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28 Jul 2024
Enlightenment, Non-Attachment and Other Toxic Spiritual Con Jobs
00:17:50
In this episode, we look at why you should listen to South Park's Butters over modern Buddhist gurus. We talk about the sales pitch used by spiritual gurudom to get people hungry for Enlightenment while hiding the truth about the awful reality of that path. Fun fun fun.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Mingyur, R.Y. and Swanson, E., 2010. _Joyful wisdom_. Random House.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:32 Everything is S ** T
6:08 The Horrors of Spiritual Attainment
8:40 Who's Falling for It?
10:31 Who It's Really For
12:37 Spiritual Bypassing
11 Aug 2024
Self-Actualisation is Not Enough
00:12:50
In this video we are going to tackle a challenging question: what is self-actualisation isn't what we should be doing; what if instead it is a big cope — a way of burying our head in the sand (rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic; playing our fiddle while Rome burns — choose your preferred analogy) while the world burns.
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The Edge of the Inside — How to Change the Superstructure
00:18:37
Why it Matters is back (kind of). This video revisits the Prophet archetype with a bit more passion and a little less bookishness. It is great to have the previous video as a foundation but as with the old Why it Matters videos the point of this video is to get into why I care so much about this topic and why I think you should as well.
We're going to be looking at the Prophet through the lens of Richard Rohr's description of the Prophet's position as being at "the edge of the inside" and we are going to look at some examples of this Prophetic archetype like Karl Marx, Jordan Peterson, Contrapoints and Donald Trump.
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📚 Further Learning:
- The original video on the Prophet archetype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnaYn6WpwuA
- Jonas Ceika/Cuck philosophy video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtvTGaPzF4
- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 What is a prophet?
5:27 Ad spot
7:21 The Marx example
10:17 Jordan Peterson
10:42 Derrick Bell
12:30 Reflection
15:57 Personal reflection
16 Jun 2024
Karl Marx: Capitalism's Weirdest Fanboy
00:10:19
Karl Marx is the most (in)famous critic of Capitalism. Or is he? As with all stories, it's not so simple. Marx isn't a reactionary dreaming of a tribal communal paradise but more of a sci-fi visionary looking to the society that will transcend Capitalism using its foundation as a jumping off point to a much more interesting, much better world.
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- The British rule in india: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1853/06/25.htm
- Predictions of revolution: Robert Payne, Marx. p. 338
- Other quotes: Marx, K. and Engels, F. (1848) *The Communist Manifesto* https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:08 The Hegelian Marx
5:42 Why Marx Loved Capitalism
21 Apr 2024
Subconscious vs. Unconscious
00:10:08
In approaching the underworld there are a couple of terms that people use. Sometimes it can get a bit confusing who's using what and what we should be using. In this episode we look at the term subconscious vs unconscious and what the meaning and background is of each. As we'll see it wasn't always so clear cut — the French psychological heritage from Pierre Janet started with one term then with Freud it bounced to another and Jung and Adler followed in their direction now using unconscious instead of subconscious.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:51 The Origins: Janet and Freud
4:03 A Tale of Two Usages
8:41 Which one is right?
12 Jan 2025
Carl Jung Was Racist.
00:23:03
This episode is an exploration of the allegations of racism against Jung and looks at some possible defences of Jung.
Since Dalal published Jung: A Racist in 1988 there has been something of an open crisis in Jungian circles regarding the extent of the issue and what is to be done about it. This episode is about laying out the issue in as clear a way as possible. To learn more about the schism in the Jungian community see Samuels 2019 in the Further Reading section below.
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📚 References:
- Hannah, B. (1976). Jung: His Life and His Work. New York: Putnam
- Jung, C.G. (1909) Report on America. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1927) Woman in Europe. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1927a) Mind and Earth. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1930) The Complications of American Psychology. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 10. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C.G. (1930) A Radio Talk in Munich. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C. G. (1935). The Tavistock lectures. In The Collected Works of C. G. Jung, vol. 18. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
- Jung, C. G. (1989). Memories, Dreams, Reflections. New York: Vintage Books.
- Radin, P. (1927). Primitive Man as Philosopher. New York: D. Appleton and Company
- Shamdasani, S. (2003). Jung and the making of modern psychology: The dream of a science. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
📚 Further Reading:
- Dalal F (1988) Jung: A Racist. British Journal of Psychotherapy 4(3): 263–279.
- Collins J (2009) ‘Shadow Selves’: Jung, Africa and the Psyche. Interventions 11(1). Routledge: 69–80.
- Brewster F (2013) Wheel of Fire: The African American Dreamer and Cultural Consciousness. Jung Journal 7(1): 70–87.
- Brewster F (2017) African Americans and Jungian Psychology: Leaving the Shadows. London: Routledge.
- Samuels A (2018) Jung and ‘Africans’: a critical and contemporary review of some of the issues. International Journal of Jungian Studies 10(2). Brill: 122–134.
- Samuels A (2019) Notes on the Open Letter on Jung and ‘Africans’ published in the British Journal of Psychotherapy, November 2018. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society 24(2): 217–229.
- Johnson, J. (2020) Being white, being Jungian: implications of Jung’s encounter with the ‘non-European’ other1. The Journal of analytical psychology 65(4). J Anal Psychol.
- Carter C (2021) Time for space at the table: an African American - Native American analyst-in-training’s first-hand reflections. A call for the IAAP to publicly denounce (but not erase) the White supremacist writings of C.G. Jung. The Journal of analytical psychology 66(1). J Anal Psychol.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:13 Jung: A Racist
5:46 One African Race
8:53 Nature Over Nurture
11:31 Jung on African Americans
16:58 Defence 1: Primitive Compliment
19:21 Defence 2: Man of His Times
21:50 Implications
22 Sep 2021
Ekstasis vs. Catharsis
00:08:44
The etymology of philosophy leads to the love of wisdom. The paths to wisdom can be divided into two: ekstasis and catharsis. Jamie Wheal is a thinker who utilises this distinction in his book Recapture the Rapture and on podcasts (where he includes a third aspect: Communitas — community/sangha).
The distinction between ekstasis and catharsis is a powerful one. Ekstasis is the higher perspective; it is being on the mountain and surveying the entire landscape. Catharsis on the other hand is the way under — it is Dante going through Hell and emerging into Heaven.
Ultimately both ekstasis and catharsis lead us to the same place: wisdom but the journey is very different. We can see philosophers throughout history leaning more towards one direction or another: Plato, Plotinus, Parmenides and Spinoza lead us towards the high insights of ekstasis; Heraclitus, Nietzsche and Kierkegaard lead us towards the deep wisdom of catharsis.
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Learning Resources:
• Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal https://www.recapturetherapture.com/
• The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by Gordon Wasson https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/186043/the-road-to-eleusis-by-r-gordon-wasson/
• The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/94578.The_Gay_Science
The Moth and the Flame: Can Reason Compete with Instinct?
00:08:45
21st-century humanity is threatened by numerous self-generated existential threats to its continued survival. These include socio-political disintegration, ecological collapse and the potential ramifications of AI.
The nature of this challenge is comparable to the most prominent scientific hypothesis as to why moths fly into flames — an accidental hijacking of an evolutionary adaptation that leads to the death of individuals.
What this hypothesis is and how it relates to the decline of humanity is what we are going to be exploring on this episode of The Living Philosophy.
Why the Masterpiece of Medieval Philosophy was Never Finished
00:09:37
Thomas Aquinas was the shining light of medieval philosophy. He worked on his masterpiece the Summa Theologica from 1265 until the year of his death in 1274. This book — most famous today for its 5 arguments for the existence of God — was the reason for his canonisation as a saint and doctor of the Catholic church fifty years after his death.
But the work was unfinished because a few months before Aquinas’s death something happened that caused him to abandon his masterpiece. When his socius (a sort of assistant) Reginald of Piperno begged him to continue his work Aquinas replied:
“I can do no more; such things have been revealed to me that all that I have written seems to me as so much straw.”
Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was one of the most controversial books of the 20th century as well as being one of the most referenced academic works in history. Paradigm was a specialised term before Kuhn but since The Structure of Scientific Revolutions has been in circulation, Kuhn’s paradigm rears its head in every nook and cranny of our society. From Fortune 500 board meetings to hippy sharing circles, the term paradigm has penetrated every layer of the culture.
In this episode we explore what Kuhn meant by the term paradigm and we explore the connected ideas of incommensurability and Kuhn Loss. In the postscript to the second edition of the Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Kuhn distinguishes two definitions of the term paradigm: paradigm as disciplinary matrix and paradigm as exemplar. By disciplinary matrix he means something like the worldview of the scientific community — the collection of beliefs, values, techniques and instruments that they use. By exemplar he means the exemplary solution of a paradigmatic puzzle that we find in the work of the paradigm setting scientist.
The idea of incommensurability comes from the inability to compare two different paradigms while Kuhn Loss refers to the loss of knowledge that occurs when paradigms move on.
In the work of the great psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, Id Ego Superego form the tripartite structure of the mind. This three-part structure is illustrated by the metaphor of an iceberg by Freud in his 1915 work The Unconscious.
This Id Ego Superego structure can be divided between the realms of the conscious and the unconscious. The Id is entirely unconscious, the Ego entirely conscious while the Superego is partly conscious and partly unconscious.
In this episode we take the Sigmund Freud id ego superego tripartite iceberg model and map it out looking at the nuances of translation found in Freud’s work.
Carl Jung's Collective Unconscious is his biggest and most commonly misunderstood concept. The Collective Unconscious Jung tells us goes deeper than the Personal Unconscious in which we find our own personal experiences. The Collective Unconscious is the common layer of the mind in which the instincts of humanity exist and at certain times in our life bubble up into consciousness. This is the realm of the archetypes and the layer of the mind where myths gods and religions draw their source from. In this episode we explore the Carl Jung Collective Unconscious and what it means in the scope of the psyche. We will also be looking at the difference between the personal and collective unconscious and at the contents of the collective unconscious.
Why French Postmodernists were Pro-Paedophilia in the 1970s
00:09:21
In the wake of the Paris 1968 student protests, Le Monde published a petition from a group of French intellectuals including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze and a number of future French ministers that argued for the rights of “12- and 13-year olds” “to have relations with whomever they choose”.
In this episode I want to explore why these French intellectuals were on the side of Paedophilia, why the pro-paedophilia lobby was so strong at the time and what philosophical justification they had for this view. This will involve an exploration of what happened with the Paris 1968 student protests.
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📚 Further Reading:
• The original petition (in French): https://web.archive.org/web/20200125093636/http://www.dolto.fr/fd-code-penal-crp.html
• The Atlantic’s article on the age of consent in France from which many quotes and context about 1968 in this video is derived: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/frances-existential-crisis-over-sexual-harassment-laws/550700/
• The Guardian’s article on this strange time in French intellectual history: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/feb/24/jonhenley#:~:text=The%20petitions%20were%20issued%20after,Kouchner%20and%20Mr%20Lang%2C%20said.
• Wikipedia Article on the petition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_petition_against_age_of_consent_laws
In this palette cleanser we are going to talk about the philosophy of romcoms for a change. I reckon this should remove any accusations of important work being done on The Living Philosophy. We'll be looking at two romcoms — the classic Norah Ephron When Harry Met Sally and the lesser known Just Like Heaven starring Reese Wetherspoon and Mark Ruffalo.
One is reflective of a type of art that strives for psychological accuracy (Dostoevsky, When Harry Met Sally) category — while the second category (Just Like Heaven, Alexander Dumas's The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo) dispense with reality and works at the hyperreal level of the archetypal underworld.
⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:30 The True vs the Fantastic 3:15 Just Like Heaven 3:56 When Harry Met Sally 6:12 The Unrealistic Just Like Heaven 7:31 The Fantastic As Archetypal Dynamism 10:52 The Power of Archetypal Storytelling
25 Aug 2024
Why Leftists Should Have Loved Rich Men North of Richmond (But Didn't)
00:14:43
If an alien arrived on this planet having read only the writings of Marx, Proudhon and other great leftist socialist thinkers, they would be very surprised by the reaction to Rich Men North of Richmond. Oliver Anthony's song was loved by some and hated by others with the usual weird subtextual energies of the Culture Wars infusing both. This episode looks at why, from a historical theoretical it could have been otherwise. And why it wasn't.
0:00 Introduction 2:42 Why the Left Should Love Rich Men North of Richmond 5:08 Why the Left Hated Rich Men North of Richmond 7:42 The Chthonic Populists and Pure Woke 11:31 What to do about the Oliver Anthonys?
15 Dec 2024
Jung on Americans: the Illusion of Freedom
00:13:44
Jung describes Americans as having an “astonishingly feeble resistance to collective influences” which he found “positively terrifying”. His 1931 article on the uniquely American psychology is filled with novel insights into American psychology: its herdlike nature, the Heroic Ideal driving it as well as showcasing some of Jung’s more unsavoury Shadow elements — his racism which we’ll talk more about in the next episode.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Jung, C.G. 1931. The Complications of American Psychology
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:50 It’s Complicated
06:52 The Heroic Ideal
09:25 The Source of American Psychology
28 Jan 2024
The Prophet — the Archetype of Societal Renaissance
00:14:22
Before the Axial Age the religious archetypes were those of the Priest and the Magician. But with the increased complexity and evolution of society a new archetype emerged: that of the Prophet. This is the archetype of liminal transformation in the midst of a society paralysed by its own success. The Prophet comes in from the edge of inside and shows the society where it has lost its way.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge.
It's rare that you encounter a fresh take on a path as well-trodden as happiness. I've read a lot of books on the topic and I have to say that Ryan Bush's take is fresh and yet simultaneously ancient. I think this is part of the reason I'm so enthusiastic about it: it integrates a trend in academic philosophy that I've yet to see anyone else talk about: Virtue Ethics. This is an ethical approach to philosophy that goes all the way back to the ancients especially Socrates, Aristotle and the Stoics. Bush integrates this old esteemed tradition with very 21st century fields like Cognitive Science and neuroscience to produce a thought-provoking map of the good life that I can't recommend highly enough.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Pan W, Liu C, Yang Q, et al. (2016) The neural basis of trait self-esteem revealed by the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations and resting state functional connectivity. _Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience_ 11(3): 367–376.
- Bush R. (2023) _Become Who You Are_. USA: DTM Press
- Davey CG, Pujol J and Harrison BJ (2016) Mapping the self in the brain’s default mode network. _NeuroImage_ 132: 390–397.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
4:07 1. Suicide
5:41 2.Philosophical Suicide
7:36 3. Absurdism
12:57 4. The living philosophy of Absurdism
17 Dec 2023
Is Equality the Enemy?
00:18:33
Would you rather live in a better world or a happier one? In this video we are going to explore how equality has made the world a better place but also how, like the Edenic apple of knowledge, it has come with a cost. The world looks better from the outside but seen from the subjective side it seems that things have only gotten worse.
This is following up on the recent episode on Nietzsche's concept of ressentiment that we examined in the previous episodes and follows along our explorations in to the social and political radical theme of modern times.
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📚 Further Reading:
- De Botton A (2005) _Status Anxiety_. First Vintage International edition. New York: Vintage International.
- Nietzsche FW (2000) *The Genealogy of Morals* in _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_. ed. by Martin Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library.
- Orlowski, J. (2020) _The Social Dilemma_ Netflix.
- Scheler M (1915) Ressentiment. 1915.
- Seligman MEP (2013) _Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment_. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback.
- Tocqueville A de, Bevan GE, Kramnick I, et al. (2003) _Democracy in America: And Two Essays on America_. Penguin classics. London: Penguin.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Democracy in America
5:21 The Shadow of Equality
8:21 In the 21st Century
9:59 Medieval Eden
12:00 What to do with Equality
13:48 The Limitations of Meritocracy
24 Jul 2022
Nietzsche: The Many Uses of the Gods
00:06:55
In the episode on Foucault we touched briefly on the question of what might happen if we combined Jung's analysis of the gods with Foucault's analysis of power. There is a precedent for this question in the work of the philosopher loved by both thinkers: Friedrich Nietzsche.
In his book, On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche talks about how the gods can have very different effects on their believers. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, God is the embodiment of the superego. He is the ideal that judges; we are creatures with Free Will and whether we thrive or fail is on ourselves. In the Greek tradition on the other hand we have the pantheon of bickering gods. If misfortune befalls us it isn't simply because of something we have done but perhaps becuase of some conflict among the gods that we have no power of. In this way the Greeks "used their gods precisely so as to ward off the “bad conscience,” so as to be able to rejoice in their freedom of soul—the very opposite of the use to which Christianity put its God." ____________________ Further Reading:
- Nietzsche, F., 1989. On the Genealogy of Morals, trans. Walter Kaufmann. _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_, pp.437-599. - _The Labors of Hercules_. [online] Available at: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/labors.html ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction - The Judaeo-Christian Guilt 1:49 Herakles and the Greek Relationship to Gods 4:15 In the Context of the Recent Episodes _______________ #philosophy #thelivingphilosophy #nietzsche #jung #foucault #religion #jordanpeterson
11 Jul 2022
The Philosopher's Philosopher | Heraclitus of Ephesus | Presocratic Philosophy
00:09:20
The Presocratic Heraclitus of Ephesus is a philosopher's philosopher. His work was beloved by Socrates, Plato, Hegel, Nietzsche and Heidegger. The philosopher from Ephesus is commonly known as the philosopher of fire (thanks to Aristotle) or, for those with a little more nuance, he is known as the philosopher of panta rei or flux — of constant never-ending change.
But there is another side of Heraclitus's philosophy that is less talked about and that is his philosophy of Logos. This element of the Presocratic philosopher's work was taken up by the Gospel writer John who opened his Gospel with the line "In the beginning was there was the Logos and the Logos was with God and the Logos was God". John wrote his work in Ephesus and so the comparison with Heraclitus can't be avoided.
For Heraclitus Logos is the unchanging eternal principle that is the true nature of reality. That leaves us with something of a paradox in a way that is very similar to Parmenides, who also wrote about the contrast between the world of Being and the world of Becoming.
As well as Parmenides we will also be looking at how Heraclitus's work can be situated as part of the tradition of the Perennial Philosophy and can be fruitfully connected with the Eastern philosophies of Buddha Gautama and of Lao-Tzu. ____________________ Further Reading:
- Curd, P. and McKirahan, R.D., 1996. A Presocratics Reader - Geldard, R.G., 2000. _Remembering Heraclitus_. Richard Geldard. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)
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_________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:06 Aristotle's View 4:22 The Other Half of Heraclitus 6:52 Heraclitus and the Mystical Tradition _________________ #heraclitus #thelivingphilosophy #philosophy #history #ancienthistory
06 Jun 2022
Power | Michel Foucault's Groundbreaking Theory of Power
00:15:35
For Michel Foucault Power is critical to understanding the world we live in. Foucault's theory of power revolutionised the way we look at power from being a top-down domination to being an omnipresent force of nature. This episode is an introduction to the Foucault theory of power. We'll be explaining Foucault's theory in simple terms using examples from everyday life to show how revolutionary this new understanding of Power truly is.
A critical distinction in approaching Foucault's work on Power is the distinction between the Empirical and the Theoretical levels of Power. The empirical level is the study of historical crystallisations of power (for example disciplinary power or biopower). The Theoretical level of power however is the study of power in itself — what is common to power across all historical instantiations.
What we end up with is a Foucault theory of power that stands apart from all conceptions of power that went before. Instead of a top-down hierarchical domination hierarchy, Foucault's Power is an immanent, omnipresent force of nature like gravity or magnetism. For Foucault Power is everywhere from the interactions of lovers to those between states or colleagues. The fundamental atom of this force of nature is Foucault's Force Relations. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Anguish— Kevin MacLeod 2. Lost Frontier— Kevin MacLeod 3. Despair & Triumph — Kevin MacLeod 4. There's Probably No Time — Chris Zabriskie 5. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 6. Lightless Dawn — Kevin MacLeod 7. Allegro — Emmit Fenn 8. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod
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01 May 2022
Feminism vs. Womanism — A Revaluation of All Values
00:16:00
In this episode we explore a potential Nietzschean revaluation of all values in the form of a distinction. If we separate the ideas of femininity and masculinity from females and males, we are left with two possible revaluations. There is the fight over the respective value of men and women in society; this is the classical struggle of historical Feminism. In this episode we are going to call this the Womanist struggle. There is another, deeper, struggle that has yet to be wrestled with on a substantial level: the distinction between the values of masculinity and of femininity. With that distinction in mind we can form a distinction between Masculinism and Feminism. Masculinism is the triumph of Masculine values in society. Feminism is the triumph of Feminine values in society. Seen through this lens, Womanism (the historical movement we usually call Feminism) is in fact a Masculinist movement. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________
📖 Further reading and study: * Introduction to ecofeminism: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/ecofeminism-history-and-principles * Charles Eisenstein (interview with Daniel Schmachtenberger): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfNgW-On6hw * Brene Brown’s legendary TED talks: — The Power of Vulnerability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmsMzlF7o — Listening to shame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psN1DORYYV0 * Blair Fix (Planet Critical interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u51MDOQ9ygo * Jason Hickel (Planet Critical interview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isjWWCRBJBk * Marion Woodman’s books: — The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter : https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/27245.The_Owl_Was_a_Baker_s_Daughter — Addiction to Perfection: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/703515.Addiction_to_Perfection * Gender distribution chart: http://savvystatistics.com/open-sex-role-inventory/
* Introduction to the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BRSI): https://www.britannica.com/science/Bem-Sex-Role-Inventory * BSRI test: https://www.idrlabs.com/gender/test.php * Critiques of Bem Sex Role Inventory: — https://www.bustle.com/articles/131801-i-took-the-bem-sex-role-inventory-test-from-1974-this-is-what-happened — https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/he-speaks-she-speaks/202202/what-holds-women-back-realizing-their-ability-and-ambition
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06 Mar 2022
The Four Quadrants: A Map of All Knowledge and Human Experience
00:13:48
The Four Quadrants model developed by Ken Wilber is an exceptional map of knowledge and of the human experience. It gives us a language for understanding differing fields of knowledge and why they are approaching the problems that they are and in the way that they are. The Four Quadrants model was developed by Ken Wilber in his book Sex, Ecology, Spirituality and for him it is a map of the Kosmos (that is to say, of the entirety of reality rather than the merely materialist external cosmos). Wilber uses the model to explain the interconnectedness of all things, to show the hierarchy of experience rising up to the higher spiritual experiences and also as a tool for developing the various elements of our life. In this episode however we focus in on where the model is most powerful in the context of this channel: the human element and the potential of this Four Quadrants model for helping us understand the intellectual landscape of the 21st century and for understanding the underlying ontological/epistemological groundings for the cultural conflicts we see today. ____________________ Further Reading: • A Theory of Everything – Ken Wilber • Sex, Ecology, Spirituality – Ken Wilber ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Media Used: 1. There’s Probably No Time — Chris Zabriskie 2. Despair and Triumph — Kevin MacLeod 3. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 4. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 5. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 6. End of an Era — Kevin MacLeod
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07 Feb 2022
Postmodern Neo-Marxism — Jordan Peterson’s Shadow
00:25:54
Jordan Peterson’s idea of Postmodern Neo-Marxism is a conspiracy theory. It is also the Shadow in the Jungian sense of Jordan Peterson. Nothing whips Peterson into a more passionate frenzy than the Postmodern Neo-Marxist idea. And to hear the way he talks about the “main villains” of the Postmodern Neo-Marxist movement — Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida — this diagnosis becomes all the more obvious. Peterson goes beyond the bounds of reason and strays into the possession of his Shadow. Little wonder then that Peterson’s discourse has captivated all sides of the political spectrum. It constellates the Shadows both of his supporters and of his detractors. In this episode we explore Peterson on Postmodern Neomarxism — his argument, where it's wrong and what it tells us about Peterson. ______________ Sources:
Jordan Peterson Clips 1. Jordan Peterson Manning Centre speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf2nqmQIfxc 2. Joe Rogan Episode 958 clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfIuFmULkg 3. Postmodernism in a Nutshell – Jordan Peterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6TVEMnS3E 4. Postmodernism Diagnosis and Cure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4c-jOdPTN8 5. Jordan Peterson: You’re Oppressed! The Dangers of Postmodernism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-8slOBngqk 6. Interview with John Vervaeke (timestamped to relevant point): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLg2Q0daphE&t=2817s&ab_channel=JordanBPeterson 7. Postmodernism in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=el6TVEMnS3E 8. Why Postmodernism is so Dangerous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URktRTE1S0A 9. Foucault the Reprehensible clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBFSDd_5tiE
Other sources: 1. Jonas Ceika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtvTGaPzF4 2. Jordan Peterson “why the rage bruh” clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EFyADe8B4E&t=5m47s 3. Jacobin article on Foucault’s experimentation with neoliberalism https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/michel-foucault-neoliberalism-friedrich-hayek-milton-friedman-gary-becker-minoritarian-governments 4. Psychology and Religion by Carl Jung https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123636.Psychology_and_Religion 5. Jung 1939 Lecture (source of the bete noire quote) https://carljungdepthpsychologysite.blog/2021/11/30/27-january-1939-psychology-and-yoga-meditation-lecture-10/#.YgFF7Or7S3A 6. Foucault quote about Marxism from Didier Eribon’s biography of him https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1385058.Michel_Foucault 7. Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2218102.Maps_of_Meaning 8. Robert Johnson’s (Jungian psychologist) book on the shadow: Owning Your Own Shadow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9544.Owning_Your_Own_Shadow 9. French elections and the Communist Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Communist_Party#Popular_support_and_electoral_record 10. Conspiracy theory definition: Goertzel T. (1994). Belief in conspiracy theories. Political Psychology, 15, 731–742.
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08 Aug 2022
How to Become an Übermensch — Nietzsche's Three Metamorphoses
00:14:07
The Three Metamorphoses is Nietzsche's map of the development of Re-Valuers of Values — the Übermensch. At the beginning of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche's Zarathustra delivers his first discourse — The Three Metamorphoses.
In the first 100 days of the channel I made a video exploring this topic. Recently I sat down to transcribe the video and release it in article format on the website. Instead, I ended up overflowing with thoughts and insights. This is one of those incredibly rich corners of Nietzsche that I return to again and again. I wrote draft after draft and ended up with far too much for a short YouTube video (perhaps a lecture someday would be a more suitable format). I pared back the many pages into what you see here.
It is fascinating to cover old ground loaded with the learnings from more recent studies and with the Q3 quest that has been taking shape on the channel of late. The creation of this video was one of those weeks (even more than other weeks) where I felt immensely blessed with what this channel has become.
In brief Nietzsche's Three Metamorphoses charts the metamorphosis from man into camel; camel into lion and finally lion into the child. The camel submits to a higher law; the lion fights the dragon "Thou Shalt" which creates the space for the child to create a new tablet of values — for Nietzsche's Revaluation of All Values.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra and the philosophy of Nietzsche are inexorably bound together. This was the book that Friedrich Nietzsche most believed in and adored (and where the idea of the Übermensch emerged). It transformed his inner world and this story of Nietzsche's Three Metamorphoses is pivotal to that transformation. _________________ 📚 Further Reading:
- Nietzsche, F. and Kaufmann, W., 1954. Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The Portable Nietzsche. trans. and ed. Walter Kaufmann. New York: Viking.
- Jung, C.G., 1998. Jung's Seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra: Abridged Edition (Vol. 99). Princeton University Press.
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_________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:51 The First Metamorphosis: Man to Camel 3:09 The Second Metamorphosis: Camel to Lion 8:26 The Third Metamorphosis: Lion to Child
23 Aug 2022
A Conflict of Visions: Thomas Sowell's Constrained vs Unconstrained Vision
00:21:39
In A Conflict of Visions Sowell distinguishes between the two visions that have shaped the landscape of the modern era (and beyond): the Constrained Vision and the Unconstrained vision. From Hobbes's "bloody war of each against all" to Rousseau's "man is born free but is everywhere in chains" we see these visions develop and grow in the modern era, shaping the world we find ourselves in.
A Conflict of Visions which Thomas Sowell published in 1987 and has always spoken of as his favourite book is a fantastic exploration of the exact type of historical trend exploration that I'm so fond of. While Sowell's verion of Unconstrained vision suffers somewhat from his Constrained vision bias it is not irreparably so and the whole book has become one of my favourites and one I know I'll be returning to for many years to come. In this episode we are going to review and give a summary of A Conflict of Visions. I hope you enjoy! ____________________
Further Reading:
- Sowell, T., 1987. _A conflict of visions: Ideological origins of political struggles_
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:21 What is a Vision? 4:25 Constrained vs. Unconstrained: Human Nature 4:47 Constrained Human Nature 6:45 Unconstrained Human Nature 10:20 Unconstrained: Progress and Change 11:42 Constrained Progress: Progress and Change 15:15: Summary of the Constrained and Unconstrained Visions 16:56 An Attempt at Synthesis: A Developmental Perspective
04 Sep 2022
Why Humanity is Special - de Chardin and the Birth of the Noosphere
00:12:31
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's theory of evolution posits that with the emergence of the Noosphere (the thinking or mind sphere which transcended the Biosphere and in turn the Physiosphere) the Omega Point was now being converged upon. With the Noosphere Life has penetrated a new ceiling unlike any since the birth of life itself. Now evolution wasn't limited to chromosomes but we saw the emergence of a whole new form of evolution: acquired traits. In other words, culture is a new form of evolution but at the Noospheric level rather than the chromosomal level of the Biosphere.
Both the Noosphere and the Biosphere of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin have for their substrate what Ken Wilber later called the Physiosphere. With the secret ingredient of complexity, the inert matter of the Physiosphere became vitalised as the living Biosphere. In turn as the complexity of the Biosphere reached a new level, we see the emergence of the Noosphere and with this new emergence, a convergence has begun upon what de Chardin called the Omega Point but which could be called in today's language the Singularity (or as some have called it - the Rapture of the Nerds). ____________________ Further Reading: - de Chardin, T. 1956. *Man's Place in Nature*, Fontana Press: London ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 Discord ▶ https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 ________________ Media Used:
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⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:28 A Tale of Two Spheres: the Physiosphere and the Biosphere 04:04 The Third Sphere: the Emergence of the Noosphere 05:12 The Threshold of Reflection 07:40 Knitting Together
30 Jan 2022
Buddhism Isn't a Philosophy (It's a Religion)
00:15:07
Is Buddhism a religion or philosophy? I have debated many times over the years with people who are fond of Buddhism but tend to dislike religion. Of course anybody who has studied Buddhism in any depth knows that Buddhism is a religion first and foremost. Is Buddhism a philosophy? Yes but in the way that Christianity is a philosophy that is to say that there is a philosophy within it but that is not what defines it.
In this episode we examine different schools of Buddhism and their supernatural beliefs in order to answer the question is Buddhism a religion or philosophy. The resounding answer is that yes Buddhism is a religion and no Buddhism is not atheist.
We will also be challenging the claims that tend to get piled in with this school of thought: firstly that Buddhism isn't a violent religion and second the question is buddhism atheist. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:59 Why People Think Buddhism Isn’t a Religion 06:23 Theravadin Buddhism 08:43 Mahayana Buddhism 11:00 Buddhism and Violence 12:28 Final Thoughts
13 Jun 2021
What is Phenomenology? The Philosophy of Husserl and Heidegger
00:11:04
The Phenomenology philosophy is a school of philosophy that originated in the 20th century. With Edmund Husserl Phenomenology was born but it was the phenomenology Heidegger innovated that reoriented the course of European philosophy. The Phenomenology of Husserl and Heidegger (whose respective philosophies are called Transcendental Phenomenology and Existential Phenomenology) does not seek after external objective truth—as philosophy and science generally do—phenomenology strives for subjective truth—in Husserl’s case it is an attempt to make a subjective science of consciousness. Husserl developed a method for attaining this truth which involves reducing away the noise so as to isolate the essence of a phenomenon. Heidegger parted from Husserl saying that phenomenology could not be a science with knowledge because the meaning of a phenomenon is context-dependent. Heidegger moves from Husserl’s epistemological project to an ontological program. There is a growing scholarship looking at the connection between phenomenology and eastern philosophy. It is even said that Heidgger was influenced in his conception of Dasein as being-in-the-world through a German commentator on Taoist philosopher Chuang-tzu.
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_________________ 📚 Sources: Heidegger, M., 2010. Being and time. Suny Press. Husserl, E., 1999. The essential Husserl: Basic writings in transcendental phenomenology. Indiana University Press. Smith, David Woodruff, 2018. "Phenomenology", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2018 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2018/entries/phenomenology/. _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:42 History of Phenomenology 1:46 What is Phenomenology 5:59 Husserl’s Phenomenological Method 7:52 Heidegger’s Ontological Twist 9:17 Phenomenology and Eastern Philosophy
30 May 2021
Nihilism vs. Existentialism vs. Absurdism — Explained and Compared
00:14:05
What is the difference between Nihilism vs. Existentialism vs. Absurdism? The common ground they share is that they are all responses to philosophy’s timeless clichéd question “what is the meaning of life?” Nihilism came into full bloom in the 19th century as the full implications of modernism came to fruition. Existentialism and Absurdism are two ways of responding to the crisis of Nihilism. So what is Nihilism? It’s the belief that there is no objective meaning, no purpose outside the illusions humanity has created for itself. As science developed and the religious narratives were found to be ineffective and hollow, the religious account of reality was consigned to the trash heap of history but with it went the grounding of our morality and meaning. This is what Nietzsche’s madman is decrying in The Gay Science when he proclaims that God is Dead. Among the ways of facing this crisis, Existentialism vs Absurdism are two promising alternatives. Existentialism says there is no objective/inherent value but there is a potential for a created value. For Jean-Paul Sartre Existentialism is the realisation that existence precedes essence which means that humans have a radical freedom to create our own meaning through how we live our lives, through the acts of our will. The Absurd was first talked about by Kierkegaard but was fully developed by Albert Camus into the philosophy of Absurdism in his book The Myth of Sisyphus. The Absurd is the collision between the inherent human hunger for meaning and the impossibility of satisfying this drive in a meaningless world. Camus says we have three options in facing the Absurd: commit suicide, take a leap of faith and believe in some meaning (like Christianity, Buddhism, Marxism, existentialism) something Camus calls philosophical suicide. The third option is Absurdism. Absurdism is the rebellion against the Absurd. It is to refuse to give in and create a meaning. For Camus Absurdism means holding the space of the absurd, staring into its face and rebelling against it and out of this rebellion flows our freedom and passion.
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Primary: Camus, A., 2013. The Myth of Sisyphus. Penguin UK. Camus, A., 2013. The Outsider. Penguin UK. Sartre, J., 1960 Existentialism is a Humanism
Secondary: Aronson, R,. 2017. “Albert Camus”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy , Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = (https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/camus/). Crowell, S,. 2020. “Existentialism”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = (https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/existentialism/). Foley, J., 2014. Albert Camus: From the absurd to revolt. Routledge. Hassall, D,. 2017. “Finding Meaning in the Lack Thereof: An Analysis of Nietzsche's and Sartre's Responses to the Problem of Existential Nihilism” Honors Theses. 493. URL = (https://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1476&context=honors_theses) _________________
⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction 0:48 Nihilism: Meaning and Origins 5:15 Existentialism: Definition and its Solution 8:25 Absurdism 9:24 Camus’s Three Responses to the Absurd 11:45 Why Sisyphus is Camus’s Ideal 13:31 Summary and Conclusion
23 May 2021
Albert Camus vs. Jean-Paul Sartre
00:19:40
The friendship of Camus and Sartre went from bromance to bitter hatred. The two giants of 20th-century philosophy first became friends during WW2 but the friendship was doomed to fail. The conflict of Camus vs. Sartre boils down to their political philosophy. The philosophy of Albert Camus was one of peace and valued the individual human being; the philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre on the other hand emphasised the need to end oppression and colonialism. Sartre and Camus falling out was one of the major events of 20th century philosophy. It represented two paths forward in the world. In this episode of the living philosophy we explore the friendship of Camus and Sartre and the bitter feud that brought it to an end.
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Camus, A., 2013. The Myth of Sisyphus. Penguin UK. Camus, A., 2012. The rebel: An essay on man in revolt. Vintage. Camus, A., 2013. The outsider. Penguin UK. Sartre, J., 1960 Tribute to Albert Camus http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/philosophy/existentialism/camus/sartre-tribute.html
Secondary: Aronson, R., 2004. Camus and Sartre: The story of a friendship and the quarrel that ended it. University of Chicago Press. Foley, J., 2014. Albert Camus: From the absurd to revolt. Routledge. Todd, O., 2015. Albert Camus: A Life. Random House. ________________
⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro 1:20 The Friendship 4:03 The Shadows of Conflict 5:58 Camus’s The Rebel and the Explosive Feud 9:36 Their Conflicting Responses to the Algerian Crisis 14:44 Camus’s Death, Sartre’s Obituary and Disdain for Camus 17:08 Conclusion: Camus vs. Sartre
27 Jun 2021
What is Empiricism? The Philosophy of Locke, Berkeley and Hume
00:13:37
When asking ourselves what is empiricism in philosophy we cannot help but speak of the Empiricism vs. Rationalism debate that began with Descartes’s cogito ergo sum of and ended with Immanuel Kant. The Empiricism of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume — known as the British Empiricists — developed in the 17th and 18th centuries and was a very influential movement. In contrast to the Rationalists (who believed that knowledge was only possible through reason and the mind), the Empiricists maintained that experience was the only origin of knowledge. Their challenge was to show why it was not unreliable in light of Descartes’s investigations in Discourse on the Method. So in this episode, we explore all this ground as we seek to answer the question: what is empiricism? _________________ 📚 Sources: Berkeley, G., 1881. A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. JB Lippincott & Company. Berkeley, G., 2012. Three dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. Broadview Press. Hume, D., 2016. An enquiry concerning human understanding (pp. 191-284). Routledge. Locke, J., 1847. An essay concerning human understanding. Kay & Troutman.
Secondary: Downing, Lisa, "George Berkeley", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2020/entries/berkeley/ Markie, Peter, "Rationalism vs. Empiricism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2017/entries/rationalism-empiricism/ Morris, William Edward and Charlotte R. Brown, "David Hume", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2021 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2021/entries/hume/ Turbayne, C.M., 1985. Hume's Influence on Berkeley. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, pp.259-269. Uzgalis, William, "John Locke", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2020/entries/locke/ _________________ ⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Empiricism vs. Rationalism 2:17 John Locke’s Empiricism 5:34 George Berkeley’s Subjective Idealism 8:42 Hume’s Sceptical Empiricism
14 Jul 2021
Analytic vs. Continental Philosophy — the Schism in Modern Philosophy
00:12:24
The Analytic Philosophy vs Continental Philosophy divide is a faultline running through modern philosophy. In this episode we explore the origins of this divide and why these two paths diverged when their founders were in close contact. Edmund Husserl and Gottlob Frege were the two men that gave rise to Continental Philosophy and Analytic Philosophy respectively and surprisingly they were in close contact — critiquing each other’s work. But despite this closeness, there is a historical backdrop to their concerns that invites us to reconsider this difference. Much like the Empiricism/Rationalist divide of the two centuries before Frege and Husserl, the Continental/Analytic divide ran along the line of the English Channel and seems to have been as much a divide of temperament as of philosophy. The British empiricists and the Anglo-American Analytic tradition are concerned more with a non-human standpoint — what reality is out there and how we can gain purest access to it. On the other the Rationalists and Continentals are more concerned with the human element — what it’s structure is like and what that tells us about the structure and nature of reality. This difference in focus on the human and non-human element widened into an irreparable chasm by the time of Martin Heidegger and Bertrand Russell. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy
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28 Nov 2021
What is Structuralism? Levi-Strauss, Barthes and Lacan
00:13:02
What is Structuralism? In this episode, we are going to break down the Structuralist theory pioneered by Claude Lévi Strauss and explored by the likes of Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Jacques Lacan and Jean Piaget. We will be looking at the meaning of Structuralism and what the main criticisms of it were from Jean Piaget and from the Poststructuralism angle of Jacques Derrida. The simple answer to what is Structuralism would look at the structural linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure. His work especially the idea of langue and parole as we explore in this video was a pivotal inspiration for the structural anthropology of Claude Levi Strauss and for structural sociology as seen in the work of Barthes and Foucault and in structuralism psychology as seen in the works of Jacques Lacan. There are influential ways of looking at structuralism in literature as we shall see with the works of Joseph Campbell who while not a structuralist was influenced by Claude Lévi Strauss and whose work is the epitome of Structuralism. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro: What is Structuralism 0:34 Ferdinand de Saussure and Structural Linguistics 2:08 The Structuralists 4:34 Piaget and the Failures of Structuralism as Science 7:22 The Poststructuralism Critique by Derrida 9:06 Summary and Conclusion
08 Aug 2021
What is Semiotics? Saussure on Langue/Parole and Signifier/Signified
00:14:38
Semiotics came into being with the publishing of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course on General Linguistics in 1916. It contained distinctions such as langue vs parole as well as the signifier and signified that make up the Sign — Saussure’s fundamental unit of language. The Semiotics school of thought would go on to be a major influence on the Existentialists such as Sartre, the Structuralists such as Jacques Lacan, Levi-Strauss and Roland Barthes and the Poststructuralists Jacques Derrida and Michel Foucault. In this episode we examine what the Semiotics theory is through Ferdinand de Saussure’s distinction between synchronic and diachronic linguistics, his distinction between langue and parole. With this foundation in place we will explore his contributions to this new science of language and what these explained — his definition of a Sign as being a signifier and a signified, the arbitrary nature of these and also the fact that language is a matter of difference and relations between signs in the system rather than naming. All of this will serve to have the basics of Semiotics explained. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:45 Diachronic vs Synchronic 3:01 Langue vs Parole 6:06 Sign: Signifiers and Signifieds 8:40 Arbitrary Language 12:04 Language: Differences & Relations 13:37 Summary
05 Dec 2021
Do We Live in a Simulation? Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra
00:17:04
In his 1981 book Simulation and Simulacra, Jean Baudrillard makes the claim that we are all living in a simulation. Baudrillard’s conception of simulation is extremely complex, going beyond The Matrix’s conception of the simulation (a movie that was inspired by Baudrillard’s Simulation and Simulacra) as a virtual reality world in which we all live. Baudrillard says that with the emergence of the postmodern age, we have entered the simulation, a hyperreality in which all access to the real has debarred. The real is decaying away while we ourselves are locked into the hyperreal space without referents. In this episode we will be looking at Jean Baudrillard’s conception of hyperreality and the hyperreal postmodern landscape we now inhabit. In Baudrillard postmodernism meets futurism and sci-fi to paint the terrifying picture of the dystopic landscape we find ourselves in. As we’ve gone deeper into the 21st century this work of Baudrillard has been shown to be more and more prescient, a topic we will dive deeper into in future episode of the Living Philosophy. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Simulation and Simulacra 5:53 The Difficulties of Defining Simulation 8:26 What is Simulation 10:32 The Hypermarket Simulation 13:12 The Tasaday Simulation 15:24 Summary and Conclusion
21 Sep 2022
Martin Heidegger: His Life and Philosophy
00:25:45
Martin Heidegger is the greatest philosopher of the 20th century for many — from Giles Deleuze to the alt-right and undoubtedly one of the most controversial characters in the history of philosophy. In this episode we are going to look at the life and philosophy of Martin Heidegger and his masterpiece Being and Time. We also explore his lesser-known later philosophy after going through what scholars call 'Die Kehre' or 'The Turn". At this point, we see Heidegger on technology and the dangers the technological worldview presents to us today. We also talk about his association with the National Socialist party in Germany and Heidegger's controversial embrace of them as rector at the University of Freiburg before turning his back on them as being part of the technological problem.
Wheeler, Michael, "Martin Heidegger", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.)
Frede, D., 1993. The question of being: Heidegger’s project. The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger, 2.
04 Oct 2022
A Psychological Mirror — Jordan Peterson and Olivia Wilde
00:14:53
Immature heroic complexes and us and them dynamics — after reading The Cut's article "Did Olivia Wilde Just Make Jordan Peterson Cry?" something stirred in me that seems quite obvious in hindsight: the two sides of the culture wars are psychological mirrors of each other.
Both sides partake of the same ingroup and outgroup signalling. They show a lot of compassion for a certain group and a lot of hatred for the outgroup. There is also the same vein of a hero complex running through both. Each side thinks they are saving the cultures from the demonic Other.
In this episode we talk about the immature hero complex operating on both sides and how each is a mirror of the other and a co-dependant mirror insofar as they fulfil each other's needs to continue the drama. _____________ Sources: The Cut article: https://www.thecut.com/2022/09/jordan-peterson-cries-responding-to-olivia-wildes-critique.html The Piers Morgan Jordan Peterson video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1612L2FMHo
25 Oct 2022
Soren Kierkegaard in 5 Minutes - The Father of Existentialism
00:04:47
Soren Kierkegaard is commonly known as the "Father of Existentialism". This brief introduction to Kierkegaard looks at why you should care about the Danish philosopher and why his work is still relevant today.
Kierkegaard was one of the most prodigious philosophers. In 1843 he published three books in a single day (one of which Fear and Trembling is commonly placed in the canon of great philosophy). In the space of three years he published sixteen books. These books were written using various pseudonyms with many different stylistic devices. This was all part of Kierkegaard's style of "Indirect Communication". Like Socrates he didn't want to give answers he wanted to awaken the quest for individuality in his readers.
Kierkegaard was part of the select group of Christian Existentialism (his most famous peer being Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky). Like Nietzsche he hated the Church. His form of Christianity was about the self-making quest of Faith. This self is forged out of the dizzying Anxiety of choosing. This choice of faith can only be made by the individual and this is why Soren Kierkegaard spent his career trying to call people away from the "levelling" of Modernity which was turning everyone into "The Crowd" and away from the Church which kept its congregation like children. He was calling them to the "highest passion" of faith. He was calling them to forge their own selves and not give into the inauthenticity of Despair. In this introduction to Kierkegaard we take a brief look at the most compelling reasons why Kierkegaard is relevant today.
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- McDonald, William, "Søren Kierkegaard", _The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy_ (Winter 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2017/entries/kierkegaard/ - McDonald, William, _Søren Kierkegaard (1813—1855)_, _Internet encyclopedia of philosophy_. Available at: https://iep.utm.edu/kierkega (more in-depth than the Stanford one. Highly recommend) - Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography by Joakim Graff (https://amzn.to/3Sx1Tm5) - Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3DrOVBC) - Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3TxiNCv) - Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3TxiY0D)
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:42 The Life of Kierkegaard 5:38 The First Authorship 6:08 First Authorship - Aesthetical Stage 7:36 First Authorship - Ethical Stage 9:55 First Authorship - Religious Stage 13:50 Second Authorship 18:21 Kierkegaard's Final Stage
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01 Nov 2022
Soren Kierkegaard - Introduction to the Father of Existentialism
00:20:18
This is a deeper dive into the Father of Existentialism Soren Kierkegaard. Following on the 5-minute introduction to Kierkegaard, this episode looks in more depth at the philosophy and life of Soren Kierkegaard and why he is one of the greatest philosophers ever.
In this episode we look at the three phases of Kierkegaard's work: the First Authorship (and its masterpieces Either/Or and Fear and Trembling), the Second Authorship (including Kierkegaard's third masterpiece Sickness Unto Death) and the final year of his life where he took the gloves off and directly attacked the church. We also look at the "long foreground" to Kierkegaard's work — the curse on his family and his broken engagement to Regine Olsen.
Kierkegaard was one of the most prodigious philosophers. In 1843 he published three books in a single day (one of which Fear and Trembling is commonly placed in the canon of great philosophy). In the space of three years he published sixteen books. These books were written using various pseudonyms with many different stylistic devices. This was all part of Kierkegaard's style of "Indirect Communication". Like Socrates he didn't want to give answers he wanted to awaken the quest for individuality in his readers.
Kierkegaard was part of the select group of Christian Existentialism (his most famous peer being Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky). Like Nietzsche he hated the Church. His form of Christianity was about the self-making quest of Faith. This self is forged out of the dizzying Anxiety of choosing. This choice of faith can only be made by the individual and this is why Soren Kierkegaard spent his career trying to call people away from the "levelling" of Modernity which was turning everyone into "The Crowd" and away from the Church which kept its congregation like children. He was calling them to the "highest passion" of faith. He was calling them to forge their own selves and not give into the inauthenticity of Despair. In this introduction to Kierkegaard we take a brief look at the most compelling reasons why Kierkegaard is relevant today. ____________________ 📚 Further Reading:
- McDonald, William, "Søren Kierkegaard", _The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy_ (Winter 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2017/entries/kierkegaard/ - McDonald, William, _Søren Kierkegaard (1813—1855)_, _Internet encyclopedia of philosophy_. Available at: https://iep.utm.edu/kierkega (more in-depth than the Stanford one. Highly recommend) - Søren Kierkegaard: A Biography by Joakim Graff (https://amzn.to/3Sx1Tm5) - Either/Or by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3DrOVBC) - Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3TxiNCv) - Sickness Unto Death by Søren Kierkegaard (https://amzn.to/3TxiY0D)
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15 Nov 2022
The Living Philosophy is 2!
00:09:23
The Living Philosophy is two years old! Two years ago the 100 videos in 100 days began. But before there was the Living Philosophy, there was The Living Myth — an Irish mythology podcast with my friend Barry that gave me my first taste of YouTube and podcasting.
I thought it'd be nice to mark this second anniversary by looking back at the origins of this channel. It's also an auspicious time because I've been having some cogitations about how it's been going and how I want to take things further and I've decided to spend the month of November making an episode on Nietzsche.
Beyond that I've also been thinking about this canonical video approach in general and the Obsidian work so yeah there's a lot moving and right on the point of the third year. So exciting times.
Thanks to Matt for the suggestion about making a masterpiece. Check out Ideas Sleep Furiously's revamped Substack publication that's got a lot of exciting things happening at the moment: https://ideassleepfuriously.substack.com/
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30 Nov 2022
Friedrich Nietzsche
00:05:18
Friedrich Nietzsche is commonly known as the Father of Existentialism but he could just as well be called the Father of Psychoanalysis or the Father of Postmodernism. Along with Marx and Freud, Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers in the past 200 years.
Nietzsche's ideas are famous (and due to much manipulation of his work, infamous) — the Will to Power, the Ubermensch/Overman and the Eternal Recurrence are the three great doctrines of Nietzsche's Zarathustra. They form his positive philosophy. This is the Health side of the equation.
But these positive doctrines are only way half of Nietzsche's philosophy. The other side is his critique of Christianity and of Ascetic Ideals in general, his enquiries into the origin of morality and his explorations of the crisis of Nihilism
In this brief episode we look at Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy through his distinction between Decadence and Health. This video is a taster of Nietzsche and will be followed up in a future episode by a much deeper dive. ____________________
📚 Further Reading: - Basic Writings of Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains full texts of The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo) - The Portable Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains )
14 Dec 2022
Friedrich Nietzsche | The Long Version
00:25:50
In this deeper dive into philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche we are going to look at his big ideas and his overall philosophy through the orienting generalisation of his thought as being health vs. decadence. Through this lens we can fruitfully place Nietzsche's "no-saying" work where he critiques Christianity, science and philosophy as well as his "yes-saying" work in Thus Spoke Zarathustra (with Zarathustra's three great ideas of the Ubermensch, the Eternal Recurrence and the Will to Power) and his fascination with the Greek god Dionysus.
Nietzsche is commonly known as the Father of Existentialism but he could just as well be called the Father of Psychoanalysis or the Father of Postmodernism. Along with Marx and Freud, Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers in the past 200 years. ____________________
📖 Further Learning: Videos: If you're interested in learning more about Nietzsche's biography and philosophy, there's a whole playlist of episodes on him here:
Books: - Basic Writings of Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains full texts of The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo) - The Portable Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist) ________________
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_________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:52 The Crisis of Nihilism 10:02 Decadence I: Rationality 10:58 Decadence II: Morality 12:14 The Ascetic Ideal and Slave Morality 15:15 False Counter-Ideals: Science and Democracy 16:32 Health: Nietzsche's Counter Ideal 17:00 Health I: Dionysus and Greek Tragedy 18:57 Health II: Zarathustra 19:41 Zarathustra I: the Eternal Recurrence 20:37 Zarathustra II: the Übermensch 21:36 Zarathustra III: the Will to Power 22:09 Nietzsche New Metaphysics 25:23 Signoff
03 Jan 2023
Why it Matters: Nietzsche
00:11:33
Why it matters is back! And this time we're talking about why Nietzsche matters. We're going to look at why I find Nietzsche so important and why you should too. ___________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy _________________ 💬 Discord ▶ https://discord.gg/XNd4gTpfu9 _________________ #thelivingphilosophy #philosophy #nietzsche #existentialism #psychoanalysis
15 Jan 2023
Nietzschean Spirituality — Dionysus vs. The Buddha
00:17:33
In this episode we are going to explore Nietzschean spirituality in contrast to Buddhist spirituality (and other Ascetic Ideal spiritualities and religions). This topic was prompted by a question from Kevin Sherman on Patreon so thanks to Kevin for the interesting spark.
This script kind of poured out of me and it was only afterwards that as I was listening to it again and again in editing that I found myself inhaling through my teeth a bit with the critique of Buddhism. I feel like I was a bit heavy-handed in places and I'm sure many of you will agree. My qualification for this is that I wanted to be a little bit provocative around the spiritual element to cut past a lot of the inflation you find in New Age circles but in hindsight I feel I didn't give enough space for the value of Buddhism. Maybe I need to make an episode explaining why Buddhism is amazing to counterbalance and in what ways it is preferable to Nietzschean spirituality. In the meantime I thought I'd include this qualification here in the description where I'm not quite sure anyone will see it. For those of you who do read the description, hello.
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Further Reading: - Basic Writings of Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains full texts of The Birth of Tragedy, Beyond Good and Evil, On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo) - The Portable Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann (contains Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Twilight of the Idols and The Antichrist) ________________
⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 6:01 The Binary of Ascetic Ideal and Worldliness 8:33 A Counter-Ideal 12:48 Against Enlightenment
05 Feb 2023
Ego: A Defence
00:22:25
This episode is an attempted revaluation of the much maligned Ego. Drawing on Jung, Freud, New Age thinking and the myth of Icarus and Daedalus we pick apart the many meanings of Ego as we try to unearth the infamous reputation of Ego in the culture and to restore to it some of its lost dignity. ____________________ Further Reading: - Basic Writings of Nietzsche edited by Walter Kaufmann - The Freud Reader edited by Peter Gay
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:50 Ego's Origins 3:55 The Heroic Freudian Ego 5:40 The Jungian Ego Container 9:20 The Evil New Age Ego 12:04 The Inflated Mainstream Ego Part 1: Nietzschean Decadence 15:59 The Inflated Mainstream Ego Part 2: Icarus and Daedalus
26 Feb 2023
Vegans vs Carnivores: the Culture War's Strangest Frontier
00:22:24
It's become common to appeal to our evolutionary past to justify present ideologies. In this episode we are honing in on a vegan account of human diet and contrasting it with a less ideologically motivated piece published by The Atlantic.
There's a few interesting discoveries to be had. For one it's always interesting to see how subtle warpings of facts can lead to very different perspectives. It's also interesting to contemplate what such work tells us about the worldview of the writer. It's also interesting to see how evolutionary arguments are misused in the name of an agenda.
All of this comes into play with this PETA article on veganism but there's a mirror of this sort of ideological work going on among the Carnivore and Paleo subcultures online.
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- PETA article: https://www.peta.org/living/food/really-natural-truth-humans-eating-meat/ - The Atlantic article: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/when-humans-became-meateaters/463305/ - A carnivore history article: https://fitawakening.co.uk/2022/08/17/carnivore-history/
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23 Jan 2022
What is Metamodernism?
00:12:31
Metamodernism might be the most important idea you come this year. According to Hanzi Freinacht, the pioneer of political metamodernism, metamodernism is a new cultural phase that transcends and includes (to use Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy language) the previous phase of Postmodernism (which is turn transcended and included the previous phase of Modernity). Hanzi Freinacht is one of a number of pioneering Metamodernist thinkers as well as the Dutch art scholars Robin van den Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen who first sparked the Metamodern phenomenon with their 2010 paper Notes on Metamodernism. In this episode we are going to look at the characteristics of this new Metamodern cultural trend. its relationship to the previous trends of Modernity and Postmodernity and why, in this world in crisis, we need Metamodernism. ____________________
Further Reading: • The Listening Society by Hanzi Freinacht • Metamodern Manifesto by Luke Turner http://www.metamodernism.org/ • Notes on Metamodernism by Robin van der Akker and Timotheus Vermeulen https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jac.v2i0.5677 ________________
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16 Jan 2022
Humanity is NOT a Cancer; We're Bacterial
00:18:36
Is humanity a cancer? It’s a perspective that’s growing increasingly popular. It tells us a lot about humanity’s self-perception in the 21st century that this view is gaining traction. But it’s completely false. In this episode we are going to explore why it is false. The analogy to cancer is a poor one as we’ll see. A much more fruitful comparison can be made with bacteria but even this comparison is a mere finger pointing to a tendency that is common to life on Earth in general. It seems that the propensity to over-consume and overbreed is not a uniquely human trait. The reality is that humanity’s destructiveness derives from its connection to the rest of life. However what is unique about humanity is our potential to do something about it. In facing into the climate crisis, we see two camps emerging which are each allied with uniquely human traits: wisdom and culture/intelligence. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Media Used: 1. Lightless Dawn — Kevin MacLeod 2. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod 3. Despair and Triumph — Kevin MacLeod 4. Drums of the Deep — Kevin MacLeod 5. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 02:53 The Problem 04:05 The Bacterial Lifecycle 08:34 The Wolves of Yellowstone 12:39 The Rabbits of Australia 15:02 Two Paths to Salvation ________________ #philosophy #thelivingphilosophy #climatechange
09 Jan 2022
Modernism vs. Postmodernism
00:10:46
Modernism and Postmodernism are two cultural stages with their own worldviews. In this episode we talk about the emergence and differences between these ages and look at the contrast between postmodern philosophy and the Modern philosophy of the Enlightenment that preceded it.
This episode is an exploration of the two worldviews whose conflict is so prominent in our world today. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Media Used: 1. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod 2. There’s Probably No Time – Chris Zabriskie 3. Drums of the Deep — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to Chris Zabriskie youtube.com/c/chriszabriskie _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 A Tale of Two Worldviews 00:47 Modernity 05:04 Postmodernity ________________ #Postmoderism #thelivingphilosophy #modernity #philosophy #postmodernity
12 Dec 2021
Self-Reliance | Ralph Waldo Emerson
00:11:26
Self Reliance, Emerson’s classic essay is one of the gems of philosophical literature. Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading light of the American Transcendentalism tradition and Self Reliance Emerson’s most famous spark. I have been a fan of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s since my early days of philosophical exploration as a teenager and it’s interesting to read Emerson Self Reliance now in light of the passing of time and to see just how much it has influence my worldview and my perspective on philosophy. With that in mind, I thought that in this week’s video it would be nice to explore this amazing essay and to make a Self Reliance summary and review video. Hope you enjoy it and if you haven’t read it before be sure to check out Emerson’s work at the link below! ___________________ Self-Reliance full essay: thelivingphilosophy.com/self-reliance/ ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Audio Used: 1. Americana Aspiring — Kevin MacLeod 2. Drums of the Deep — Kevin MacLeod 3. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 4. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Emerson - Self-Reliance 2:23 Greatness vs. Meanness 3:28 Self vs. Society 5:56 The Dead Past vs. the Eternal Present 8:48 Self-Reliance vs. Conformity ________________ #Emerson #thelivingphilosophy #selfreliance #philosophy #Transcendentalism
21 Dec 2021
Why Baudrillard HATED The Matrix (And Why He Was Wrong)
00:14:35
Ahead of the release of the Matrix 4 I thought a second run into the world of postmodernism’s high priest was due and so today we look at Jean Baudrillard on The Matrix. Simulation and Simulacra, Baudrillard’s famous book from 1981 was required reading for the entire cast of The Matrix and the Wachowskis even asked Baudrillard to work on the second and third movies. He declined. As it turns out he had nothing but disdain for the movies and in this episode we explore why and look at the 2004 interview he gave to the French magazine Le Nouvel Obsevateur. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Further Reading: Baudrillard interview with le Nouvel Observateur: https://baudrillardstudies.ubishops.ca/the-matrix-decoded-le-nouvel-observateur-interview-with-jean-baudrillard/ Catherine Constable: Adapting philosophy - Jean Baudrillard and The Matrix Trilogy
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21 Nov 2021
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
00:11:36
Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was one of the most controversial books of the 20th century as well as being one of the most referenced academic works in history. In this episode we look at what Thomas Kuhn said about the Structure of Scientific Revolutions and how every science falls into three phases. The first stage of Kuhn’s theory is the Pre-Paradigm phase. This is where the field has yet to achieve any consensus and is divided into a number of competing schools. With the second phase in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Kuhn tells us that the field has achieved a certain level of consensus around one paradigmatic theory as has happened for the field of Optics with the work of Newton or of electricity with the work of Franklin. This paradigm sets the research program for the field which sets about the work of normal science. In the course of this normal science, anomalies in the data appear and Kuhn tells us that these anomalies, if not resolved, precipitate a crisis in the field and lead the practitioners to doubt their paradigm. It is this type of crisis that triggers the emergence of the revolutionary science or extraordinary science. In this period a scientist comes up with a solution to this crisis that reorients the field around this new paradigm — setting a new research program and acting as an exemplar for future paradigmatic solutions. Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions changed how scientific development has been perceived forever. In the next episode on Kuhn’s work we will look at the legacy and criticisms of Kuhn’s work. ____________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ Media Used: 1. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 2. Drums of the Deep — Kevin MacLeod 3. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 4. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 5. Allégro — Emmit Fenn
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12 Sep 2021
Enlightenment = Higher Cognitive Development? The Piagetian Ken Wilber
00:11:56
Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development has an important place in the system of Integral Philosopher Ken Wilber. Wilber’s theory of everything is based around the stages of human development that go from the four stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development and ascend into the spiritual realms of nondualism that we find in the works of Plotinus and other great spiritual masters. In this episode we explore Wilber’s argument that the higher levels of cognitive development are in fact postformal Piagetian stages of development. _________________ Learning Resources: • The Living Philosophy of Jung’s Psychology of Kundalini Yoga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZ084pOwuo&list=PL7vtNjtsHReo9K0eH_ii67l0Kp-CF1vEG • Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBmvlTVWjZg • Ken Wilber’s Sex Ecology Spirituality https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/177151.Sex_Ecology_Spirituality _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Anguish — Kevin MacLeod 2. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 3. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:53 Piaget’s Conservation Experiments 6:27 Is Wilber Right? 8:07 MHC & Cognitive Complexity 10:41 Conclusion _________________
Jean Piaget was the second most referenced psychologist of the 20th century whose work was dedicated to mapping out the stages of human development that is now known as the Piaget Theory of Cognitive Development. Piaget differentiated four developmental stages that humans pass through: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational. These stages of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development take place at different ages with Sensorimotor occurring between 0-2, Preoperation (or preop) between 3-7, Concrete Operational (or conop) between 7-11) and Formal Operational (formop) being found in children over 11. As well as the work of Jean Piaget we touch a little on Post-Piagetian stages such as Michael Commons’ Model of Hierarchical Development (MHC) as well as Ken Wilber who we will be looking at in more depth in the next episode. These are the stages of the Piaget cognitive development theory; we all pass through these stages on our way to adulthood and Piaget’s theories have been tested across cultures across the world. While it has faded from academic prominence it is one of the shaping theories of the field of psychology. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod 2. 1812 Overture • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky https://youtu.be/LAUuXfSeoqY 3. Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, MOVEMENT II, K. 421 https://youtu.be/-DFKPtvT1p8 4. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 5. Mesmerize — Kevin MacLeod 6. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:36 Sensorimotor 4:24 Preoperational 6:29 Concrete Operational 8:55 Formal Operational 10:50 Conclusion _________________
Semiotics of Spirituality | What Zen Masters Know that We Don’t
00:15:18
In his masterpiece Sex Ecology and Spirituality, Ken Wilber applies the work of Ferdinand de Saussure in Semiotics to the question of spiritual experiences’ validity. By looking at the Signifier and Signified of Saussure’s linguistic Sign as well as the referent in the context of spiritual experience Integral philosopher Ken Wilber arrives at an interesting hypothesis in Sex Ecology and Spirituality: that spiritual experiences are at a higher level of development than the general public; the difficulties in studying spiritual experience are comparable to the difficulties of a blind community studying colour. This brings in Wilber’s pre/trans fallacy — the distinction between prerational development and postrational development. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod 2. 1812 Overture • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky https://youtu.be/LAUuXfSeoqY 3. Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, MOVEMENT II, K. 421 https://youtu.be/-DFKPtvT1p8 4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:38 Summary of Semiotics 5:32 The Referent of Great Price 10:22 Spiritual Evolution 13:55 Conclusion _________________
“The European philosophical tradition consists of a series of footnotes to Plato” — A.N. Whitehead. Plato is the greatest philosopher that ever lived and yet the life of Plato is shrouded in myth and mystery. The challenge with Plato’s biography is knowing where the legend ends and history begins. In this episode we explore the various accounts of Plato’s life and try to reassemble the arc of his historical life. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Lost Frontier — Kevin MacLeod 2. 1812 Overture • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky https://youtu.be/LAUuXfSeoqY 3. Mozart's String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, MOVEMENT II, K. 421 https://youtu.be/-DFKPtvT1p8 4. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 5. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 6. Mesmerise — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:25 The Backdrop 4:37 The Family of Plato 8:13 Socrates and the Travels of Plato 12:37 The Sicily Debacle 15:12 The Death of Plato _________________
A Cure for Nihilism? | Everything Everywhere All At Once
00:19:23
Spoiler Alert - this look at the philosophy of the Metamodern masterpiece Everything Everywhere All At Once deals with the whole movie so there will be spoilers. The Nihilism of the internet age's apology Everything Everywhere All At Once is an amazing movie. It is one of those rare movies that is not only unbelievably entertaining but also incredibly profound. Not only does it give a brilliant exposition of Nihilism but it offers a diagnosis of Nihilism's causes and proposes a way past it. It's a beautiful funny rollercoaster through the multiverse that has so much heart. Like any Metamodern work of art it oozes sincerity beneath its absurd humour. This podcast is my attempt (after many drafts approaching its philosophy from many different angles) at giving voice to the philosophy of this 7x Oscar-winning classic. Hope you enjoy it _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)
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10 Apr 2023
God is Dead: What Nietzsche REALLY Meant
00:13:05
God is dead - Nietzsche's most notorious line and also one of his most commonly misunderstood. The Nietzsche God is dead statement is a New Atheist sentiment but the warning of a Postmodernist. It is commonly mistaken for a modernist sentiment proclaiming the death of Christianity’s God. But that is not what Nietzsche intended. It was not a declaration of atheism; atheism was already a trivial point of view (if still controversial) by the end of the 19th century. Nietzsche was not echoing a common sentiment but pushing beyond to its unseen implications. Nietzsche was pioneering the postmodern perspective. This is obvious from the aphorism it occurs in. In The Gay Science Nietzsche tells the parable of the madman who declares the death of God. The madman’s audience are not religious believers or members of the Church as one would expect from a declaration of God’s death. The audience was a crowd of jeering non-believers. This points to the real intention of Nietzsche’s statement. In this episode we are going to explore the meaning of this statement in light of this insight and see what exactly Nietzsche meant by his provocative statement that God is dead and we have killed him. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: https://patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Magnetic — CO.AG Music 2. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 3. Mesmerise — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 God is Dead: Introduction 1:33 The Madman's Audience 5:03 Nietzsche Contra 10:10 The Real Meaning of God’s Death _________________
How Bertrand Russell Saved Ludwig Wittgenstein's Life
00:17:13
The Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein told his lover David Pinsent that Russell’s words of encouragement at the start of his dabbling with philosophy had been his salvation and put an end to nine years of loneliness and suffering in the constant shadow of suicide. Russell described him as “perhaps the most perfect example I have ever known of genius as traditionally conceived, passionate, profound, intense, and dominating” and said that “he has more passion about philosophy than I have; his avalanches make mine seem mere snowballs” But before all this became clear, Wittgenstein was tortured by the fear that he was destined for failure. He feared he was a dilettante and was a waste of space. Russell’s validation of him allowed him to set aside ‘a hint that he was de trop in this world’. Had he arrived years earlier or later, he may have found a Russell that was less sentimental and more protective of his role in technical philosophy. But due to a number of events in Russell’s life he arrived at the perfect time for Russell to embrace him with open arms (eventually) _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) 💸 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ☕️ https://ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Magnetic — CO.AG Music 2. Mesmerise — Kevin MacLeod 3. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 4. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod 5. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 1:40 The Preparation of Russell 5:38 The Austrian Aristocrat 8:35 When Bertrand met Ludwig 12:37 The Student Becomes Master 15:26 The Fragile Genius _________________ #Wittgenstein #thelivingphilosophy #Russell #analyticphilosophy
20 Jun 2021
The Living Philosophy of Simone Weil
00:22:08
Albert Camus called the philosopher Simone Weil “the only great spirit of our times.” T.S. Eliot said she was the greatest saint of the 20th century. Charles de Gaulle said she was insane. But who is she and what is the Simone Weil philosophy? Despite dying at the age of 34, Simone Weil lived a life that rivalled any philosopher. And it was the authentic life of a philosopher following her inner compass. She did not fall in with the intellectual milieu of her time by becoming a public intellectual (which was far from a matter of intelligence — she finished 1st in her class for philosophy at France’s elite university the École Normale Supérieure beating out Simone de Beauvoir in second place). She was born into a Jewish family and raised agnostic and yet found herself drawn towards religion; she fought in the Spanish Civil War and worked in factories for a year to understand the working class. _________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!) ▶ Patreon: patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy ▶ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Magnetic — CO.AG Music 2. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 3. Mesmerise — Kevin MacLeod 4. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 5. Americana Aspiring — Kevin MacLeod 6. Memory Lane — Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav... _________________ ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:08 Intellectual Development and Factory Work 4:51 The Spanish Civil War and Christian Awakening 8:54 The Resistant and Her Death 12:05 Conclusion _________________ #simoneweil #thelivingphilosophy #philosophy #existentialism #christianity
06 Jun 2021
Why Nietzsche REALLY Went Mad
00:24:43
There are many legends and lies surrounding the question of why Nietzsche went mad. After the German philosopher had a mental breakdown in a Turin square January 1889, the initial diagnosis was paretic syphilis. But as later investigators point this definitely wasn’t the case. In this episode we are going to explore the “circus-like history of controversies over the syphilis diagnosis”. Nietzsche was diagnosed with the disease despite meeting none of the five core symptoms of paretic syphilis. This initial diagnosis and its early backer—the notorious popular science writer Dr Mobius—was scrutinised by two biographers in the late 1920s but they were completely overshadowed by the account of the psychiatrist Lange-Eichbaum—an admirer of Mobius—who started the myth that Nietzsche had been treated for syphilis in 1867 during his student years in Leipzig. Despite the fact this information came from Mobius (who allegedly heard it from two Leipzig doctors that nobody has ever been able to track down and whose letters informing him of the matter had since been destroyed) it became canonical history. It took 70 years beyond Lange-Eichmann’s work before this narrative was questioned. In his pivotal article on the matter Leonard Sax sums up the situation as a case of: “One man's gossip becomes another man's reference, which in turn becomes a scholar's footnote.” But Nietzsche’s madness was not caused by syphilis and we don’t know the real cause. Sax argues for its being a brain tumour; another author Eva Cybulska argues that it was a result of Nietzsche having bipolar disorder and others again argue its origin was purely psychological. Short of exhuming his body there is no way of confirming for sure.
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Primary Papers: Cybulska, E.M., 2000. The madness of Nietzsche: a misdiagnosis of the millennium?. Hospital Medicine, 61(8), pp.571-575. Sax, L., 2003. What was the cause of Nietzsche's dementia?. Journal of Medical Biography, 11(1), pp.47-54.
Further Reading: Breazeale, D., 1991. Ecce Psycho: Remarks on the case of Nietzsche. International studies in philosophy, 23(2), pp.19-33. Hollingdale, R.J., 2001. Nietzsche: The man and his philosophy. Cambridge University Press. Huenemann, C., 2008. Nietzsche's illness. in The Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche. edited by Gemes, K. and Richardson, J. Oxford University Press. Kaufmann, W.A., 2013. Nietzsche: Philosopher, psychologist, antichrist (Vol. 104). Princeton University Press. Nietzsche, F.W., 1968. Basic writings of Nietzsche. Modern Library Classics. ________________ 🎶 Music Used: 1. Magnetic — CO.AG Music 2. Juniper — Kevin MacLeod 3. End of the Era — Kevin MacLeod 4. Mesmerise — Kevin MacLeod 5. Evening Fall Harp — Kevin MacLeod 6. Anguish— Kevin MacLeod Subscribe to Kevin MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/user/kmmusic Subscribe to CO.AG Music https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcav...
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16 May 2021
Nietzsche's Surprising Love of Ralph Waldo Emerson
00:19:09
Nietzsche and Emerson don’t seem like they should go together. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a spiritual nature-loving Transcendentalist and Friedrich Nietzsche was a self-proclaimed Antichrist. But the truth is that Nietzsche loved Ralph Waldo Emerson and while he was far from agreement with him on many points, he felt that Emerson was a “twin soul” and only wished that he could go back and give this great nature a proper education. When you cut past the superficial differences the beating heart of both philosophies are deeply related—both throw aside the revelations of other authorities in order to form a personal relationship with truth, both believe in the power of the individual and the importance of genius. At the core of the philosophy of Nietzsche and of Emerson’s philosophy was the conviction that philosophy was something that you lived. Nietzsche first read the philosophy of Emerson as a 17 year old schoolboy and his relationship with Emerson spanned a quarter century all the way to the end of his career in 1889. In this episode we explore this strange but potent connection between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nietzsche.
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Nietzsche: Nietzsche, F., 1974. The Gay Science: with a prelude in German rhymes and an appendix of songs (Vol. 985). Vintage. Nietzsche, F., 1977. Thus Spoke Zarathustra in The Portable Nietzsche. Penguin Routledge. Nietzsche, F., 1968. The Birth of Tragedy and Ecce Homo in Basic writings of Nietzsche . Modern Library Classics.
Secondary: Andler, C., 1920. Nietzsche, sa vie et sa pensée (Vol. 1). Éditions Bossard. Cavell, S. (1991). Aversive Thinking: Emersonian Representations in Heidegger and Nietzsche. New Literary History, 22(1), 129-160. doi:10.2307/469146 Hummel, H., 1946. Emerson and Nietzsche. New England Quarterly, pp.63-84. Zavatta, B., 2019. Individuality and Beyond: Nietzsche Reads Emerson. Oxford University Press.
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What is a Radical? — the Political Archetype of Our Time
00:08:50
Radical is a word that's thrown around a lot these days but whose meaning is left a bit vague. This episode explores the meaning of the term radical and why it is such an accurate finger on the pulse of the Culture Wars. From Trump and Bernie to Marx, Antifa and the Proud Boys our age embodies the spirit of radicalism.
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18 Jun 2023
The Rural vs the Far Left — from Marx to AOC
00:08:45
83% of America's counties voted for Trump in the 2020 but these counties account for only 29% of America's GDP. Why aren't this lesser off rural/exurban population voting for the party who theoretically are most aligned with their interests i.e. the Democratic Socialists?
The answer might lie with Karl Marx who saw this population as "rural idiots" representing "barbarism within civilisation". For Marx only the urban working class could bring about societal transformation. Every successful Communist revolution had to unlearn this bias of Marx.
Looking at the American political situation today we see two Americas: a rural/exurban ocean and a densely populated urban and suburban archipelago. And like Marx rather than his successful revolutionary followers, the Far Left of today dismiss these ruralites as Conservative Reactionaries rather than the most readily mobilisable support.
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:23 The Urban Rural Divide 2:55 The Deeper Roots of the Problem 5:52 Revisiting America's 21st-century Divide
28 May 2023
Structure vs. Communitas — the Two Modes of Human Society
00:17:14
Anthropologist Victor Turner, who popularised the term Liminality, found that human society has two modes of interrelatedness that function like a yin and yang — mutually dependant and without which human life would be impossible. Structure is the mode of status and hierarchy in society; Communitas of love, compassion and myth.
These two modes show up in very interesting ways in our current society. These can be fruitfully mapped over with the religious and scientific mindsets; with the Constrained and Unconstrained Visions of Thomas Sowell's work; with the Order and Chaos of Jordan Peterson's work Maps of Meaning and with the left- and right-hemispheres of the brain in Iain McGilchrist's work.
None of these are 1:1 mapovers but there's something rich even in this difference. This episodes marks the beginning of our explorations in this fertile model of human life. ____________________
📚 Further Reading: - Turner, V. _The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure_ - Turner, V. _Revelation and divination in Ndembu ritual_
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07 May 2023
Reactionary: Not Just a Right Wing Phenomenon
00:09:27
The term "reactionary" is associated with the right-wing but like the term radical this term is a concept that transcends the one-dimensional left/right model. That being said it is almost exclusively applied to the right and these days it is used almost exclusively as an insult rather than a self-identifier.
It was originally synonymous with right-wing, but it doesn't have to be a right-wing phenomenon, as there are left-wing reactionaries as well. The term has its origins in the French Revolution, where the National Assembly was divided into those favoring revolution on the left and the supporters of the king on the right. The term "reactionary" refers to the political group who wanted to return to pre-modern feudal monarchy. Today, a reactionary is someone who wants to go back to a previous time that was more glorious. While conservatives want to conserve the status quo, progressives want to pull the system towards improvement, and reactionaries want to push the system back.
The reactionary idealisation of the past is similar to the Fascist parties of the mid-20th century. Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again" is a pure example of the reactionary spirit, and similar sentiments were present in Britain around Brexit. Left-wing reactionaries can also exist, and they may see something very wrong in the current system, but their solution is backwards towards some idealised past. ________________ ⭐ Support the channel (thank you!)
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12 Jul 2023
Camino de Santiago: Why I Hiked and What I Learned
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A summary of my Camino experience: what I hiked, why I hiked and what I learned.
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13 Aug 2023
Why Jung Hated Philosophers
00:24:20
Jung once described himself as a failed philosopher. Instead he chose the path of science with psychology. It is surprising then to see what Walter Kaufmann calls Jung's "wildly emotional overreaction" to thinkers like Heidegger and Kierkegaard. Is philosophy Jung's Shadow? In this episode we explore what Jung said about the philosophers and why.
For this we'll draw on letters written by Jung and look at the tension in him between what he calls his No. 1 Personality and his No. 2 Personality and then we're going to explore whether this hatred of the philosophers might not come from a fault-line in Jung's own psychology. ____________________
📚 Further Reading: - Jung, C.G. *Memories, Dreams, Reflections* - Jung, C.G., 2012. _The red book: A reader's edition_. WW Norton & Company. - Jung, C.G., 2015. _Letters of CG Jung: Volume I, 1906-1950_. Routledge - Jung, C.G., 2021. _CG Jung Letters, Volume 2: 1951-1961_. Princeton University Press - Freud, S. and Jung, C.G., 1994. _The Freud-Jung Letters: The Correspondence Between Sigmund Freud and CG Jung_. Princeton University Press. - Nietzsche, F., 1992. _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_. Modern Library. - Kaufmann, W. ed., 1992. _Freud, Alder, and Jung: Discovering the Mind_. Routledge. ________________
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:42 Beyond their proper bounds 7:21 A bunch of neurotics 11:06 The Unlived Jung 15:48 Philosophy: Jung's Shadow
27 Aug 2023
Addicted to Apocalypse: Our Psychological Need for the End
00:22:51
Apocalypse is traditionally a religious idea but the secular age has been more alight with an Apocalyptic fervour than any preceding age. In this episode we explore why by looking at predictions through the ages and across cultures in an attempt to triangulate on what it is about the end of the world that is so sticky to the human psyche. We are going to explore the archetypal phenomenon of the end of the world and see why Apocalypse remains so compelling.
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⌛ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 03:10 Secular Apocalypse 07:06 A History of Prediction 08:23 Theme 1: Calendrical Apocalypse 11:35 Theme 2: Social Chaos 13:09 Social Chaos in the Islamic World 13:59 Social Chaos in Christian History 15:54 Social Chaos in the 19th Century 18:22 Social Chaos in the 21st Century
10 Sep 2023
Liminality — Our World in One Word
00:25:13
We live in an age of Liminality. It's at the roots of the Meaning Crisis of Nihilism and Leftist value structures. Coming from the same Latin word as subliminal (*limin* meaning "threshold") it is a term that has entered the mainstream from its roots in Anthropology with the work of Victor Turner.
Victor Turner developed the concept in his work The Ritual Process. In this episode we will be answering the question what is Liminality and we'll be exploring it and its two cousins Marginality and Inferiority and how this trifecta shape the value structure of all society in the interplay between their Communitas/Antistructure with the world of politics economics and law — of status, power and competition — (which Turner calls "Structure"). ____________________
📚 Further Reading:
- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. London: Routledge. - Turner VW (1995) _The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure_. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:10 The 3 Types of Antistructure 5:59 Liminality 10:27 Liminality: Beyond Ritual 14:10 Marginality 18:50 Inferiority 22:17 Overlapping Groups
24 Sep 2023
The Last Man — Nietzsche
00:14:56
For Nietzsche The Last Man stood as the opposite of the Ubermensch and the great danger of the "levelling" tendency of modernity. In this episode we are going to look at what Nietzsche meant by the Last Man and how his prophecy has come through. We look at The Last Man in 21st century society and what Nietzsche got right even while we should be cautious of fully embracing his ideal. ____________________
📚 Further Reading: - Joseph S (2011) _What Doesn’t Kill Us: The New Psychology of Posttraumatic Growth_. New York: Basic Books. - McGonigal K (2015) _The Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at It_. New York: Avery, a member of Penguin Random House. - Seligman MEP (2013) _Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment_. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback. - Nietzsche FW (1976) *Thus Spoke Zarathustra* in _The Portable Nietzsche_. New York: Penguin Books. - Nietzsche FW and Kaufmann WA (1974) _The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs_. 1st ed. New York: Vintage Books. - Nietzsche FW and Kaufmann WA (2000) _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_. Modern Library ed. New York: Modern Library.
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 01:50 The Last Man in Thus Spoke Zarathustra 05:13 The Values of the Last Man 09:25 The Last Man in the 21st Century
08 Oct 2023
Liminality X Nihlism — The Real Cause of the Meaning Crisis
00:17:23
Is Liminality the real root of the crisis of Nihilism? In this episode we are going to explore this question and whether Liminality is a better diagnosis of the Meaning Crisis than Nietzsche's Death of God. When looking at Turner's qualities of Liminality the relations between it and Nihilism are striking; if nothing else if provides us an alternative angle on the crisis — a different perspective from which to behold the quagmire we find ourselves in. What is particularly appealing about the Liminality-centred explanation is that it can explain Nihilism AND the value system of the Left from Marx to Social Justice — a theme we'll be exploring in a future video.
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📚 Further Reading: - Nietzsche FW and Kaufmann WA (1974) _The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs_. 1st ed. New York: Vintage Books. - Turner VW (1995) _The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure_. The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures 1966. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 02:38 What is Liminality? 05:36 Nihilism 09:28 Liminality and Nihilism 12:55 Progressivism and the Dangers of Liminality 14:34 Curing the Meaning Crisis
22 Oct 2023
The Homelessness Crisis — Where Individualism Breaks Down
00:09:28
"When all you have is a hammer every problem begins to look like a nail." Good philosophy is always trying to break up and recreate its map of the world. In this episode we are going to break up the Individualist model of the world a little and broaden our map to include the Collectivist perspectives. We talk a lot about Nihilism and the Meaning Crisis as if they are only to be understood as individual problems but the challenges and solutions that face us in the 21st century can't be understood merely from one angle. This episode is a case study in the Homelessness Crisis and how it looks from the vantage points of Individualism and Collectivism.
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📚 Further Reading: - Jerusalem Damsas's article for The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/01/homelessness-affordable-housing-crisis-democrats-causes/672224/ - Gregg Colburn and Clayton Page's site with some fascinating graphs and a link to their book: https://homelessnesshousingproblem.com/
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:48 Homelessness: a Collective Problem 5:03 A vicious circle 6:55 Conclusion
19 Nov 2023
Liminality and the Values of the Left
00:16:14
In The Ritual Process the anthropologist who put Liminality on the map Victor Turner gave a list of contrasts between Liminality and Structure. There is an uncanny resemblance between these values and the values of Leftism. That is what we are going to explore in this episode which in the final episode in our exploration of Victor Turner's work in this field.
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- Szakolczai Á (2003) _The Genesis of Modernity_. Routledge studies in social and political thought 36. London ; New York: Routledge. - Turner VW (1995) _The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure_. The Lewis Henry Morgan lectures 1966. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
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⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 01:31 Liminality 03:39 Leftism 05:09 The Liminal Left - Economic/Political 07:10 Authority and Liminality 10:07 The Cultural Left and Liminality 13:39 Conclusion
19 May 2024
Jordan Peterson's Bizarre (and Brilliant) Manifesto
00:20:51
In 2005, long before he became a household name, Jordan Peterson wrote an article with the title "Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates" and it is amazing — partly for its own beauty and pathos and partly for the contract it provides with The Daily Wire Peterson we have today. It is a brilliant ode to what peace looks like and how it might be achieved and a stark reminder of the potential pitfalls for even the best-intentioned.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Peterson, J.B., (2005). Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates in The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International
- Peterson, J.B., (2002). Maps of meaning: The architecture of belief. Routledge.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:50 Peacekeeping Among Higher Order Primates
7:40 What Separates Them
9:50 Different Localities as Different Paradigms
11:56 As Sowellian Visions
13:53 Patreon Aside
14:26 The Peacemaker
16:41 Reflections
24 Nov 2024
Carl Jung’s Synchronicity: Meaningful Patterns in Life
00:24:06
Synchronicity was coined by psychological pioneer Carl Jung. Its meaning is simple: a Synchronicity is a “meaningful coincidence”. But it seems that there has been a lot of misreading of Jung going on. In this episode we are going back to Jung’s original definition of Synchronicity in his 1952 work “Synchronicity: An Acausal Principle” to see what he really meant by the term.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Atmanspacher, H. “The Pauli-Jung Conjecture and Its Impact Today”
- Cambray, J., “Synchronicity as emergence” in “Analytical Psychology: Contemporary Perspectives in Jungian Analysis”
- Cavalli, C. “Synchronicity and the emergence of meaning”
- Jung, C.G. and Pauli, W., “The Interpretation of Nature and the Psyche”
- Jung, C.G. and Jaffé, E., “Memories, dreams, reflections”
- Jung, C.G. “Letters of C. G. Jung vol.1”
- Shinoda Bolen, J., “The Tao of Psychology”
- Main, R., “Synchronicity and analysis: Jung and after” http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642530701725924
- Main, R., “Revelations of chance: synchronicity as spiritual experience”
- von Franz, M. L., “On divination and synchronicity: the psychology of meaningful chance”
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03:50 1. Temporal Alignment Component
06:46 2. Internal/External Component
10:37 3. Acausal Component
14:56 (concrete) synchronicity vs. (abstract) Synchronicity
18:38 Winks from the Universe?
03 Mar 2024
The Lost Art of Leisure
00:12:37
We modern serfs have forgotten something: we've forgotten how to live. You don't question the meaning of life when leisure is the heart of life rather than work. But with the rise of modern urban life, the intrinsic mode of living has died at the hands of the instrumental mode of life. Our entire lives have been colonised by "utility". We don't relax or rest for their own sake anymore — now we rest so that we are more productive. In this episode we explore these two relationships with time: the leisurely intrinsic mode and the future-oriented instrumental mode.
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📚 Further Reading:
Burkeman O (2021) Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. First edition. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
De Botton A (2005) Status Anxiety. First Vintage International edition. New York: Vintage International.
Seligman MEP (2013) Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. Atria paperback edition. New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Atria Paperback.
Following on from the last episode on Jordan Peterson's brilliant 2005 essay on "Peacemaking" this time we look at what went wrong and at JBP's arc as that of the classical tragic hero. And having a bit of fun with this we compare him to the villain in one of my favourite fantasy series Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
We look at Aristotle's definition of tragedy, and at mapovers between Peterson and Mistborn's Lord Ruler and also Dune's Paul Atreides.
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📚 Further Reading:
- Herbert, F. (1965). *Dune*. London: Penguin
- Peterson, J.B. (2005). _Peacemaking Among Higher Order Primates_ in _The Psychology of Resolving Global Conflicts_ ed. by Mari Fitzduff, Chris E. Stout. Michigan: Praeger Security International
- Sanderson, B. (2015). *Mistborn Trilogy Boxed Set: Mistborn, The Well of Ascension, The Hero of Ages*. London: Gollancz
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Kredik Shaw: https://www.deviantart.com/somnicide/art/Kredik-Shaw-315216988
Mistborn Mistbank Wiki Fandom: https://mistbank.fandom.com/wiki/Mistborn?file=Mistborn.jpg
Lord Ruler: https://medium.com/@inkimpressionsss_30394/mistborn-unveiling-the-allomantic-symphony-a-journey-through-brandon-sandersons-great-trilogy-17c18f230604
The Skaa: https://readingseconds.com/the-skaa-explained-mistborn/
Rashek: https://www.tumblr.com/runmienn/709526582105112576/mistborn-spoilers-another-compilation-of?source=share
The Deepness - Reading Seconds: https://readingseconds.com/the-deepness-explained-mistborn/
The Well of Ascension: https://medium.com/@jazznyul/the-mistborn-trilogy-the-well-of-ascension-part-one-my-book-review-57f7dfedefe2
Alendi and Rashek: https://adonalsium.tumblr.com/post/186149488793/sometimes-i-worry-that-im-not-the-hero-everyone
Luthadel with Kredik Shaw, Mist and volcano in bg: https://mistborn.fandom.com/wiki/Mist?file=Kredikshaw_luthadel01.jpg
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
2:16 Summary of Peacemaker
5:54 Mistborn
11:02 The Mapover with Peterson
14 Jul 2024
Books Saved My Life
00:12:40
In this episode I talk about the books that rescued me in my darkest times by giving me the breath of heroic inspiration I needed to get moving out of the dark pit I'd found myself in. I talk about what these books had in common and why we need them.
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30 Jun 2024
How to Think Like Nietzsche
00:15:15
The aphoristic style of Friedrich Nietzsche is a wellspring of inspiration. In this episode, we explore the connection between this style and Nietzsche's hiking (10 hours of hiking a day, if he is to be believed). It is Nietzsche's walking that gave birth to the aphorisms in a passive form of thinking that stands in stark contrast to the thorough linear thinking of philosophers like Kant and Hegel.
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- Nietzsche FW (2000) _Basic Writings of Nietzsche_. translated by Walter Kaufmann. New York: Modern Library.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
3:48 The Walking Philosopher
6:20 The Walking Muse
10:41 How to Think Like Nietzsche
31 Dec 2023
Justice vs. Vengeance — Is There a Difference?
00:15:04
Philosopher and anthropologist Rene Girard once described justice and public vengeance. Nietzsche expressed the same in his Genealogy of Morals. Why then do we value justice so highly and look down so judgingly on revenge? And what, if this is true, is the purpose of justice? How is it in any way different from vengeance? The answer is that it is profoundly different and in this video we explore why.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
01:33 Rehabilitation vs Punishment
06:29 The Dark Side of Justice
10:15 The Hegemony of Justice
13:26 Further Avenues for Research
15 Sep 2024
Can Neuralink Destroy What Makes Us Human?
00:14:47
Could Neuralink accidentally turn all its users into a hive mind? That’s what we’re going to be exploring in this episode where we take a look inside the brain and at the possibility for Neuralink’s high bandwidth and low latency to transform the nature of consciousness.
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