Merleau-Ponty - The Visible and The Invisible (1)

[@absurdbeing2219]

*Contents* 00:00 Introduction 10:10 TO THE THINGS THEMSELVES! 11:39 Scepticism 21:15 TO THE THINGS FOR ME 22:50 Metamorphosis, not synthesis 27:56 TO THE THINGS FOR OTHERS 31:38 Unjustifiable certitude of the world 35:35 Sensible world as ground of the world of mind and truth 42:20 Summary

[@Gael_Comarmond]

In the video you wondered why Merleau-Ponty doesn't explicitly talk about Heidegger. In his lecture series on the phenomenology of perception, Hubert Dreyfus talks about how he might have distanced himself from Heiddegger when he came out as a Nazi. Perhaps to make his ideas sit better. As a result of this Dreyfus claims that Merleau-Ponty ends up attributing Heiddegger's ideas to Husserl.

[@absurdbeing2219]

Yes, I have heard that, too. The reticence to acknowledge Heidegger given the Nazi connection certainly seems plausible.

[@dionysiandreams3634]

Looking forward to this series

[@absurdbeing2219]

This one is long overdue. Good to see you again!

[@Haveuseenmyjetpack]

Who do you think inspired Bergson? 40:12 - 40:32 If we trace this mode of philosophizing back to it's roots, where are the major landmarks? More often than not, when you say "that's so Bergsonian" (which I don't disagree with), I smile, nodding, then my mind leaps back to who I believe must have been one of the main inspirations for Bergson. By understanding this root, we gain new insight into MP, but also everyone who was also inspired by this philosopher, like Heidegger. MP is one in a long line of philosopher who titled their magnum opus on ontology/metaphysics in the form of "X and Y" or "something *AND* something" Visible and Invisible (just prior to that was Sarte's Being and Nothingness) Being and Time (Heidegger) Matter and Memory (Bergson) Thing and Space (Husserl) Who was the OG philosopher who started all of this?

[@absurdbeing2219]

I give my vote to Schopenhauer. "Z as X and Y" could be seen as the original starting point, from which "X and Y" is a derivative. And anytime you talk about Schopenhauer, you're at least implying Kant, so maybe the roots reach back as far as Kant in a 'phenomenon and noumenon' sense, even though he never used this as a title anywhere.

[@myla6135]

I do like "the sensible world (visible) is prior to our thoughts (invisible). It brings to mind Descartes' "I think therefore I am" and makes me wonder how when I read Philosophy 101 at a time I did far less thinking I just accepted that as obvious. There are, of course, many times I'm not thinking and I'm fairly sure I don't cease to be at those times. Or have I got it wrong again, and I do? 🤭

[@absurdbeing2219]

It also brings to mind Bergson's 'we were acting beings before we were thinking ones' and Sartre's emphasis on the non-thetic.

[@derendohoda3891]

What a great video and channel! Somehow the algorithm worked I can't wait to watch the rest. I don't know if you ever read Wittgenstein but I have always felt that he and the phenomenologists were aiming at the same place though shooting from different platforms. Some of what was said here about dreams in particular made me think of On Certainty. Philosophical Investigations is always returning to how we are embedded in the world and what that means about philosophizing (and how philosophizing goes easily astray). Time to jump in to your other videos, thanks again!

[@absurdbeing2219]

Awesome. Love to hear algorithm success stories! I hear you on Wittgenstein, too. I hope you enjoy some of my other series.

[@samuelalexandre1800]

omg I'm reading this right now and I'm so happy you just launched a new series on this, it'll be so helpful to read as you comment

[@absurdbeing2219]

Perfect timing! Although I'm probably going to be moving a bit slower than you...

[@samuelalexandre1800]

@@absurdbeing2219 no problem at all, thank you for sharing with us what you are doing

[@holistic_physicalist]

It really is such a shame he couldn’t complete this work 😩 I’m so glad you’re covering this one!

[@absurdbeing2219]

True. Between the two of us, we've got MP covered!

[@holistic_physicalist]

@@absurdbeing2219 Haha, that’s right!

[@kaiko2020]

Thank you!

[@tom23rd]

I'm looking forward to this one. I see a lot of life as i experience it reflected in this work; i'm just eating this up 😊

[@absurdbeing2219]

Awesome. Glad to have you onboard!

[@myla6135]

Hello Nathan! Joining you again, a lot later than I expected to. Fell over in early Jan and broke my right shoulder. Still in agony, can't scribble much (as I like to do when listening to you) and typing isn't much fun either. Nine months they said .......as I'm a bit old. ☺ But really happy you are doing this. Thank you.

[@absurdbeing2219]

Oh man. Brutal. Good to have you back, even under less than optimal conditions. I hope the shoulder heals up quicker than expected!

[@myla6135]

@@absurdbeing2219 Thank you. Brutal. Good word. It does sum up the last few months.

[@ParryStudios]

Hey Nate, I was worried what you were going to do next after D&R. But fine choice! If you remember my PhD was all about chiasms. I look forward to your take on all this. It all connects back to the Deleuzian syntheses of time for me. I must be bipolar because everything just connects so well. I’m am reading today how this Deleuze stuff explains brain temperature and funnily how people with multiple sclerosis can’t tolerate the heat - why - because the synthesis of time melts above 40C - right! Myelin starts to fall apart above 40. So consciousness , fever dreams and all that MS jazz just connect. And I believe that it’s the chiasm at the bottom of all of this. Very excited to see where you go with this. Jack

[@ParryStudios]

Nice hat - keep your brain warm!

[@absurdbeing2219]

Thanks Jack. That's right. Chiasms underpinned the second half of your thesis. Connections, chiasms, intertwinings... magic. P.s. the hat is less for my brain and more to tame my hair!!

[@TheTimeOfThePlace]

been waiting for this