllable pathway. Determinism also has no controllable pathway. Interestingly our universe is composed of both. We exist and sit between these two ends.
Roger Penrose and John Conway both touch on this if you would like to know more. I used to hesitate in bringing up Penrose, thankfully he just won a Nobel prize.
>>55639
I'm familiar with Penrose, as I'd imagine anyone with more than a passing interest in the subject would be. I don't find his claims regarding consciousness convincing; perhaps they're just beyond me.
I'm familiar with Penrose, as I'd imagine anyone with more than a passing interest in the subject would be. I don't find his claims regarding consciousness convincing; perhaps they're just beyond me.
>>55692
>Now imagining renting out space in my afro to a fairy sized person
I wonder what effect on outlook and cultural philosophy would be cause by being that small.
>Now imagining renting out space in my afro to a fairy sized person
I wonder what effect on outlook and cultural philosophy would be cause by being that small.
>>55702
Why don’t you just take the time to listen? Don’t disregard it cause it has Marx in the title.
Why don’t you just take the time to listen? Don’t disregard it cause it has Marx in the title.
Judith Butler, “Why Preserve the Life of the Other?”
Interesting lecture by feminist philosopher Judith Butler on non-violence.
Interesting lecture by feminist philosopher Judith Butler on non-violence.
>>55719
commie poster is just trying to get attention on /hob/ since everyone has [-] his thread by now.
Really wish he would stop.
commie poster is just trying to get attention on /hob/ since everyone has [-] his thread by now.
Really wish he would stop.
Queer Theory and Gender Performativity
>In this lecture on queer theory, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Judith Butler in relation to Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality. Differences in terminology and methods are discussed, including Butler's emphasis on performance and Foucault's reliance on formulations such as "power-knowledge" and "the deployment of alliance." Butler's fixation with ontology is explored with reference to Levi-Strauss's concept of the raw and the cooked. At the lecture's conclusion, Butler's interrogation of identity politics is compared with that of postcolonial and African-American theorists.
>In this lecture on queer theory, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Judith Butler in relation to Michel Foucault's History of Sexuality. Differences in terminology and methods are discussed, including Butler's emphasis on performance and Foucault's reliance on formulations such as "power-knowledge" and "the deployment of alliance." Butler's fixation with ontology is explored with reference to Levi-Strauss's concept of the raw and the cooked. At the lecture's conclusion, Butler's interrogation of identity politics is compared with that of postcolonial and African-American theorists.
The Human Right by GegenStandpunkt being read by someone.
critique of human rights theory by German Marxist group - GegenStandpunk
read here - https://en.gegenstandpunkt.com/articles/human-right?fbclid=IwAR3D1uyvmnYEDCRiWQYxRwGtxm1Adjynlm6W64cucPiadcw2noJh9wFJ76M
critique of human rights theory by German Marxist group - GegenStandpunk
read here - https://en.gegenstandpunkt.com/articles/human-right?fbclid=IwAR3D1uyvmnYEDCRiWQYxRwGtxm1Adjynlm6W64cucPiadcw2noJh9wFJ76M
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