Bertrand Russell | "The Value of Philosophy" | The Problems of Philosophy | Philosophers Explained

"The Value of Philosophy" is the last chapter of Bertrand Russell's popular 1912 book "The Problems of Philosophy." After discussing many issues of philosophy including, reality, existence, knowledge, induction, universals, truth and intuition, Russell looks at the question of whether philosophy is worth doing. He concludes that it is.
Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.
Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.
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Stevie Hicks is a boss at life 💯

[@pondering1716]

Seems you ended up making more of these, Dr. Hicks. Thank you 😉

[@aslamtu]

Thank you

[@cryptoemcee]

Thanks! I need to read the whole book.

[@Jules-Is-a-Guy]

I consider myself an empiricist, but I think cognitive scientist John Vervaeke has an interesting challenge to this position. There seems to be evidence in neuroscience research, that people make up their minds about things, and also interact with the physical world, based on reactions and impulses rather than considering evidence, and also based on expectations of experience that the brain constructs to facilitate a sense of continuity, as opposed to precise and detailed observation. Therefore, a straw-man of empiricism might be, that it's part of this neurological illusory process, whereby people tell themselves stories about experience or invent justifications for actions, to maintain narrative continuity and decrease anxiety from uncertainty (the latter point sounds Heideggerian). However, a steel-man of empiricism would be, that in spite of neurological discoveries about self-deception and stimulus response, it is still of primary importance that people subsequently reflect on their experiences and actions, and attempt to gather evidence to facilitate greater clarity about the nature of experiences, about consequences of actions, and to falsify observations about the world.

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Philos = love , think about that

[@stephannaro2113]

I wonder if Lord Bertie changed his mind significantly as he got older? Thirty years later (in his History) he did have five major criticisms of Plato. But I'm guessing he wasted his considerable accumulation of age on other things than wisdom.