Even if there is no actual freewill, we have ‘the useful illusion of freewill’. The vast majority of us operate temporally as if we have freewill, regardless of whether it is ‘actual’ or ‘illusionary’. Your questions are interesting ones, but almost purely academic. I would be tempted to say they have been talked to death in the literature, but experience has shown me the possibility of a novel perspective is always out there.

Oh yeah, there isnt any pacific salmon. Only Atlantic. Huh. Guessing those of us on the west coast aren't real either. Im just kidding

The way he talks…😂he wants to be seen as intellectual and possessing deep knowledge

Great and inspiring work!

What is the significance of the name "leviathan?"

Understanding or you think you understand.

Not an exact science?

Thanks.Hope to see more.

wonderful.

Density yes, but equally sparsity. Neanderthal environmental separation would prevent proliferation. Morality? That's questionable.

Thank you so much, I wanted to listen to him so badly on this book🥰

Synthesis. He said the word... Howard Gardner would be proud.

The Impressionism, unfortunately put some artists under that title who were not of that genre but were at the same time. Degas and the French Naturalists, to me were far superior painters. Artists like Monet, Renoir, Pissarro had blue and pink palettes. They feather painted quickly in a non specific day light. Bastien-La Page was the most prominent of the Naturalist movement and influenced others like Leon L’hermitte and Jean Millet, etc.

Spot on.

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Wonderful Interview. Gonna finally get a couple of her books! Thank you! 😊

It was about an hour too short. Great video, thank you.

Haiti massacre in 1803? Please explain.

This man has never read volume one of Das Kapital lol

Does he ever engage with Marx? I mean Jesus christ why is Pippin suddenly mystified by things with simple and evident explanations

What is being? What everybody is doing.

Nope..no we dont need to teach ut at all. The world is fine the way it is..yes we have racists, there are more black racists than white (thats a fact) and no amount of schooling or education will change people from being racist. Stop playing the victim

You said literally nothing but buzzwords...

Annie Dillard. Now, thanks to you and the professor, I’m interested in poetry. I just listened to Mary Oliver recite one of her poems. I’m writing with tears in my eyes. Your podcast opened my eyes to a world I knew existed, but had not experienced. Not really. Or maybe I’m just getting old…and sentimental. I hope you’re having a great weekend. And thank you.

You want to lessen the effects of racism in general society? Stop talking about it so much. This faux "racism" problem was designed to keep people distracted from what's really going on around us because if we're fighting each other, we won't have the time or energy to fight the real monsters of our society

I also want to look into Emanuel Kant, but I’m afraid my brain will explode trying to understand him. Any guidance there? Any books. Videos? Articles? I know this- every time I watch any videos or read anything on contemporary philosophy, Kant’s name keeps popping up. He seems to be hugely influential.

I just added Hannah Arendt to the list of philosophers/political theorists I must read. I think I’ll start with her Very Short Introduction. She was contemporary adjacent to Simone Weil, right? There are actual video interviews here on KZbin of Arendt.

So would cancel culture be an adaptation of racism in our current society? Where the race has become about a person’s stance?

You interview so many interesting authors on topics I’d never really considered into delving. Liked and subscribed.

Fabulous philosopher. Wonderful podcast.

If we can't accept that we don't see our own evil, we'll not see it in others when it comes to it.

I’m curious about what technologies for medicinal application were used in the Hippocratic writings? Things that the practitioners have on hand to administer their craft. Syrups, salves, slings, crutches etc. tools of the trade and common practices/applications. If you have any information, suggested sources or known lectures, I would greatly appreciate it, because looking for it as a layman is not producing much information on this subject.

A very pleasant and informative presentation. Thank you.

Thank You. Dr. Robert Pippin

Human nature as a prescriptive or objective concept also frustrates my husband to no end. Love this conversation.

History of the Western Civilization is divided in two parts, Before Christian Era and Anno Dei. History of Western Philosophy can also be divided in two parts: pre-Socratic meanderings and post Platonic idiocy😊

Great podcast, great guest, great host , loved it .

Great interview, thank you!

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Love this. Biblically, there is the wide path and the narrow.

Very nice, thanks!

Didn't bring up anarchy and what it means in Heidegger context! But good discussion.

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Brilliant!

What I really want to know is did he get her hooked on coke ?

You are incorrect, George Floyd overdosed, he didn't get murdered. He was a sorry criminal that swallowed a lethal amount of drugs, while trying to pass off counterfeit money to a business owner. His rapsheet included holding a gun to a pregnant woman's belly to rob her.

Does this book require prior knowledge of philosophy or can anyone just jump in?

I don't know if it's at all relevant but it triggered something that's been kicking around in my head late at night. Tools and the time they save, modern tools. We spent so much time improving materials, stone axes take more skill to make but they cleared half the known world with them. And for practical uses if it's just you and your tribe that's all your going to get, you didn't have time to travel 3k miles collecting tin and copper, not actually much better then. Swords for sure but honestly stone is better for crafting many things. But really what I'm driving at is the more modern we get the more the tool making is spread out over space and time. Everyones a tool maker and capable of learning how to work with rather advanced glue and wood and cord all from the bushes so to speak. But you get people into these networked groups with symbols of power and wham bam you can create a slave class that sources everything so you can have the appearance of creating more wealth. It's probably not even a thing but I feel like it's a factor, are we blessed or are we just exploiting and exploited. From the very start. Do we need to lean so hard on industry? It's it really the only way forward? We're supposed to reach equilibrium, property then population settling out. That's what half a billion years of evolving systems does, complex assemblies. If assembly theory is correct then these patterns can't be replaced only permiated ... Rambling 🍁😤