Descartes Introduction: Meditations

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This is an introduction to Rene Descartes' Meditations. Descartes - born in 1596 - is often considered the father of modern philosophy. He was a radical innovator, completely sweeping away the old and inaugurating a new method - simple, pure, clear, individual thought. He claimed he read very little, and most of his work was in the sciences. When a man asked to see his library he pointed to a half dissected calf. He was primarily a mathematician. He invented the Cartesian coordinates, but today he's mostly remembered for his philosophy.
There are two key philosophical works - the Discourse on Method and the Meditations - the latter is a more complete statement of his philosophy.
It’s short, it’s reasonably simple, its’ groundbreaking, it’s entertaining.
Descartes wants to doubt everything he knows so as to put thought and philosophy on a firm footing; he wants to discover what is certain, indubitable. He is, then focusing exclusively on reason, he’s a rationalist.
So, how do we go about discovering what we know to be certain?
Cogito Ergo Sum. I think, therefore I am.
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@ThenNow 3 жыл бұрын

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@johnarbuckle2619 3 жыл бұрын

My infatuation with philosophy started with Descartes. There's something beautiful and pretty straightforward about the way he indagates: he starts with the subject (the self) and from there he tackles the question of knowledge. It's wonderfully naive by today's standards, but back in the day it was revolutionary and together with Galileo and Hobbes he puts the final nail in the coffin of scholasticism (and to Aristotelian dogma)

@Shreyaa81 3 жыл бұрын

@@thotslayer9914 To be fair, his ontological argument is pretty naive even by theological standards

@Shreyaa81 3 жыл бұрын

@@thotslayer9914 How is it more about teleology? His argument for the existence of God relies more on assuming that God exists in order to prove that God exists, rather than an argument from intelligent design.

@Shreyaa81 3 жыл бұрын

@@thotslayer9914 I consider myself an atheist

@Shreyaa81 3 жыл бұрын

@@thotslayer9914 Oh right, I see. No, I'm not convinced of a transcendent, metaphysical being. Honestly, I don't quite know how to label myself. I'm still pretty new to philosophy so I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm metaphysically naturalist

@adaptercrash Жыл бұрын

The self he think he had knowledge in a cupboard or something they made ia movie, it's dumb. You know the Indian in the cupboard

@marcsmit9873 3 жыл бұрын

Reread "Meditations" recently and was struck by how great Descartes' writing is. Great video!

@lukajung9051 3 жыл бұрын

See the Discourse translated by Kennignton 2007!!!

@johnarbuckle2619 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and very professional presentation.

@JD-ez5fj 3 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, I studied Descartes two years ago, fast forward and I’m now reading Derrida for my dissertation. Your videos have been a great resource over the last few years, thank you.

@pancakebears 2 жыл бұрын

I'm studying Descartes' Meditations for a Philosophy class and I struggle a lot with focusing. However, your take on this presentation was so captivating! Great work :)

@slobodanstamenkovic6017 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's important to have people who are spreading truth and wise words !

@egorpanfilov 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore such format of the videos! Hopefully, more to come in the future! Thank you!

@arsenelupin123 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't know that Descartes was channeling Anselm so much

@waqaskhanmomand7103 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating! keep up the the good work .I have read the discourse and you have tempted me to read Meditations. Thank you

@vCoralSandsv 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Lots to consider!

@Daniel-Strain 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful overview, thanks! :)

@laurenceraran4027 3 жыл бұрын

Very good timing, just got Descartes’ Meditations from the library!

@lordmarshmal_0643 Жыл бұрын

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@MrRzykruski Жыл бұрын

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@Vineeth_Lifestyle 3 жыл бұрын

Sir please make a video on Dworkin and his Theory on Equality

@palmirakis Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@bysoumya3795 3 жыл бұрын

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@logos9391 4 ай бұрын

I don't think Descartes is talking about Meditation in the same way a Buddhist means meditation. He's not talking about sitting cross legged and clearing the mind of all it's content. He's talking about using rationality to find axioms (first principles).

@stormrider1375 Жыл бұрын

"We recognize that separating humanity from nature, from the whole of life, leads to humankind's own destruction ... This striving toward connectedness with the totality of life, with nature itself, a nature into which we are born, this is the deepest meaning and true essence of National Socialist thought." - Ernst Lehmann, 1934

@ivanbenisscott 3 жыл бұрын

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@eorobinson3 3 жыл бұрын

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@edwardbackman744 3 жыл бұрын

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@eorobinson3 3 жыл бұрын

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@the_famous_reply_guy 3 жыл бұрын

Reality shakes

@wyleong4326 2 жыл бұрын

Decartes sounds like a Buddhist.

@d4v0r_x 3 жыл бұрын

who came to one certainty and began a new philisophy - by meditation? still, in the end, self-deception

@katharinastahlhofen8964 3 жыл бұрын

how to embarrass yourself: creating a youtube channel about history, politics and philosophy without a single video dedicated to a female thinker. that is....... audacious, to put it euphemistically. would be interesting to hear how you want to explain, let alone justify that.

@codyvandal2860 3 жыл бұрын

How about this: It's his channel and he is under no obligation to you or anyone else to feature any particular philosophers or thinkers or to explain his reasons for doing so. He doesnt need to "justify" anything to you or anyone else.

@katharinastahlhofen8964 3 жыл бұрын

@@codyvandal2860 We're speaking about a public youtube channel that clearly followes an educational approach, so it's definitely not a private matter. Therefore it doesn't seem very reasonable to tell someone it's not their place to voice criticism when public platforms are quite literally supposed to be the site of discussion within a democracy. Besides, this is obviously not about "me" or any other individual, but a question of an accurate depiction of reality in a broader sense. When someone creates a channel about history, politics and philosophy without a single video dedicated to a female or non-white person, then this reveals not only a strong bias towards a male-centered and white-supremacist view of history, it is therefore also a severe deviation from reality.

@lukajung9051 3 жыл бұрын

Such pc bs Embrace the video. It's not his job to cater to the masses.

@Bojoschannel 3 жыл бұрын

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@daniellegilmartin3225 3 жыл бұрын

@@lukajung9051 she's not wrong. Everyone is within their right to interpret this content, you not liking it doesn't make her wrong