Gadamer vs Habermas

Are any conversational norms non-negotiable? ‪@PhiloofAlexandria‬

[@Tm-kt3uw]

Thank you for another great video!!!

[@indranidasgupta1511]

I wish I had this video when I was doing my post grad course in 2004..

[@Tm-kt3uw]

Do I remember correctly that Gadamer considered understanding of the text to be analogous to reaching understanding in the conversation?

[@ddyatlov]

how many languages do you read Dan? is German required to study philosophy in grad school? or does it depend more on what you focus on in dissertation?

[@PhiloofAlexandria]

Most US philosophy PHD programs now have no foreign language requirement. Pitt did when I was there; my language was Latin. I have some reading knowledge of Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Danish, French, and German, though the last two are rusty; I don’t use them enough.

[@mileskeller5244]

I went to like the video and somehow at some point I accidentally hit the dislike button and didn't realize it. It should be fixed now. Really great insight professor 🙌.

[@Alimousa271]

When we get a video about objectivism

[@robertb1138]

Probably never. I've read quite a lot of that material, plus one of Rand's novels, and find them to be less philosophy than political screed. They're certainly not science. It's strange she should try to copy Nietzsche since Nietzsche would almost certainly find her objectivism to be a complete mess.

[@Alimousa271]

@@robertb1138 I don’t think the question was directed to you :) , it still a material that a lot of people consume and we want to learn more on that topic

[@robertb1138]

Send him a private email, then? Anyway, scholars don't spend a lot of time on things widely seen as unserious and of poor quality, so you will probably not find many willing. It's a career thing. On the other hand, KZbin videos are popularizing the subject so maybe someone somewhere is willing to critique Objectivism.

[@Alimousa271]

@@robertb1138 the only poor quality is your opinion, shoving it up in people face, I already emailed and he agreed to debate Yarok Brook, I’m preparing to fund that debate, so chill and keep your opinion to yourself self, I hate the people who think they know every thing themself , get back to the basement my dude

[@robertb1138]

So you agree with my advice to email. Good. Again, you're on a public forum. So, you know, I guess we're all "shoving" our opinions in people's faces, aren't we? Is it "objectively" true that I live in a basement because you don't like my opinions? Sounds very non-objective. I've read most of what Ayn Rand has written, and I reject it not from a lack of familiarity with it, but from a first hand experience. Good luck with your debate.

[@Raistlin7070]

Great video, but you really need to work on getting a microphone. The audio quality is really distracting.