Adrian Piper Interview: Rationality and the Structure of the Self

[@nicatnight70]

I am in awe. The clarity and precision of Ms. Piper´s thought, her earnest belief in our capacity to not only be better but even connect to our untapped potential is nothing short of inspiring. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@tomross5514]

Piper @ 30:15: “I’d like to think that this notion is implicit in certain traditional concepts that are part of the Anglo-American analytic vocabulary. It has to do with impartiality, impersonality. It has to do with self-reflection, being able to see oneself from a distance, being able to see other persons as just as real as oneself….When we talk about a society structured by self-interest, we mean egoistic, narrow self-interest. But there’s a wider sense of self that also might provide structure for a society: in which the distinction between self and other is not based…on the conflict of egos, but rather on seeing, and being able to imagine, the commonality of experience. In order for that to happen, we need to work real hard on exercising our imaginations.” “To carry the self forward and illuminate myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and illuminate the self is awakening….To study the way of enlightenment is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be actualized by myriad things. When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and minds of others drop away….When you practice intimately and return to where you are, it will be clear that nothing at all has unchanging self.....“‘Identity action’ means non-difference. It is non-difference from self, non-difference from others. When we know identity action, self and others are one.” ~Eihei Dogen, 1243, 1252

[@alexanderkollman]

i am enthralled and amazed and appreciative i cannot speak

[@thechadeuropeanfederalist893]

I love the clarity of thought.

[@dldumas1]

"What I mean by literal self preservation is the drive to preserve the coherence of the self against...conceptual and experiential anomaly. Anomalies that don't fit comfortably into our conceptual schemes that presents us with puzzles or traumas or shocks when we encounter them...and often motivates people to kill those who represent them."

[@julianfloa]

Very clear and insightful talk. at around 22 minutes in: Adrian says that Humes theory on morality, that desires founds oughts, is inadmissible because our desires conflict with our actions. But this would only be a sufficient counterargument to Hume if desires did not themselves conflict.

[@tunateun]

She sounds like Meryl Streep

[@monishnule4564]

Best part Starts.. 13:00

[@fuadarif4056]

‘Trust me it doesn’t work’... ok

[@TAXXPAYERMONEY]

she rules

[@irenesgarden]

Ms.Piper i wish your work could be translated in greek.

[@toboncarlos]

Amazing!

[@NicholasOfAutrecourt]

I'm sort of perplexed how someone who has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University doesn't know that Charles Sanders Peirce's last name is pronounce "purse".

[@marygraham1709]

Was that really your only takeaway?