Chris Newton

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@homiesteez4156 Ай бұрын

Sonu, thank you for your work and for opening up the map.

@blurredlenzpictures3251 Ай бұрын

While I really respect and love Dr. Sugrue(RIP) for his contributions to our understanding of history, he is not unlike the many philosophers he covers when speaking about his own worldview the ideas start to fall apart. When I watch him speak about the world he seems to be an America-Centrific Christian Conservative using the same rhetoric to keep powers that be. He always attacks Marxism and The Frankfurt School more than a capitalist theology. He believes in ownership and elitism. American superiority. Oppressing free speech if it disagrees with him. He talks of Woke-ism like an alt right Jordan Peterson type. Lots of contradictions masked in quotes from philosophers to sell his rhetoric. Philosophers that were wrong. He has a dislike for Democracy and young people. Says he dislikes the hive mind but at the same time wants to create an elitist hive mind. He's not for the will of the people, but for the views of very few he deems to be intelligent.

@RNCM_Philosophy 10 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I would disagree that he had a dislike for young people - he kindly offered his time to us young students at the RNCM for no cost at all, and for (sadly) quite a small audience. I don't think he oppresses free speech either - he argues very strongly that we should be able to discuss everything freely, especially at the universities, otherwise proponents of repressed ideas can represent themselves as being oppressed, which can generate an otherwise undeserved compassion for their ideas.

@blurredlenzpictures3251 10 күн бұрын

@RNCM_Philosophy I agree with everything you say here. I think you may have misinterpreted my comment as though I think he's an absolutist or something. The last part of my comment may be a bit too direct and aggressive. I've watched every video he's done multiple times, and my point is that if I were to break down the totality of his philosophy, he leans Christian Conservative liberal capitalist in theory. Though I doubt he votes Republican. That said, he's a wonderful teacher and fair to all sides.

@RNCM_Philosophy 10 күн бұрын

@@blurredlenzpictures3251 For sure! I would say that him swinging towards 'liberal christian capitalist' isn't something he wouldn't question though, he's undogmatic about his christian beliefs and believed that a capitalist mentality should be kept in check by compassion towards other people. I believe elsewhere he also said that he was a 'recovering marxist', so I would be surprised if he didn't take a charitable stance towards other contrary ideas.

@rilkiev Ай бұрын

Thanks for this…so interesting and inspiring!

@senakadezoysa3759 2 ай бұрын

Great teacher. Can keep listening to him like listening to someone like Jesus!

@z0uLess 2 ай бұрын

What if you dont know how to love? He did a really far conceptual leap there at the end. Who is supposed to love, the addicted person or the people around the addicted person? Are you asking an addicted person to pull themselves up by the bootstraps by just starting to love themselves out of a dire situation? Seeing that Vervaeke has this line that he refers to as the ground principle for love where he says that you should learn how to love wisely, this type of reply is full blown mysticism -- it does not say anything in my estimation.

@RNCM_Philosophy 2 ай бұрын

Good question! I think what John is trying to convey is to follow the example of those who love wisely. It's a tough act to follow...

@eck0unltd853 3 ай бұрын

RIP Professor Sugrue

@milkenjoyer14 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic interview. I love how he thinks and will have to check out his recordings now.

@RNCM_Philosophy 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@RNCM_Philosophy 3 ай бұрын

Timestamps: 00:00:55 How Meaningful Do You Want Your Life To Be? 00:06:49 The Limits of Creativity; Taking Risks 00:12:48 Freedom Vs Discipline 00:17:52 Technique Vs Creativity; Learning from Mistakes 00:37:24 The Flow State 00:44:37 Iain McGilchrist, Left Vs Right Hemispheres; Perfectionism Vs Wholeness 00:54:34 What Makes an Artwork Great? 01:03:00 Is Music Rational? 01:09:23 The Importance of Good Taste 01:16:20 Love is the Most Important Thing 01:25:29 Having Fun! 01:37:13 Conclusion: John Vervaeke & The Meaning Crisis

@dire-decadence 3 ай бұрын

Requiescat en pace. I will always remember the much esteemed and venerable professor fondly, he really was a great man-Michael Sugrue.

@JosephusAurelius 4 ай бұрын

I consider myself extremely lucky that I got to talk with him on a 1 hour, 1 to 1 basis. Learnt alot and thoroughly enjoyed it.

@RNCM_Philosophy 4 ай бұрын

Likewise!

@silverufo6735 4 ай бұрын

I don't have the words that can come close to how much knowlege this wonderful soul shared. Teacher your lecturers on in particular Marcus Aurelius and my favourite Gorgias literary changed my life. Few ppl truly understand and grasp such knowledge/virtue that they can then pass on to a zombie I once was. You sir put wind in my sails and gave me direction and I will never forget you or the knowledge you shared. Peace be upon you Michael, you are now in the halls of the blessed accompanied by the most virtuous men that have ever walked the earth. ❤

@shutincinema4050 4 ай бұрын

What a thoughtful analysis and, ultimately, tribute to Michael Sugrue’s work in that last segment of the lecture!

@RNCM_Philosophy 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@walkerzupp8393 4 ай бұрын

You're a class act, Chris.

@RNCM_Philosophy 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Walker!

@lashropa 4 ай бұрын

❤

@seymourtompkins 4 ай бұрын

He's got loads of old school vinyl- nice !

@user-cg3tx8zv1h 4 ай бұрын

One of the good ones... Great bunch of questioners... Hence the brilliant questions...

@GiedriusMisiukas 4 ай бұрын

29:45 mentions Steven Pinker books "How the Mind Works" and "Enlightenment Now" 1:39:40 1:44:44 xD

@anngerrard6364 5 ай бұрын

So envious you got to ask Don any question you liked.Great discussion. Donald Hoffman makes me feel the world is on the cusp of something and I think he needs young people to come on board with the new mathematics and and mind boggling theories to begin this new era of the melding of science and spirituality.Very exciting.

@johnmallonee2088 5 ай бұрын

I can’t tell if he is really Christian. He likes some of the parables and the ethics, but doesn’t care if Jesus was raised from the dead? That was shocking to hear since he has always identified as a Christian (Catholic). Every Christian I know says that the entire religion hinges on the resurrection.

@RNCM_Philosophy 5 ай бұрын

He was both a Platonist and a Christian. Trying to embody the values of both Socrates and Jesus gives you a religion and the ability to criticise it. Like Dr Sugrue said, maybe making sense isn't everything

@MrEmotional33 5 ай бұрын

The problem with the apparent difference between macroscopic vs. microscopic level in quantum mechanics is simply that we cannot isolate macroscopic events as easy as we do it with microscopic events on subatomic levels, since usually there are a lot of interaction processes with environmental conditions, in physics this is called decoherence. Therefore is a lot more difficult to "prove" quantum mechanical effects in our so-called "real" world, like superposition or quantum entanglement, usually this only works on subatomic levels under laboratory conditions..although quantum mechanical effects are of course an intrinsic part of countless technologies (and solar processes) since decades now..

@samuelschmidt6236 5 ай бұрын

This rings true when I put it in context to how I use my phone and whatever apps I got on it

@BrakeJiggs 5 ай бұрын

A lot of this discussion is treading very closely to The Unanswered Question by Leonard Bernstein, where he discusses actual musical elements in phrenology and how semantics can and cannot be applied. I personally feel music and text or language cannot mix, but they can have a similar inner fundamental tone like Coltrane's A Love Supreme. Bach considered the doctrine of affections where the emotions can be arranged in a kind of colorwheel and have complimentary relationships or contrapuntal juxtapositions. Great unique questions here and it really showed how technical the language of description or expression is and how conscious a person has to be to tread in this area.

@mstrG 6 ай бұрын

Just found this discussion,. can't wait to deep dive to it . Tactical comment for algorithm.

@RNCM_Philosophy 6 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! Hope you enjoy 😊

@SunnyDayTeaFactory 6 ай бұрын

Wow. We thought we were objects inside of space/time, but space/time is the head set, and we are something much deeper. Amazing Dr. Hoffman.

@deecampbell.rva-2 6 ай бұрын

You may be interested in looking into Advaita Vedanta. It is very similar philosophically.

@TimoDcTheLikelyLad 6 ай бұрын

enjoyed it very much!

@GiedriusMisiukas 6 ай бұрын

22:25 music perception and synesthesia 29:50 mentions the book "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker

@RNCM_Philosophy 6 ай бұрын

Timestamps 00:31 Introduction to Donald's ideas 09:14 How does your theory affect our understanding of daily life? 12:59 A further exploration of Donald's ideas 17:10 Is reality whatever we choose it to be? Can myths be true? 21:10 Music perception & Synesthesia 24:27 Understanding other people's perceptions 26:04 Overcoming divisions between people 32:34 Ontological Agnosticism 39:29 Paradigm Shifts & Scientific Revolutions 42:10 Problems with Empiricism & other philosophical challenges 53:50 Overlaps with Buddhist Thinking & Scientific Spirituality 1:04:02 Truth vs Heuristics 1:11:13 Is there a collective mind? Joscha Bach: "Networks of Caring" 1:17:33 Post-Hegelian Philosophy (Zizek) 1:21:07 What is Beauty? 1:24:55 What is Artistic Taste? 1:26:17 How does language affect perception? 1:32:41 Love your neighbour as yourself 1:36:37 Psychedelics 1:39:40 Do I exist? 1:44:44 A funny moment of synchronicity 1:48:23 How to put these ideas into practice 1:50:57 Conclusion

@txikitofandango 6 ай бұрын

My answer to Prof. Sugrue around 49:00 in is that society conditions and determines who has intellect and what values and positions count as intellectual. So you can bring benevolence and intellect to a greater overlap by changing the structure democratically, as long as a sufficiently benevolent and charismatic figure breathes truth into an idea. And remember that Christ and other figures of benevolence always appear as idiots as we know from Tolstoy This was a moving discussion

@txikitofandango 6 ай бұрын

I agree with your criticisms of postmodernism, how people wear their beliefs like a costume, and reasoned argumentation has given way to a costume contest, but in all fairness Lacan warned us about this decades ago. Ditto for your critiques on authenticity, identity, self-esteem, but unfortunately the standards for his proponents aren't as high as yours. I'm saying I wish people as well-read and honest as you and as Lacan himself were reading and pushing his concepts

@eqapo 6 ай бұрын

52:00 tai chi master of listening to answer to that rambling question lol

@RNCM_Philosophy 7 ай бұрын

Timestamps 00:30 Daniel's vision for the future of music education 08:39 Problems with Online Teaching 13:38 Learning to Teach Yourself; Starting Violin as an Adult 19:40 Ivry Gitlis, The "Scratch Scale" 21:41 Abhi's journey from Doctor to Violinist; dealing with Self-Doubt 37:43 Rachmaninoff: how to be a hypnotic performer 42:10 Augustin Hadelich's humble yet hypnotic genius 48:15 The Magician vs the Mechanic 52:02 The Art of Legato 1:06:18 What is Good Taste? 1:15:15 Imitating Great Artists 1:20:32 Managing Self-Criticism 1:29:07 Confidence vs Doubt 1:31:54 Love vs Addiction (John Vervaeke); Spiraling into Freedom 1:42:37 Awkwardness in Developing New Techniques 1:48:19 Practicing with Flexibility to Develop Your Musical Toolkit 1:53:15 Approaching Opposing Ideas (Michael Sugrue); Philosophy & Music 1:58:51 Becoming an Individual Musician 2:00:33 Conclusion

@dannydeboer8821 7 ай бұрын

Yes, 100%! That's why the loving meditation and prayer is so powerful! Being in love feels powerful, calm and peaceful

@theoneunder 7 ай бұрын

Nice one. I enjoy this guys humour. Ta. 🙂

@SergiyJust 8 ай бұрын

1:08:00

@lokiholland 8 ай бұрын

Intelligence as a function is misrepresented as a feature of seperate entites is one way of looking at this.

@lokiholland 8 ай бұрын

Drilling, it would be interesting to press joscha beyond definitions of objects

@samloutalbotmusic 9 ай бұрын

Great to see you interviewing Vervaeke as well as Sugrue and Staloff.!

@MichaelSmith420fu 9 ай бұрын

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@samloutalbotmusic 9 ай бұрын

I can’t believe there are just three students for Michael Sugrue.

@RNCM_Philosophy 9 ай бұрын

And we couldn't believe that Dr Sugrue was kind enough to speak to us and post the recording on his channel! It was towards the end of term at our music college, and it's quite a small institution hence the lack of numbers (there were about 6 students there in person/online). Was a great conversation nonetheless, hope you enjoyed!

@samloutalbotmusic 9 ай бұрын

@@RNCM_Philosophyhey, I understand. I'm also a PhD Music scholar at Glasgow and small numbers can be a thing. I've been watching one lecture a day at least by Sugrue since I found him, and then again, Mike and Darren Unplugged. I'm totally wow-ed by Mike. So, it's great that a Music institution has got to speak with him. Good stuff, thanks for posting.