Dr. Sadler's Bookshelf Tour

[@JohnArbolino]

This is hands down the best bookshelf tour I've seen on KZbin. Makes you realize how much there is to explore.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Thanks!

[@lois3356]

watch Wes Callihan's personal library, it's also amazing, and him explaining how he organized it, is almost a history class itself.

[@augustineriley5582]

@@lois3356 With Church Fathers being the common denominator is some ways, Peace

[@Combiner81]

A shelf of loebs always look so handsome. Thanks for the tour!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome!

[@rogerevans9666]

When I studied Latin, my teacher said it was a synthetic language and that English was an analytical language. Later on, I noticed how true this was when I looked at some of the "Loeb Classic" books on the Latin authors; the number of pages for the English translation of the Latin always outnumbered the pages in Latin that were translated. Anyhow, thank you for showing us your library.

[@ysobel14517]

I love these book shelf tours! It's not that I want to copy your collection or whatever, it's how I get so many ideas for further reading by just seeing so many fascinating titles on your shelves. One 23 minute video = hundreds more hours happily spent in my university library. :-)

[@GregoryBSadler]

That's great!

[@LeafbyLeaf]

What a treat! Thanks for sharing your shelves, Dr. Sadler!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You’re very welcome!

[@littleredflying-fox]

Thank you for showing us your specialist library. It was a wonderful tour, and has given me some insight into your interests. There are several volumes on your shelves that I had myself, at one time. Brilliant!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@learningwithharry4996]

Thank you for this. My bookshelf is starting to look very similar. Give me another twenty years to catch up.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, if you can keep it from expanding too much, you'll do better than I did

[@RaraAvis42]

Thanks for the tour! My favorite part was learning what comes after After Virtue.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Hahaha! Yes, a lot of people read AV as if it's Mac's last book

[@Bakmoon]

Really good general collection of books. I really hope people will draw on this to get a good well rounded selection of philosophical reading instead of just reading up on one tradition and never challanging themselves.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well that, or just relying on secondary lit or popular works

[@alexjohnson9798]

My bookshelf is my pride and joy but the philosophy section is humbled by yours man

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, you've got to keep in mind that I've been studying philosophy for almost 30 years now. So, you accumulate a lot of books in the process

[@nolongeranihilist1659]

I have been waiting for this for a long time.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, hope you like it!

[@BThomCarter]

Wow. Found this past video. Amazing collection. Thanks for sharing. Much for me to strive towards.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@drewbreedlove7083]

Happy to see that PKD shelf. It was your philosophy in Sci Fi series that was my introduction to your channel.

[@GregoryBSadler]

I'm a big Dickhead

[@thebibliophile434]

That is impressive book shelf!

[@EmperorSkelletor]

Dr. Sadler, this is awesome and inspirational!

[@GregoryBSadler]

Glad to read it!

[@davidsoto4394]

I wish I had that many bookshelves. Excellent video sir. I like philosophy.

[@GregoryBSadler]

They were quite a bit of work to put together - kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fSn5yqrLqDj6s

[@tuomasansio]

Thank you! This is amazing.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

Wow! NICE RACKS!

[@GregoryBSadler]

Hahaha!

[@flyingteeshirts]

8:18 the Hallo translation of Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption's! Very nice book. I prefer the Galli translation, but all the same very cool to see that gem on your shelf.

[@ParaSniper2504]

I love your IKEA Billy Bookcases! I use them myself.

[@okra7648]

Quite an eclectic collection you got there.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Indeed

[@BrotherWoody1]

That was lots of fun. As you're married to a philosopher, I was wondering whether you & the Mrs. ever get into conflicts over what books to add & what ones to discard?

[@GregoryBSadler]

We've gotten into disagreements over how many books we ought to get rid of, and when. But we resolved them

[@arleygamer12]

Getting rid of books is a hard task this days, but in a way you´re giving the chance to other people to access them.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Quite true

[@bngr_bngr]

I would love to see an updated bookshelves tour.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Little has changed

[@powerthrobbing777]

Thank you.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome

[@andrewbudiman1310]

very inspiring Dr. Sadler

[@GregoryBSadler]

Thanks!

[@ApolloBeatz1]

Process and reality? Nice! I would love to hear your thoughts on Whitehead's Process Philosophy sometime, or maybe just a core concept video. I definitely agree with your statement that he is a transitional figure. Awesome collection. Thanks for sharing!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome!

[@malpais776]

That was really enjoyable. I gave away a lot of my books too. Everything I hadn't read or touched in 10 years.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yep. It's time

[@malpais776]

But watch out! I can't count the number of books I threw away only to come to some problem, and thought, Damn! I needed that book. Buying the same book over and over gets expensive. I've bought the paperback book of Hegel's P of G so many times over the years. Those books just fall apart in my hands. They are just hard to wrestle with. :)) That was also the case with M. Scott Peck's books.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, much of what I need I can find in one library or another

[@malpais776]

Lucky you. I live out in the sticks. The Clampetts are my closest neighbors.

[@GregoryBSadler]

That would make it tough. They might actually eat the books

[@anorderedhole2197]

This makes the walter benjamin inside of me happy.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You should let him out. Nobody has seen him for decades. . .

[@venusisalwaysabove]

what a video ! piece of art .

[@GregoryBSadler]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@alaindezii4445]

Adorno alone is difficult to read but you want to learn it because it's important.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes, I did that mainly back in grad school

[@AB-cc4xw]

Quite lovely

[@ericopaschoalbitencourt6236]

We have a lot of the same books. Very cool.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Indeed

[@EastLancashireJohn]

Very enjoyable. Thank you.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome!

[@jamesl4858]

I love this! What an expansive and inspirational collection. I'm going to University next year and I hope they have a similar collection. For a beginner philosopher, which course would you reccomend- Political Philosophy or Classical Civilisation?

[@GregoryBSadler]

No idea - it depends on a lot of factors that I don't know. Who's teaching it, how they teach it, etc.

[@ayshaatman8857]

Hello, can someone tell me what languages ​​a philosopher should know (if Latin is compulsory) and which books are recommended for someone at the beginning of the journey in the field of philosophy? Thank you very much!

[@GregoryBSadler]

There's no standard answer for any of that. This might get you started. kzbin.info/aero/PL4gvlOxpKKIgFVZpisYc8GTl7rxuyRtwm

[@charliemoll5435]

Hopefully one day I can be as well educated as you, Gregory

[@reallycoolgal]

I'm a sophomore in college; I thought I had a lot of books LOL. This is #Goals

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, keep in mind that when you have to move, you have to box up and transport all of them. . .

[@GregoryBSadler]

@D'lish Donut I've had lots of books my entire life

[@augustineriley5582]

@@GregoryBSadler :)

[@gobstopper4523]

I would love to hear you talk about Bergson. There’s very little content on KZbin discussing him and his philosophy. Do you think you’d ever be able to cover him?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Able? Sure. Do I plan to anytime soon? No. Not unless someone commissions my time, which otherwise gets spent on what I already have planned

[@gobstopper4523]

@@GregoryBSadler Haha that’s fair. Either way, I appreciate your content. Hope you’re having a good day

[@surrealistidealist]

Could you talk about how you manage to schedule all that reading into your day, given all of your other responsibilities?

[@GregoryBSadler]

I don't get anywhere as much reading in as I'd like to

[@mei89anio]

I think the previous reading just needs time to catch up to the conceptual web--but how do you go about recalling what you read? For example I'll go back to beyond good and evil every few months

[@GregoryBSadler]

"how do you go about recalling what you read?" No idea, quite frankly

[@mei89anio]

In that case is it possible to find out anything you've retained after reading a book? Do you retain anything (that might imply something semiotic)? Why should I read anything if I always forget? I know I don't forget everything, but whenever it transforms into some feeling it becomes something else and I'm left with a vague temperament.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Of course I retain something after I read a book! How I do it, that's not much of a concern for me. I've never had much trouble with that. But what works for me likely will have nothing to do with you. People are different after all.

[@jesusguerrero8786]

Cool tour! Wow, you got a lot of books. I still have quite a few physical books, many in philosophy, economics, history, art, but a few years ago I started to get rid of many of them in favor of the e-book versions. Of course, not every book is available in e-book format. Wondering if you have an Amazon Kindle and if you do, how you use it. I tend to carry mine with me everywhere I go.

[@GregoryBSadler]

We have two kindles. I rarely use them, since I prefer to have a book in my hand

[@OH-pc5jx]

does anyone know of parallel printings of Nietzsche in german and english, in the same style as the Loeb?

[@Andy-bg6cz]

at 15:47 you mention books that are broadly socialist and marxist . Which are your favorites?

[@TheMrthatdude17]

Dunno why, but i like this. A lot

[@GregoryBSadler]

There's a whole genre of these sort of videos out there.

[@TheMrthatdude17]

Gregory B. Sadler with this one, i got the thrill of being familiar with most of the authors and trusting you enough to write down the others.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Cool!

[@boxersantaros5929]

Have you done a Lacan video? If not any plans of one? Thanks

[@GregoryBSadler]

About whether I've done one - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYTRqamkp6h7gtk Will I? Quite likely in the future

[@brennanchilders2559]

what do you think of deleuze's book on kant's critical philosophy? is it good as an intro to kant or would you recommend someone else - or just starting by reading kant's writings in actuality

[@glof2553]

Awesome bookshelf, learned of a few names I hadn’t previously. Q for you Dr. Sadler: have you done much study on Islamic philosophy (Al Ghazali, Averroes, Avicenna, Alfarabi, Al Kindi etc)

[@GregoryBSadler]

Really just what I needed to do in grad school, or what I wanted to do back when I was teaching Philosophy of Religion more regularly

[@elel2608]

Hey Dr. Sadler, ever think of doing a series on Paul Ricoeur? It's weird. I find him very difficult to read. I almost feel as if Heidegger is easier to read than him. Maybe it's because I went through Dreyfus's lecture series on Heidegger and reading secondary material on Heidegger so I am much more prepared to read Heidegger than Ricoeur. Great tour btw!

[@GregoryBSadler]

Glad you enjoyed the tour. I like Ricoeur, but I rarely get to teach him,

[@dalefull88]

One day will have a collection like yours. I also have kindle which I have the history of philosophy by Anthony kenny on it. Do you have any biographies?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Just a few of philosophers. Most biographies you can get at one library or another

[@alisoliman2225]

I saw a lot of books about philosophy of language and politics did you read any of Chomsky's works ? . Thanks

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes

[@Brandon-ik6ty]

I'm surprised there's no mention of Badiou. Curious if you've read him at all?

[@GregoryBSadler]

My wife actually studied with him. You could be surprised about literally hundreds of philosophers not on my shelf

[@Brandon-ik6ty]

@@GregoryBSadler Oh wow, very cool. I've only met him once, and he was quite an intimidating presence, but seemed really nice.

[@rylle3404]

How many hours a day do you read on a normal day? I must say im very impressed.

[@GregoryBSadler]

There is no average amount for me. My schedule varies considerably

[@Garland41]

I guess the main question is have you read them all, and if so, how. Joking aside, and with so many questions I actually want to ask, I leave it to this one. How many times do you read the books and how long will a read take?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Depends entirely on the book, right?

[@DiegishT]

In your opinion are the Cambridge Companion series the correct introduction to some difficult thinkers like Heidegger or Hegel?

[@GregoryBSadler]

No. There's no "correct introduction". They're just volumes that have some decent articles. Some of them are good, some not so much.

[@DiegishT]

Gregory B. Sadler I have wondered some times how many books you had and as expected I’m very surprised and jealous of your bookshelf! Dr. Sadler I have to write an essay relating both Aristotle and Locke. it is a social philosophy class, which topic would you recommend I do my essay on? Anyways, thanks for the reply and keep up doing your videos, I’m a big fan of yours

[@GregoryBSadler]

Offhand, I'd say discuss either the nature and purpose of property, social breakdown and faction, or conceptions of justice. If you get bogged down, or want to work 1-on-1, consider booking a tutorial session - reasonio.wordpress.com/tutorials/

[@DiegishT]

Gregory B. Sadler thanks very much Dr. Sadler!

[@Jy3pr6]

Happy to see the Philokalia up there. Christ is risen!

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes, a lot of interesting stuff in there!

[@whatever0whatever0]

I'm really curious, do you have an estimate of about how many books you read in a year and would you have any advice on how to read more books in shorter amounts of time?

[@GregoryBSadler]

I would say that the only way to read more books in a give period of time - and to actually read them, not just skim through them - is to make more time for yourself to devote to reading

[@whatever0whatever0]

Gregory B. Sadler Okay, thanks!

[@miraj5569]

I just stumbled upon this video. Let me start off by saying that you have a truly wonderful collection of books and the insight it gives into your interests and personality makes me want to watch more of your videos to get to hear you talk about some of these topics in greater depth. However, I couldn't help but notice that your collection isn't exactly diverse and now I'm curious to know if that is an accurate representation of your reading or if you just happened to keep these particular books and not others whose presence might have changed my perception. I'm not talking about variation in topics but rather about diversity when it comes to the authors. For me personally, one of the greatest pleasures of reading is that I get to see the world from someone else's point of view and if said other people were always relatively similar to myself, this process would provide a very limited experience. This is not meant as judgement in any way, I just got curious and would love to hear your take on it.

[@tiagovasc]

How come you don't have any videos on Derrida if you read him so much?

[@GregoryBSadler]

How many videos do I have on most of the thinkers on my shelf? And, I do have a video on Derrida, as a short, simple search would have revealed, if you'd done it

[@gullitangom]

Hey, what's the best translation for Critique Of Pure Reason?

[@GregoryBSadler]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnTcm6BrbbOIpdU

[@cumdjaf]

Hello. Very nice shelve. Though I wonder there might be a few classics missing... Radhakrishnan Indian Philosophy and Brahma Sutra Yu-Lan Chinese Philosophy Lao zu Tao te King (I like Legge) Lonergan Insight Cassirer Philosophy of Symbolic forms Frye Anatomy of Criticism and Words with Power Lavelle Traité des Valeurs Chittick Sufi Path of Knowledge Corbin Islam Iranien Eliade Histoire des religions Mahabharata Bhagavata Purana 3 Kingdoms Wu Chengen Dhammapada Quran Franz von Baader Hamann Relational metacriticism André Marc Dialectique de l'affirmation et dialectique de l'agir Carroll Commentary on Dante Exiles of eternity prisoners of hope in patria Jacob Boehme Swedenborg Hans Morgenthau Eric Voegelin... Thats all I can thinks of for the moment But for that, I do find your library awesome and wish I may emulate you in a few years. Thanks a lot

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yep, everyone's got an opinion, that's for sure

[@eskybakzu712]

Imagine a world where Loebs are just a bit bigger ...

[@GregoryBSadler]

They're fine for me

[@jangjerdum6523]

goals

[@thebibliophile434]

I have a tendency of Sartrean giving away policy but finance is another problem too haha.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes. There's a good bit of money in books

[@linkking46]

Have you thrown away most of your literature Dr Sadler? Why is that? And have you read Pedro Paramo, if so what do you think about it?

[@GregoryBSadler]

No

[@linkking46]

@@GregoryBSadler you should give it a read, I don't think you'd regret it!

[@cuexu]

Have you read any Gaston Bachelard?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Back in grad school, yes

[@Alexander-vz7lk]

Yes!!

[@hikarikimikokiyoko6592]

This video is quite relaxing. And your narration with it just makes it more comfy. It also kills my curiosity over what you have been reading. A great vid, realy.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, I do read a good bit of stuff that's not on the shelf - particularly the speculative fiction stuff for the ongoing series

[@spicyshizz2850]

Do you have any video about religion or theism? I’m so afraid if I’m making a wrong choice

[@GregoryBSadler]

I have plenty. You can do the work of looking around in the channel to answer your own question.

[@spahbed7150]

Kinda disappointed to see that you got rid of your literature section but otherwise it's a great collection that you have gathered.

[@GregoryBSadler]

I have two literature sections, with still quite a lot.

[@jjvladimir6070]

I'd like to see a video on your literature sections. You have good taste in sci-fi.

[@GregoryBSadler]

They're near the end of this video

[@Teddy_Toto]

Minus the post structuralist books, your bookshelf looks like a St. John’s College bookshelf.

[@GregoryBSadler]

So, Saint Johns has lots of Blondel, Phenomenology, Marxist, and actual Structuralist materials?

[@Teddy_Toto]

Gregory B. Sadler yes. Some are actually part of preceptorials but none are a formal part of the core program. I should clarify that no structuralist works are included in the seminar or core program. However, some preceptorials address structuralist works in depth depending on the student and tutor interest.

[@Teddy_Toto]

Gregory B. Sadler is it possible to read your thesis on Blondel? I’d like read it if possible.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You'd have to get it from SIUC. My old version of it is in Word Perfect - if the file isn't corrupt!

[@ziusudra970]

May I ask you how many languages you speak? Seems impressive.

[@GregoryBSadler]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKDRYaKCe6uUoZY

[@ridicule1313]

Have you read Chomsky?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes, back in grad school

[@Slywolf1992]

Any Mises, Menger, Hoppe, or other Austrian Economists, or did I just miss it?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yep. Not into those.

[@esmamirac6612]

Holly Molly!!!😲😲😲

[@yobyhenthorn7813]

I’m jealous, mainly because you are a polyglot. I only know conversational Spanish and a smattering of Koina Greek. I have most if these on Kindle, since I can put my notes right on that page of the book. I also have over 3,000 physical books, yet even with a very large house, I still have enough books left over to make end tables. Is there anything as too many books? No. Not at the rate I consume them and those I reread. I’ve never been to college, so university lectures online help me think critically, Thank God for the web. Currently reading Dostoevsky and Nietzsche side by side. Would have loved to see them in debate.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Envious, not jealous, I think

[@London_miss234]

Were there any women writers in your stack of books? Did I hear Bouvoir? I may’ve missed authors?

[@GregoryBSadler]

englishgal234 you mean Beauvoir. And yes, of course there’s women

[@London_miss234]

Great! There’s so few women philosophers and thinkers. Thanks for the correction.

[@London_miss234]

Great list!

[@DarkFire515]

Very impressive collection! Vaguely surprised that you don't have some Engels tucked in to the Marxism section, though apologies if I missed it, I enjoyed watching this while I was cleaning a pair of boots for work tomorrow.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, I've never found Engels on his own that interesting. I have gotten rid of a few of his works

[@TheSteinmetzen]

With the music, you need a slow, rolling, English accent. Just kidding! nice collection. I have 'Rationalism in Politics' Sometimes it reads like rambling fluff. At first reading, One may wonder if the author enjoyed merely grazing his fingers over the keyboard, circuitously taking extra long to get to the point -perhaps wishing to sound important - But I don't think that is the case. It does seem to keep one's mind on edge, (perhaps like a watered-down Kant-like writing)....But reading it more than once gives one a better understanding and appreciation. When reading it, it is best to assume the writer has an English or New Zealand accent. This will make it flow much better in my opinion.

[@Retrogamer71]

Max Scheler. Nice. An enviable resource of original works indeed. Good thing you are not a "completionist" you'd run out of shelf space. I hope Trump makes it easier for us Brits to emigrate. I'd come to Milwaukee and pester you for book loans for sure, Dr. Sadler.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Yes, if I wanted any of this stuff to be "complete", I'd be in rough shape!

[@OH-pc5jx]

how in the WORLD is one person able to read all this in a single lifetime?

[@GregoryBSadler]

You make time for reading, and keep at it

[@OH-pc5jx]

@@GregoryBSadler it’s an impressive level of discipline!

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@OH-pc5jx I'm also more than half a century old. Time is a factor

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

No John Cage then?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Why would there be any?

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

@@GregoryBSadler Hi Gregory! Thanks for the reply! Well 'Lecture on Nothing' ( c.1950 ) for example. Cage was a composer, musical theorist, philosopher, poet, chess player, and artist, as well as being an expert on mycology, but he certainly was a philosopher. You've got a great selection of books though!

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@sherlockholmeslives.1605 Feel free to send me a copy

[@theproofessayist8441]

No Edmund Husserl Dr. Sadler? Amazon.com claims you wrote your undergrad thesis on him. Also it said you did your undergrad bachelor's in both mathematics and philosophy. You didn't keep any good math textbooks with you?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Of course there's Husserl. Ideas, the Crisis, and Cartesian Meditations, right before the Scheler and Heidegger works But even if there wasn't any Husserl, so what? I wrote my Masters thesis in 1997, more than two decades ago

[@theproofessayist8441]

My apologies I guess I didn't see the titles clearly as the video was panning through the shelf. Great repertoire of philosophy and fictional literature. I love seeing an exact copy of blue cover Borges I have. He's such a great absurdist writer.

[@theproofessayist8441]

That being said I don't understand the tone of the "so what" comment? I was not trying to be fresh. I was genuinely confused as to why I didn't see any texts.

[@gitchegumee3726]

I thought I had lots of books…nice

[@GregoryBSadler]

Thanks!

[@jwasily]

What do you think of Jordan Peterson?

[@GregoryBSadler]

I don't think about him often, though I do get asked about him a lot, and I've talked about him when asked in my AMAs

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

Well, I for one found this very interesting. A great library for a philosopher. I'm inspired to take a ramble through my bookshelves some day. If I do I'll likely focus more on the oddities than the mainstream, 'cause I've got a few rather unusual and surprising books; plus, not being an academic no one should expect me to have a particular focus in my studies (even if I kinda sorta do...) Trimming down a library sounds awful to me. Condolences. I tossed out a lot of old magazines I had saved last year. (National Review, Chronicles of the Rockford Institute, Playboy, Hot Rod and Street Rodder...) And I still miss 'em! :`(

[@GregoryBSadler]

If you do a video, I'd love to see it!

[@ThePeaceableKingdom]

:D

[@TheMillwallbill]

Understand the discipline of avoiding second hand book shops. Too easy to spend a lot of time & even more money in them. I`m like a kid in a candy store in those places.

[@nathanielhensley1301]

Well, if you're ever giving away books, I'll send the postage ;)

[@dialectics-df5hn]

Lot of Marxism for a moderate Dr. Sadler ;) Great to see the shelves up close and personal!

[@GregoryBSadler]

I think a lot of people mistakenly assume that the number of books somehow translates into endorsement, rather than interest and availability

[@sarahdias6477]

Do u know Greek ? If I need to understand. Greek philosophy do I need to know Greek

[@GregoryBSadler]

Look up my video about languages

[@sarahdias6477]

@@GregoryBSadler and sir I am currently reading Albert Camus's myth of sysyphus but am not understanding it .how should I go about it?

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@sarahdias6477 There are lots of resources out there you can search for. I have some videos on the work as well

[@sarahdias6477]

@@GregoryBSadler can u recommend books that will help me build my philosophical base and understand philosophical terminologies .As in I want to build my base but m not understanding that where should I start from? Aristotle,Sartre Descartes and which books should I read by them.Its like this ocean .

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@sarahdias6477 medium.com/@Gregory_Sadler/the-10-best-philosophy-books-for-beginners-6d1326f81d5

[@makecowsnotwar]

Jealous! Cant tell if Fanged Noumea was there. Spotted the exegesis of PKD. Lmao. Do you ever have the problem of accidentally buying something you already own while book shopping?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Old Rustic House Aesthetic no Fanged Noumena. I don’t have that problem, no. But I’ve purchased several copies of books central to my work that I had temporarily misplaced

[@Eta_Carinae__]

Damn, no American/Havard Naturalism or Cafeteria Club authors. smh. Nah but seriously though, good stuff. I'm keeping this video somewhere for reference.

[@GregoryBSadler]

So. . . . you think that the pragmatists don't qualify as American "naturalism" (with both James and Royce teaching at Harvard)?

[@Eta_Carinae__]

Well, I was specifically referring to the dialogues stemming from the "liberalisation of empiricism" effort from the late forties and what they spawned. I'm not too familiar with the pragmatists' views on naturalism, but the contemporary understanding of naturalism, as I've encountered it has been concerned with methodological monism, inter-theoretic reduction, metaphysical realism and physicalism, post-positivist social explanation, etc.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You do know I went to one of the grad schools where naturalism was constantly being discussed, right? Like it or not, you got plenty of the "contemporary understanding[s] of naturalism". You probably ought to read the American pragmatists, since they are naturalists, and they are important to plenty of contemporary discussions of naturalism The liberalisation of empiricism business is more closely related to the Vienna Circle/verificationists. I think you saw Popper on the shelf

[@Eta_Carinae__]

I did. This discussion shouldn't be heated. I was just surprised to find that few works from my (comparatively meager) collection were present in yours. I'm not trying to diminish your authority in this area, (if that is indeed how you interpreted my comment), and am happy to admit my own ignorance on the pragmatists. I am aware of the influence the pragmatists had in this dialogue, but they seem to have as much influence in just about every other area, which restrains me from lumping them in with the issues in, say, the Stanford Encyclopedia article, for example. Perhaps I should've specified "from the latter half of the 20th century", which I can admit, but I think the naturalists of this period were approaching the issue from a sufficiently different angle to warrant a categorical distinction. (To anticipate a reply, I understand Dewey is cited as a naturalist, however I am presently unaware of any commentaries or correspondence with the actors to whom I refer.)

[@GregoryBSadler]

It's interesting that you can determine whether the discussion is "heated" just by reading comments. Good luck with your studies

[@bobpolo2964]

Do you hold a belief in the biblical God?

[@GregoryBSadler]

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[@efrayimelimelech4271]

I didn't note any books about Eastern philosophy, e.g., Tao Te Ching, Dhammapada et al. Nevertheless, a very impressive library! When I grow up, I'm going to have a library like yours. 😄 I truly enjoy your lectures especially on Epictetus...wow!! Keep up the great work!! Thank YOU!!!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You didn't pay attention then. There's an entire shelf

[@efrayimelimelech4271]

@@GregoryBSadler OMGosh! May the fleas of a thousand camels infest my armpits as atonement! 😄 Someday... I'd love to meet you!! You seem to have a "genuine soul." You come across as being without guile. Take care!!

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@efrayimelimelech4271 And you as well!

[@kolamoose8717]

The only thing missing is eastern philosophy

[@GregoryBSadler]

You didn't watch enough of the video apparently.

[@kolamoose8717]

@@GregoryBSadler I missed it, I probably just wasn’t paying close enough attention. Please excuse my pretentiousness, I apologize.