I haven't considered the writings of Jurgen Habermas since Graduate School almost thirty years ago. So, it's like a bolt from the blue to suddenly see you bring such clarity and insight to his philosophical aims. When I studied the career of Habermas, we were trying to see how he came to be the inheritor of the Marxian/Freudian Frankfurt School For Social Change Thinkers like Horkheimer, Adorno, Benjamin and Fromm. You've provided new light. Thank you, Ellie

I am a history teacher in China, your can always explain philosophy in a simple and clear way, help me understand history of philosophy alot. thx

Unfortunately, what is considered "philosophy" in the Universities is the study of certain specific famous philosophers. If science was taught in the same way, the entire curriculum would be focused on studying the biography of famous scientists, rather than on the understanding and advancing the actual science.

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Habermas' views on the role of philosophy have been influential in cognitive science where different disciplines such as neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and so on come together to understand the mind. It's important conceptually to propose appropriate constructs so that such disciplines can communicate to, and understand, each other.

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Thank you for distilling Habermas's synthesis of Kant and Rorty with such clarity! It seems Habermas was searching for a distinctive role of philosophy in the new sciences, one of holding hypotheses (Platzhalter) and another for interpretation. I would not undermine the role of philosophy as usher or Platzanweiser since the very fact of formulating hypotheses is a creative act of philosophy. After its contribution to the inception of the sciences, philosophy migrated there and is very much embedded therein. It remains the light of rationality infusing a healthy dose of skepticism that guides and reflects on all human endeavors and views.

indeed through out the history of academia , one finds a thinker who steps up to the plate to save their profession . Socrates from the materialists ,Kant metaphysics from science ,Jung in psychology selvaging religion from the remnants of Nietzsche hammer . I enjoyed the presentation , I have since listened to other lectures on Habermas ,finding Professors Anderson presentation better understand the other presentations . Thank You!

Philosophy offers foundations to develop sciences. It also further creates the role of checking other knowledges in their short comings in matter of their further development. Philosophy checks on the imperfections in ideas of other sciences.

Hey, insightful video! This is a relatively small channel so I'm glad the algorithm found you for me, and I find your explanation very valuable. Habermas is such a prolific and wide-spanning writer that I've found it hard to get an idea of what he stands for or is best known for. He seems like the philosopher who you discover while researching views on topics rather than by following his works, independently and that really shows the niche he chose to adopt for his own philosophy and in other areas of his life he seems true to his ideals. Certain pop-philosophers stick around and seem to occupy a niche in modern society that's significant. Growing up, I saw philosophy as the glue that holds academic subjects together. An amorphous and evolving refuge of ideas away from the great houses. To write, as Slavoj Zizek (a pop philosopher) does about how politics is linked to mass media, you need to occupy a space outside film review, outside general social commentary, and outside of politics. Other philosophers, including WiseCrack, pay homage to the pantheon of philosophy while reviewing media but in a valuable way. We, as philosophers, may see out history and pantheons as old news, but even simple philosophical ideas can be revolutionary to the average person (see stoicism within the manosphere and modern conceptions of masculinity). Philosophy can act as such an usher that Kant describes but lacks the administrative strength in academic institutions for such a role. Of course, those with PhD's are supposed to have a philosophical perspective behind their field and that could have an overarching effect on academia but I do wonder how many of them care or want to be aligned with "philosophy". Habermas' ideas are very reasonable and up-to-date but I feel it looks highly, it looks at where philosophy can fit amidst a swelling academia, but it fits where it always has, outside and in between. When the mathematician writes the justification for their work, they're philosophising. Will they say "For the sake of pure mathematics"... Not often, but even then it's defiant and philosophically edgy. Philosophy as an interpreter is a very beautiful conception and I can see no fault in it but it does more. It still connects and builds on itself at times, without bridging academic institutions. The feelers are still out and it can still break new ground, I think that in that way, it goes well beyond a stand-in... it's pioneering.

According to Kant, it was once philosophy’s primary role to provide the foundation for all of the modern sciences; defining once and for all what can be experienced and what cannot be experienced. Secondarily, a role to sort out (as a “judge”) the differences between auxiliary disciplines within both the humanities and sciences. :)

Just discovered this podcast and its very substantial as a philo major

Thank you.

Philosophy is a way of thinking, a tool. It is very useful when looking at something new and unknown for example when Einstein was developing relativity, it was philosophy that he used.

Theology was the queen of the sciences.

Hello Dr. Ellie, I'm new here on your channel (I'm a Brazilian physics teacher). In the fact, the algorithm brought me to this video (sometimes I saw some videos of phylosofia - in portuguese, off course). Anyway, I would like to make a comment about your book: Clarice Lispector - complete stories. I'm glad to know that you appreciate Brazilian literature.

I like Habermas's perspective. It's very Aristotelian in the sense that it sees philosophy as some sort of vantage point to connect all scientific disciplines. Kind of satisfying to think that Aristotle didn't just establish the core disciplines of science but also was right about the role of philosophy (as first of all sciences) after all. After I took a deep dive into the linguistic turn in the last semester I think that philosophy still plays an extremely important role in epistemology.

Congrats, Ellie, for your excellent presentation on Habermas. Piaget's book "Insights and illusions of Philosophy" is also worth checking out. It's a much deeper book than it seems at first sight, and it's unfairly neglected. I guess that as long as people want to label that what they're doing as philosophy it'll continue to exist.

Fantastic video on a VERY important essay. Thank you!

To me, philosophy is very useful to understand ourselves and our environment.

Finally a philosophy podcast!!

This video was enough for me to subscribe to upcoming class content!!! great essay break down

More videos on Habermas, please!

Great talk, following!

Great video. I'm a fan of Habermas and consider him a serious thinker. I liked the ending, where you articulated philosophy's role as an interpreter between disciplines. I agree. Science can't decide on ethics and morality. This is where philosophy can help. I think the area where philosophy can be most helpful today is in epistemology, the study of knowledge, what do we know and how we can know things. Critical thinking skills, evaluating evidence, and how we reach conclusions are hugely important in personal, political and professional life in the USA and elsewhere. This is a major sub discipline of philosophy, my favorite area of philosophy and an area where philosophy can make material contributions to the greater good. Every high school and college student should be required to take a critical thinking class and be exposed to logical reasoning and critical thinking skills. Thanks for the video.

Enjoyed the video!

I recently discovered your work. You do a wonderful job. Very compelling. Keep it up. Kind regards. RJ Roger.

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This was a great summary, very helpful

Thank you! This is a great lecture

Honestly, my eyes glaze over sometimes, complicated stuff, but thanks!

I'm going to have to watch this more than once. Let's read Bergson. Can I audit that class pleez? I think that guy said what I think. Not sure yet. Let's find out.

Nothing can replace the best parts of Spinoza's philosophy. Also, no discipline other than philosophy has even a trace of a fighting chance of grasping the central human problem -- the angst of existence.

In some ways this is a really excellent video and I commend it, it caters to an essential middle ground between highly theoretical lectures for grad students video taped from the back row at a university and really cheapened, simplified kind of “philosophy explained” stuff. But two things I imagine can improve it - 1. Even subtly seeming like you’re just reading off some lecture notes detracts, it loses the dynamism which grips the audience, given the close up and the good image quality and the generally comprehensible language 2. Instead of just paraphrasing what famous philosophers have said I think you should/could try harder to refine their ideas until they feel irrevocably justified and clear. You can keep distilling what they’ve said until you’ve made it your own so you can tell the audience in a way that’s unmistakably clear and convincing

what do you think and know about J Krishnamurti

Does Usher means determining the basic premises and the ontology of sciences?

Please do all the Frankfurt School!

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if philosophy at one time or another can't lead humanity to a better world by solving important moral / ethical dilemmas, then all it may turn out to be is a hobby and a source of topics for artists.

Very nice series. Thank you very much. Do you read French or German or speak any other languages?

Alright let me know if this is at all reductive, but it seems to me that Ellie is talk-y Maggie Rogers and Maggie is sing-y Ellie Anderson. haha, jk. Just found your channel and I'm loving it so far! Thanks for the videos!

would you agree with the notion, that occurred to me after viewing your video, that the history of philosophy is filled with ideas that are simple, though they may not be easy, and that this perhaps supports the role of philosophy as interpreter? for example the following ideas, which are just my articulation of several philosophical themes I’ve been aware of over the years, not necessarily ideas I’d personally endorse... -a common vocabulary is the result of a common bias -truth sets humans apart from other animals -truth is an artefact of power -relative truth is logically absurd -that which is constructed may be de-constructed -self awareness is always already given in experience -self awareness is never given in experience -just because something is difficult to talk about does not mean it is irrelevant -we live in one world -we live in two worlds taking the first idea to illustrate how it is simple but not easy, if we believe that words are simply the means to signal to others how we have already learned to divide up the world, then the question arises how can we have persuasive discussions? how can we express new ideas to others? what constitutes anomalous behavior and how may it function to influence those who don’t already agree with you?

Dear Guardian of Rationality: where applied sciences (e.g. engineering) boundaries can be defined by disciplines from other sciences, but has a morality requirement and expectation in service to society and nature, but by definition is not the study of morality, does the philosophy of engineering be best served by being compartmentalization within to consider such complexity, or does the boundaries expand and overlap other philosophies, or just mirror or reflect such overlaps? Thought or suggested reading invited.

What do you personally think is the role of philosophy in our current contemporary and modern society?

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Can you tell me what you personally believe about beyond good and evil by Friedrich Nietzsche?

Wisdom is pragmatic stratagem at the pinnacle of present perception aimed at the highest conceived value. Philosophy: Philo (Love) Sophi (Wisdom) Would be the love and seeking of this “Wisdom” in my supposition, Science,(scientia),meaning “knowledge” etymologically would be the data, info, knowledge, “Philosophers” use like chess pieces in the pursuit of Wisdom’s aim. But what is Wisdom Aim …? I believe it starts with an L

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Any recommended translation?

Anyone here ever translate Habermas into Spanish? I don’t mean his works, I mean his name. 😄 Haber más.

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What about the role of philosophy in bioethics?

Humans used to do philosophy. Nowadays, humans do science and religion. Actually it's a decline in the quality of what humans usually do.

...not bad! but what does that really say...

But isn't Habermas therapeutic in his conception of "lifeworlds", or even as a post-fascist, picking up the pieces of a collapsed society

It's a deeply for lack of a better word Anglophone way of thinking to simply dismiss an entire disciple like philosophy because it doesn't pay the bills or fix such-and-such problem. Philosophy is THE discipline that asks why we should concern ourselves with bill paying and this deterministically Darwinian anf capitalist framework to begin with. The natural sciences already co-opted the word "science" and now arrogantly assume they can out-philosophy philosophy. Ridiculous.