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Victor Gijsbers
Нидерланды
Добавлен 21 окт 2011
Victor Gijsbers is assistant professor of philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands, focusing on metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, and sometimes veering off into the history of modern European philosophy. On his channel, he posts lecture series about philosophical articles and books -- including Kant's Critique of Pure Reason -- as well as loose topics and more systematic courses.
Paul S. Loeb - Eternal Recurrence
In this 2013 book chapter from the Oxford Handbook of Nietzsche (ed. Richardson & Kemes), Paul S. Loeb argues that eternal recurrence is a cosmological hypothesis, not a thought experiment. He also suggests that we can have memories of earlier recurrences.
Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This video is part of an ongoing look at various philosophical papers: ruclips.net/p/PL8Nxd4OXpzqldzrAdT2O5Xv4aJrtEV-b8
Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This video is part of an ongoing look at various philosophical papers: ruclips.net/p/PL8Nxd4OXpzqldzrAdT2O5Xv4aJrtEV-b8
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Alexander Nehamas - The Eternal Recurrence
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In this 1980 article, Nehamas gives an influential reinterpretation of Nietzsche's idea of eternal recurrence. According to Nehamas, it has nothing to do with a cosmological hypothesis, but should instead be understood as a conditional that expresses the fact that all aspects of our lives are essential to it. I end up being very puzzled by this reading, since it involves neither recurrence nor ...
Richard Rorty - The Historiography of Philosophy: Four Genres
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In this 1984 paper, Richard Rorty discusses the different ways in which philosophers can relate to the history of their own discipline. He discusses rational reconstruction, historical reconstruction, Geistesgeschichte, and doxography. Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. This video is part of an ongoing look at various philosophical papers: ruclips.net/p/...
Robert Brandom - Hermeneutic Practice and Theories of Meaning
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In this paper, Robert Brandom asks how his own theory of meaning can come into conversation with philosophical hermeneutics. He discusses the basic impulse leading to theories of meaning and to hermeneutics; talks about Gadamerian platitudes; and then spends considerable time making a distinction between three ways of doing intellectual history: de dicto, de re, and de traditione. The article c...
Louis Auguste Blanqui - Eternity by the Stars
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Luois August Blanqui (1805-1881) was a social revolutionary who wrote a strange scientific/philosophical book while imprisoned in an island fortress: Eternity by the Stars. A precursor of Nietzsche's thought of eternal recurrence, he argues that every that is possible is actual, and has happened, will happen, and is happening an infinite number of times. Such a thought, Blanqui seems to indicat...
Max Black - Achilles and the Tortoise
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Zeno's paradoxes of motion seem to prove that motion is impossible. One popular counterargument is to say that Achilles, in his attempt to run the entire race track, indeed has to do infinitely many things; but because each thing takes exponentially less time, this is no problem for him, and can be accomplished. Max Black argues that this is a mistaken way to react against Zeno. Using thought e...
Reflections after 4 years (and 10,000 subscribers)
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In this video, I take a look back and a look forward. How did the channel start, what have I been doing so far, and what could I do in the future? My final decision about new videos will always be based on what fits in my own planning and interests, but I'm happy to hear your ideas, suggestions, and so on.
Leibniz on Monads
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) is famous for, among many other things, his theory of monads. In this video we delve into the basic ideas: simples and aggregates, the impossibility of interaction between monads, their perception and apperception, the complete interconnection of all things, pre-established harmony, and perception as activity. Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden ...
Raimond Gaita on Rationality, Trust, and the Unthinkable
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Raimond Gaita, in his book "A Common Humanity," argues that rationality requires us to leave certain hypotheses out of consideration. Phrased slightly differently, he tells us that there are things we need to trust before it is even possible to engage in rational activities such as collecting evidence and drawing conclusions. In this video, we explore these ideas, which promise to offer a radic...
Extension, Intension, and Hyperintensionality
Просмотров 9433 месяца назад
Philosophers like to say that concepts have an extension as well as an intension. They also talk about extensional and intensional contexts. More recently, they have started to talk about 'hyperintensionality'. But what does all of this terminology mean? This video sets out to explain that. Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. You can follow him on mastodo...
External World Skepticism
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External world skepticism is the famous kind of skepticism. In this video, we inquire what it is; why it is taken seriously by philosophers (unlike skepticism about the existence of Australia); and how this points to a way of rejecting external world skepticism. Victor Gijsbers teaches philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. You can follow him on mastodon: @victorgijsbers@mastodon.g...
Wittgenstein's Tractatus - Video 8 (English) - 4.2-4.53
Просмотров 6363 месяца назад
In this series, we will look at Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I have published a new Dutch translation of the book with Boom Uitgevers, which I will use in the Dutch version of these videos, but in these English videos we will be using the English translations.
Wittgensteins Tractatus - Video 8 (Nederlands) - 4.2-4.53
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In deze serie bespreken we Wittgensteins Tractatus, waarbij ik uiteraard gebruik zal maken van de Nederlandse vertaling die recent van mijn hand verschenen is bij Boom: www.boomfilosofie.nl/product/100-10270_Tractatus (There is also an English version of these lectures available.)
Wittgenstein's Tractatus - Video 7 (English) - 4.1-4.128
Просмотров 7933 месяца назад
In this series, we will look at Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I have published a new Dutch translation of the book with Boom Uitgevers, which I will use in the Dutch version of these videos, but in these English videos we will be using the English translations.
Wittgensteins Tractatus - Video 7 (Nederlands) - 4.1-4.128
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In deze serie bespreken we Wittgensteins Tractatus, waarbij ik uiteraard gebruik zal maken van de Nederlandse vertaling die recent van mijn hand verschenen is bij Boom: www.boomfilosofie.nl/product/100-10270_Tractatus (There is also an English version of these lectures available.)
Thomas Kuhn on Incommensurability
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Thomas Kuhn on Incommensurability
Post-Truth Politics - Epistemology Video 35
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Post-Truth Politics - Epistemology Video 35
Standpoint Epistemology - Epistemology Video 33
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Standpoint Epistemology - Epistemology Video 33
The Epistemic Subject - Epistemology Video 32
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The Epistemic Subject - Epistemology Video 32
Aristotelian versus Modern Science
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Aristotelian versus Modern Science
Social Epistemology - Epistemology Video 31
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Social Epistemology - Epistemology Video 31
What is Objectivity? - Epistemology Video 30
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What is Objectivity? - Epistemology Video 30
Objectivity and Perspectivism - Epistemology Video 29
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Objectivity and Perspectivism - Epistemology Video 29
Truth: Realism and Antirealism - Epistemology Video 28
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Truth: Realism and Antirealism - Epistemology Video 28
What is Transcendental Idealism? - Epistemology Video 27
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What is Transcendental Idealism? - Epistemology Video 27
Realisms and Idealisms - Epistemology Video 26
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Realisms and Idealisms - Epistemology Video 26
Direct Realism and the Problem of Perception - Epistemology Video 25
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Direct Realism and the Problem of Perception - Epistemology Video 25