Michel Foucault's "Lectures on the Will to Know" (Part 1/4)

[@seanmanning4458]

Thanks

[@TheoryPhilosophy]

Thank YOU!

[@Rami-ll2bq]

talk about timing, exactly what i needed to digest the tractatus! thnx david

[@lstorrey]

Hi! Not sure if this is only true for Google Podcasts, but when I tried to download this episode, it gave me Part 2 of 4. In which you scold us for not listening to Part 1 if we haven't already done so! :)

[@KR-jq3mj]

so interesting is the person behind the text. Surely significant that foucault struggled personally with the power of his sexuality (some report he was deeply sick) and suffered in his mind so deeply ( some report he was deeply tortured). His will to know himself must have been a complicated context for his quest to know perhaps leaving little room for understanding.

[@pedrol.mammini4940]

About that passage from Aristotle: I wonder, wouldnt he be understanding our sensibility as the starting point of knowledge? I remember seeing that section of his in Metaphysics and thinking that his main argument was that our senses, along our memory and understanding of it, allowed us to develop some technique out of it, and through abstraction, reach the episteme about something. And through that demonstration, it became evidently clear that the episteme, i.e., scientific knowledge about something, depended on our capabilites of perception, and if we can take some sort of useless pleasure out of it, therefore we have a will to know, because the mere perception of things already constitutes one of the fundamental necessities to know something. And it seems like Foucault didnt really focus on that, am I understanding this wrong? (btw I love your videos, keep making them!)

[@philoaviaticus]

Great lectures and review, I am a retread, after studying philosophy 1.5 years in college, 1 in med school. Latin review takes up lots of time when not working.Are you finishing grad school soon?

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[@michaelcrouch5833]

We exist, therefore the probability of our existence is 100%. As to the probability of existence of life in our universe beyond Earth, we just don’t know. Why, because our level of knowledge of the rest of the universe is so small we have no basis for calculation. That we are “improbable” is something I used to be taught 38:57 Sunday mornings as a child ( conservative southern Baptist church). The theme was we are so improbable that the only way we could exist was God. Probably not your thought, but since it is taught in almost all religions, possibly the source of your statement. Your shows are excellent. This is comment is about a commonly held thought that is wrong. Overall what you do rocks. Thanks you for doing this. Peace & Love

[@addammadd]

You write (and your comment history shows this is a pattern) with an impetuous, arrogant cadence which makes engaging with your arguments seem pointless. You give the impression of a troll; and frankly, not a terribly well-read one. If that’s not your intention, you may want to audit your comments on this channel and ask yourself if you would enjoy spending time discussing philosophy with someone like you.

[@michaelcrouch5833]

I love David’s show. I hope you have a better day today. Peace & Love

[@capitalmarketsandinternati1501]

How do you spell that word, which means an omitted part of the sentence but implicitly known - which sounded like "entenim" or "entimum"

[@kimfreeborn]

“There is no pre-established harmony between the furthering of truth and the good of mankind.” (Human, all too Human)

[@Phlabberghost]

I’m always confused (probably because my French is almost non-existent) about why we shouldn’t translate connaissance as wisdom. It feels like there must be a specific reason, but this seems strange to me.

[@MarsATX]

I say connotated all the time feels better than connoted, connoted seems too singular an action, when connotation is the relationship of multiple things: the thing said, and what is implied/associated and the act of implying. Connotation shouldn't be singular sounding and thus to connotate is the better verb even though its now archaic. thank you and goodnight.

[@nazaren45]

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[@AlisSagroglu]

He does not say really anything, despite an ornamental language and academic attitude