Deepities

John Corvino explains philosopher Daniel Dennett’s concept of “Deepities”-claims that look deep, but only because they’re ambiguous.
Dr. John Corvino is a speaker, writer, philosophy professor, and Dean of the Irvin D. Reid Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit. Read more at JohnCorvino.com.
John Corvino's Better Argument series was filmed at Wayne State University by James Wright and Mayabeth Jagosz, with funding from the American Philosophical Association.

[@CaptFitzbattleaxe]

Aw, John thinks I’m special.

[@rashad8509]

I see what he did there at the end

[@barakhammond3058]

john we need more people in this world like you, I am on the same page, educated!!! b.j. hammond

[@jmerc452]

Oh man, I was waiting for an ending skit :-)

[@davidlavery719]

Some of the explanation sounded like it crossed paths with (or was very similar to) tautologies. Some of these may not actually define the word in the argument, but isn't the language issue the same?

[@gnavarro957]

Nice Finisher

[@danielwilda8167]

Love this explanation 👍💜⭐️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸💙🌈

[@theowarner]

I'm not wild about the concept of deepities. Although I certainly understand what it points to, I'm afraid that it also serves to cut off discussion about concepts which arise from traditions with specialized vocabularies. "A silence deeper than silence," for example, sounds meaningless to one ear, but has a precise meaning in another. And, I think, also, that the word is almost always deployed against religion whereas I'm quite certain we could find just as many deepities in physics and economics, for example.

[@franciscovarela5668]

Here is an article on several "deepities" currently used in several social issues
quillette.com/2018/10/16/deepities-and-the-politics-of-pseudo-profundity/

[@cowboyfrankspersonalvideos8869]

I think he just said a deepitie. :-)

[@TheVicBarman]

this one is a straw man