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This is all very interesting. I come at this with a lot more experience with meditation especially non dual traditions like Dzogchen which has a similar objective as phenomenology which is to see our experiences for "what they really are". One thing that is interesting to me is the descriptions given of first person experience not just in this video but in the other stuff that I've seen and read about phenomenology. This is where it seems aligned with a practice similar to Zen or Dzogchen but at the same time is pretty different. For instance you gave the example of holding a pen and having the experience of a 3D object. From the meditative perspective with the intent on seeing experience for what it is prior to conception (putting aside the inherent limitation and conceptual nature of words) if we are going to say anything about it we might describe the experience of holding the pen something like; There's a pattern of yellow color which is easily changed by turning it, for instance a long thin pattern as opposed to a nearly perfect circle and this pattern will grow and shrink insofar as the pattern of color that is my hand grows and shrinks." This is just meant as the most literal description of my visual field as it is actually appearing to me from my first person view. As in when I am holding the pen I can turn it around and view it at different angles which is evident because of the way the pattern of its light is morphing into various shapes and perspectives that we would intuitively think that a long cylindrical object would do. For instance when I'm viewing it from the side it looks long and thin and when I view it directly head on it appears as a circle. Then if I were to hold it close to my eyes it would appear very large and when I hold it away from my eyes it would appear much smaller which we intuitively interpret as distance and motion to and away from ourselves. Or perhaps a better way to describe all of that would be to take a video from your first person view and then just describe the video in terms of its pixel content on the screen. There would be an area of many different shades of mostly yellow pixels. The yellow pixels would take on a long cylindrical shape or a circle and would morph between these shapes as the image of the hand moves it around. It would also be represented by many more pixels if held closer to the camera and far fewer pixels if held further away. There's no actual depth on a 2d screen just as there's no actual depth that makes up our first person visual field of color and shadow. That is just a very brief example but the most important thing is to make very clear that all we are doing is trying to describe it in as literal a way as possible from our own first person view. That if we both watched the video of the pen together we would agree on what would then be objective descriptions of the pixel content of the screen. It would just be pointing out what is there to see which is exactly the premise of traditions like Dzogchen, to just see what is always there to be seen exactly as it is. I bring all of this up to say that it seems phenomenology is kind of in the same realm of what I just described but at the same time is very different. Especially the existential phenomenologists, that almost has no equivalent in a non-dual meditative practice. But its all very interesting. Thanks for the content!
Lyotard is more relevant now than ever! The discourse of language games goes so much further in explaining what is happening now in our country and the world. It’s not simply about reaching consensus on the facts. It’s about how those facts are interpreted and what role they play within the narrative of a given language game.
I’m really liking Kierkegaard’s perspective. If you had to choose Either/Or or Philosophical Fragments to be the first book I get what would you recommend? ✌️
The other is radically "not me" - she is an absolute other. The other and the me do not form a totality. Nevertheless, the other appears only because I appear, and I appear only because the other appears - but this is not reducing the other to the self- same. This fact arises from infinity, not psychology or being. It invites us into the "nearness" - the "welcome", the "sociality". It is not me welcoming - the welcome, the nearness, the sociality are instructed by infinity. Seing the face of the other brings up infinity. His book "Otherwise than being" is the book to read, as it was written to answer Derrida's critique of "Totality and Infinity". We are both free (Sartre) and "hostage" (of love- election).
Excellent discussion of difference between being and becoming. E.g. difference between form and a specific instance of that form. Also difference between an archetype of a rose (thought) and a specific existent of a rose in bloom. The mental image of a perfect rose in bloom never fades (being) but an actual rose is ephemeral, it grows. Blooms and eventually passes away. The truth of the rose is a thought an archetype that never fades as God created the form and every instance is only evidence of God’s creation of the form and the constant reaffirmation of the truth and beauty of a rose. Illustrates why educating a Democrat about anything is nearly impossible.
Sherlock doesn't deduce. Almost nothing is deduction. Deduction relies on internal consistency or agreement upon terms for its assuredness. Anything else, anything open and subject to future revision upon more info, is inductive. It's all degrees of probability.
I love the way you explain with this whole format. Please continue to do so, i enjoy studying from you and it really helps to understand the text and content a lot
Mark, this is an astoundingly clear exposition of (especially) Frygt og Baeven. You nailed the concept of faith. I hope you can resume your podcasts and there is peace and prosperity for you and your family. My compliments!
How is this course working for people who aren't taking it and don't have the exercises or textbook? I'm taking it this way in order to better comprehend difficult philosophy books. Is it worth continuing? I think the instructor is fantastic, BTW.
For causation, does it always have to be based in probability? If I say the rising sea levels are caused by global warming. That's something that's been scientifically proven so it's not subjective. Reading David Hume's interpretation confused me. Can someone help me out with this?
I was talking with a friend about how i lose all self control in regard to drinking when I experience emotional pain and by pure chance I started book 7 the following night. Hit me like a tonne of bricks - spoke right to my soul
Hey, thank you so much for this lecture! It's really unique and helps me a lot with my studies. I also appreciate that you put the summary inside the slides - and all in all I really enjoy the content and the way you organize information
I'd argue the office of the presidency is not the sovereign of the American Leviathan, but (because of the Rule of Law) there is instead a sort of "AI sovereign" encoded in the state's highest legal documents.
