@mariellascerri1448
I’m a mature undergraduate law student in 🇲🇹 malta and I’ve devoured all your videos !! You have a gift of simplifying what every one else complicated
@barryrempp1261
I'm not a philosopher (unless the armchair variety counts), but the philosophers I have known have a deep ENTHUSIASM for the discipline. It seems to me that this enthusiasm is encompassed, in a genuine way, within the sense of PHILIA. So I, personally, would not so quickly dismiss the relevance of philia in defining modern philosophy. Moreover, sophia is also useful for defining modern philosophy. We tend to think of wisdom as profound insightfulness, often of the sort that comes with age and experience. The ancient Greek understanding of it was more along the lines of "skill". A master carpenter or stonemason would be considered wise. Combining philia and sophia is, in my mind, quite nicely congruent with the pursuits of modern philosophy and helpful in defining it. I happen to love (in the philia sense) language, and frequently find exploring the etymology of a word very helpful in grasping its deeper implications. Sorry if I'm being pedantic. My intent is to advocate for the art of etymology, and to advise against its offhand dismissal due to a blunt, overly-simple, literal translation of a word. FWIW, my daughter double-majored in philosophy and history. (A father's nightmare?)
@theorycraft7138
Your wrong I'm not a student or parent. I'm just some guy who came across your video on if everyone sees the same red. Now I'm listening to all of them as I work to stay entertained.
@johnwalterknych3856
Great video. Another thing to add concerning the major philosophical questions (does god exist, free will, Justice, etc.)…even if we forget about them after leaving childhood and get consumed by distractions, taxes, and dates…our decisions and lives are still steered by our subconscious answers to those questions. To take an intro philosophy course it take more conscious control over your life.
@winkylee2155
Thank you prof. Kaplan. I really like your lectures. You delivered them in a clear and rigorous way.
@lifebyvikk6751
As a. Twenty something subsaharan African from Kenya,I do appreciate this channel, I'm always hungry for knowledge and this is where I run to when I want to learn one or two things
@OrangeBananaMonster
The problem with arguments made around 15:00 is that it's actually a subject of debate as to whether some of those questions are objective or subjective. "Which actions are morally good," for example, has proponents on both sides. Also, there is a philosophical view that doesn't point to the mere disagreement in philosophy, but the fact that philosophers have disagreed over the same questions for the past 2,000 years in order to cast doubt on a definitive conclusion ever being reached. I also think that math 20:50 is a really bad example of a non-empirical question, as some argue that the foundation of math isn't abstract reason but is grounded in the empirical world. We discovered that 9 isn't prime by observing such division between objects in the real world, and then abstracting to an inductive conclusion. Same with a triangle. Axioms would have never been thought of if they first weren't reflected in experience. And in 29:30, many philosophers (Not Socrates, but Nietzsche, for example) would include rhetoric or persuasion among a philosopher's tools. 39:20 is completely right, though.
@vielosoph
🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:00 🎓 Einleitung: Das Video richtet sich an Studenten und Eltern, um zu erklären, was Philosophie ist. 01:06 🏫 Definition: Philosophie als akademische Disziplin unterscheidet sich von der alltäglichen Nutzung des Begriffs. 01:48 🔄 Neustart: Vorurteile über Philosophie sollen beiseite gelegt werden, um neu zu beginnen. 02:02 🇬🇷 Etymologie: Philosophie bedeutet wörtlich "Liebe zur Weisheit". 02:24 🤔 Kritik: Etymologische Definitionen sind für das Verständnis der modernen Philosophie unbrauchbar. 03:34 🧠 Beispiel: Philosophische Fragen wie "Existiert Gott?" oder "Habe ich freien Willen?" werden eingeführt. 05:19 👶 Kinder: Kinder stellen oft philosophische Fragen, verlieren aber im Laufe der Zeit das Interesse. 06:37 🌱 Stoners vs. Philosophen: Philosophen versuchen, diese Fragen ernsthaft und rigoros zu beantworten. 08:12 🌌 Vergleich: Unterschied zwischen Philosophen und Astronomen bei der Erforschung der Sterne. 09:16 ✝️ Religion: Unterschied zwischen Philosophen und religiösen Führern in der Beantwortung von Fragen durch Offenbarung. 10:28 🔍 Unvoreingenommen: Philosophen haben keine vorgefertigten Antworten, sondern untersuchen Fragen ernsthaft. 11:12 📝 Philosophie definieren: Eine Methode ist, Beispiele für philosophische Fragen zu geben. 12:06 🎭 Subjektivität: Philosophische Fragen sind nicht subjektiv, sondern objektiv. 13:41 🌎 Beispiele: Philosophische Fragen sind tief und bedeutend, aber nicht alle tiefen Fragen sind philosophisch. 17:18 🧪 Empirisch vs. Nicht-empirisch: Philosophie beantwortet Fragen, die nicht durch Beobachtung oder Experiment beantwortet werden können. 20:11 🧮 Mathematisch: Manche nicht-empirischen Fragen können durch Beweise und Berechnungen beantwortet werden, aber nicht philosophische Fragen. 21:57 🔺 Abstraktion: Mathematische Fragen unterscheiden sich von philosophischen durch ihre Lösungsmethoden. 26:15 📚 Definition: Eine philosophische Frage kann weder empirisch noch durch Berechnung beantwortet werden. 27:08 ⚖️ Gerechtigkeit: Die Frage, wie Gesellschaft gerecht organisiert werden soll, ist eine philosophische Frage. 28:32 🧠 Rationalität: Philosophische Fragen werden durch rationale undrigorose Argumentation beantwortet. 28:56 💬 Argument: Philosophen nutzen Argumente als rationalen Prozess, um die Wahrheit einer Behauptung zu demonstrieren. 29:51 🧠 Philosophen: Sie haben nur Argumente und klare Gedanken, um ihre Fragen zu beantworten. 31:12 🤔 Philosophische Qualität: Einige Argumente sind besser als andere, wodurch nicht "alles geht". 32:06 🌍 Existenz von Gott: Beispiel eines Arguments gegen die Existenz eines allwissenden, allmächtigen und gütigen Gottes angesichts des Bösen in der Welt. 33:15 🏛️ Philosophie: Sie liefert begründete Antworten auf philosophische Fragen, was ihren Wert ausmacht. 36:51 🌌Unsterblichkeit: Die Frage, ob die Seele nach dem Tod weiterlebt, ist eine philosophische und wertvolle Frage. 37:29 📚 Philosophische Fragen: Fragen, ob Philosophie wertvoll ist oder "alles geht", sind selbst philosophische Fragen. 40:03 ⚙️ Schwierigkeit: Philosophie ist schwierig, da sie nur auf klaren, rationalen Gedanken und Argumenten basiert. 42:02 🧪 Werkzeuge: Philosophen nutzen Worte und Argumente ähnlich wie Chemiker ihre Instrumente. 44:01 📊 Testergebnisse: Philosophiestudenten schneiden bei standardisierten Tests wie GMAT, LSAT und GRE gut ab. 47:44 💼 Karriereaussichten: Philosophiestudenten haben im Vergleich zu anderen geisteswissenschaftlichen Fächern gute Gehaltsaussichten. 49:35 💰 Philosophie und Reichtum: Die Frage, ob man Philosophie studieren sollte, um reich oder klug zu werden, ist selbst eine philosophische Frage. Made with HARPA AI
@chriss4891
Talking about philosophy philosophically, pure genius.
@trudyannrenion1586
Im a single mom that never have time, always questioning my existence and seeking wisdom for my behavior
@BENZIVAR93
i love this guys teaching! he is one of the best teachers i've ever seen
@Firerose101
As an engineer, I love philosophy. Unfortunately, it doesn’t pay my bills.
@dotexe6415
I'm not one of your students, nor a parent - I'm doing a short course on philosophy after being out of education and work for a while, and your videos help explain the topics further! I'm trying to get better words to explain this crap in my head. Your passion feels so wholesome, and now I'm obsessed!
@bryanoldenburg9870
Thanks for your passion-- your love for learning surely shines through! I wish I'd had a fun professor like you back at the "Yale of the Midwest" (shown in the 1895 photograph). BTW, I recently replicated the shot using a modern-day student with a cell phone up to his face. One wag saw the replication and said, "We've gone from a society of thinkers to one of talkers." I gotta admit, he got me thinking about that one Jeffrey!
@AlexisValentine-l7
I like how crystal clear your description to philosophy, I read a lot of philosophy but authors of philosophy at least in Arabic language add a lot of vague explanation about what philosophy really is, or just try to be majestic. Thank you, your video really helped me.
@JasonGafar
I am always disappointed when people question the merits of doing an undergraduate degree in philosophy, as people often question it's correlation to securing a career. To major in philosophy can inexorably lead to many lucrative careers, such as law, administration, journalism, academia, and others. The personal fulfillment of doing a degree in philosophy is far reaching.
@beingsane
Min 16 "The heavens, We have built them with power. And verily, We are expanding it" (51:47 holy quran
@octaviorusso2312
I would love to see videos like this about psychology, maybe about Jungian psychology. It would be great if you talked about those topics too. You have a very clear and engaging way of speaking—and you are not pretentious, and that is a great relief; people I know who talk about philosophy are quite pretentious and it's honestly quite annoying to listen to them; you are authentic and humble. I can tell you like what you do, and you don't act as if you were superior to other people because of your knowledge and your ability to communicate it. Hope you consider expanding into psychology. Thanks for your amazing work.
@a.nonimus6705
I was an undergraduate philosophy student. Not in your class though. Also, 9 years ago. Then I got my degree. So I'm just watching your youtube videos because they make for entertaining background noise while I drink tea. You're a great lecturer 👍 Also, you have some really crazy dreams. Pirate ships turning into dragons that are your grandmother? Man, I need to ingest chemicals to have those kinds of dreams...
@hoagie911