Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. Concluding our treatment of Ch. 2 of Hegel's Faith and Knowledge (1802). Having spent part one discussing Kant, now we're back to more knowledgably deal with Hegel's critique of him. Sponsors: Don’t get caught running yesterday’s security on today’s web: visit nordlayer.com/browser. Visit Continue Reading …
Ep. 393: Kant vs. Hegel (Part Two for Supporters)
Concluding our treatment of Ch. 2 of Hegel's Faith and Knowledge (1802). Having spent part one discussing Kant, now we're back to more knowledgably deal with Hegel's critique of him. Hegel wants to connect Kant's idea in the Critique of Judgment of the "intuitive, archetypal intellect" that produces the objects given to its immediate consciousness, to the activity of the Continue Reading …
Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part Two)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. Continuing from part one on Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. We start off by discussing how beauty might give us a window into things-in-themselves according to the Romantics, who were in part following Kant's lead. Also, what version of the ontological argument for the Continue Reading …
Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part One)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. Famously, Kant critiqued Reason to effectively forbid theology and metaphysics, and a young G.W.F. Hegel was not happy about that. In this self-published essay written five years before the Phenomenology of Spirit, he argues against the Continue Reading …
Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part Two for Supporters)
Continuing from part one on Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. We start off by discussing how beauty might give us a window into things-in-themselves according to the Romantics, who were in part following Kant's lead. Also, what version of the ontological argument for the existence of God does Hegel believe, since he criticizes Kant for wrongly dismissing the Continue Reading …
Ep. 392: Early Hegel Elevates Reason (Part One for Supporters)
On Faith and Knowledge (1802), Ch. 1 and 2. Famously, Kant critiqued Reason to effectively forbid theology and metaphysics, and a young G.W.F. Hegel was not happy about that. In this self-published essay written five years before the Phenomenology of Spirit, he argues against the impoverishment of Reason to mere intellect (i.e. the Kantian Understanding), restricted to realm of Continue Reading …
Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part Two)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. In our continuing Q&A with Graham, we engage him about Kantian Things-In-Themselves, complex things (that if divided, must be cut at the joints) vs. mere heaps, fact ontology, natural kinds, fictional objects, why philosophy is not knowledge, and philosophical style. Start with part one, Continue Reading …
Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part One)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. An interview with Graham in light of his new book, Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality, which elaborates and adds to issues that the gang (Mark, Wes, Seth and Dylan) previously studied in Object-Oriented Ontology. We read chapters 1, 2, the conclusion of 9, and 10. Sponsors: Continue Reading …
Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part Two for Supporters)
In our continuing Q&A with Graham, we engage him about Kantian Things-In-Themselves, complex things (that if divided, must be cut at the joints) vs. mere heaps, fact ontology, natural kinds, fictional objects, why philosophy is not knowledge, and philosophical style. Start with part one, or go back to ep. 384 where our Harman reading journey began. Next Episode: We'll be Continue Reading …
Ep. 385: Guest Graham Harman on Object vs. Continuum (Part One for Supporters)
An interview with Graham in light of his new book, Waves and Stones: On the Ultimate Nature of Reality, which elaborates and adds to issues that the gang (Mark, Wes, Seth and Dylan) previously studied in Object-Oriented Ontology. We read chapters 1, 2, the conclusion of 9, and 10. What is the universe, fundamentally? We know that Graham is against reduction to fundamental Continue Reading …
Ep. 384: Graham Harman’s Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Two)
Subscribe to get parts 1, 2, and 3 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. Continuing from part one on Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), finishing up ch. 1 (his introduction to the theory) and moving to ch. 4, "Indirect Relations," which is about causality. Sponsor: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel. To clarify Continue Reading …
Ep. 384: Graham Harman’s Object-Oriented Ontology (Part One)
Subscribe to get parts 1, 2, and 3 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), ch. 1, 2, and 4. Featuring Mark, Wes, Dylan, and Seth. Sponsors: Get a $1/month e-commerce trial at shopify.com/pel. Go to HelloFresh.com/pel10fm to Get 10 free meals + a free Zwilling Knife with your third Continue Reading …
Ep. 384: Graham Harman’s Object-Oriented Ontology (Part Two for Supporters)
Continuing from part one on Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), finishing up ch. 1 (his introduction to the theory) and moving to ch. 4, "Indirect Relations," which is about causality. To clarify Harman's objections to reductionism: He actually breaks this down into the idea of undermining, e.g. reducing everyday objects to their components, and a Continue Reading …
Ep. 384: Graham Harman’s Object-Oriented Ontology (Part One for Supporters)
On Harman's Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (2018), ch. 1, 2, and 4. Featuring Mark, Wes, Dylan, and Seth. What counts as an entity in the world? Harman's purpose in OOO is not, as it might seem by the name, to insist on the sole existence of physical objects, or even to rule out consideration of events as basic. He instead wants to broaden the concept Continue Reading …
Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part One)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On selections from Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, mostly taken from the Summa Theologica (1268). Featuring Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan. Given our flawed, finite human nature, how do we fit into the universe? In particular, how can we know and talk about things far beyond Continue Reading …
Ep. 378: Aquinas on God and Mind (Part One for Supporters)
On selections from Thomas Aquinas: Selected Philosophical Writings, mostly taken from the Summa Theologica (1268). Featuring Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan. Given our flawed, finite human nature, how do we fit into the universe? In particular, how can we know and talk about things far beyond our experience such as God and eternity? Or maybe we just can't? Aquinas is writing Continue Reading …
Ep. 357: Feuerbach on the Evolution of Philosophy (Part Three for Supporters)
A week after our final public discussion of Feuerbach’s “Principles of the Philosophy of the Future," Mark, Wes, and a re-joining Seth met to talk about sections 23-28 of the essay, which detail Feuerbach's case against Hegel. Interestingly, F argues that Hegel's treatment of everything, including God, as Idea is given right in the ontological argument: If God's existence is Continue Reading …
Closereads: F.H. Bradley’s “Appearance and Reality” (Part One)
Sign up for Closereads at patreon.com/closereadsphilosophy to get future parts on this reading, as well as our previous and future installments of this podcast. Bradley was a prominent British Hegelian, best known now for being the springboard for Bertrand Russell, who was initially a follower but then rejected idealism entirely to co-create what is now known as analytic Continue Reading …
Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One)
Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. On "Universality and Truth" and "Pan-Relationalism," which are lectures 3-5 in Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism, which we began discussing last episode. Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan continue to hash through Rorty's pragmatism, which in this book is given in relation to how Continue Reading …
Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part One for Supporters)
On "Universality and Truth" and "Pan-Relationalism," which are lectures 3-5 in Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism, which we began discussing last episode. Mark, Wes, Seth, and Dylan continue to hash through Rorty's pragmatism, which in this book is given in relation to how to best promote democracy. Rorty thinks democracy can "stand on its own two feet"; it Continue Reading …