What am I doing? - I'm Taking notes as I listen 2:03 *Anguish* - Overlaps with anxiety - We cannot escape the deep feeling of responsibility in making choices 3:45 - Performative Contradiction 4:49 We make a decision whether we make it or refuse to make it. 5:14 You either bring it to the surface or conceal it within (sounds like Sigmund Freud) 6:28 Military leaders take responsibility for their troops 7:23 *Forlorness* - Rejection of Religious Ethics - Rejection of Secular Ethics - No fixed human nature. It is made true through living out life. - No saying "I was born in this situation, so I must think this way" You have choice to think the way you do. 12:49 Criticism of The Appeal To Passion. You are responsible for your passion. You do with your emotions. You control them. 13:43 No guide posts/No signs. 14:28 *Despair* - We must personally answer our questions. 15:28 Lifeboat example 16:06 _The Wall_ (ruclips.net/video/hf1Mqg9SIRg/видео.html) 17:23 You can only count on yourself, knowing things may not go the way you think/want them to go.
Yes! This is exciting. I was hoping so much for exactly this thing. The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you, Dr. Sadler. When I return to work, I'll do what I can to help. This has been a wellspring of information, especially the Half Hour Hegel videos.
Great lecture. I especially like how Dr. Sadler keeps the discussion to the texts, and not making dubious analogs to other hypothetical life examples. I have some questions, should someone more well versed in philosophy be willing to answer. Dr. Sadler brings up the concept of 'choice' as Sartre's existential sword, cutting through all the essentialism out there in the world. In cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, etc., choice seems ill defined outside of a teleological framework. Beings make choices based on outcome, the choice's ability to bring about a more desirable future. So my first question is, does Sartre ever detail more what he means by choice? A little more text to the subject so I, the reader, am not floundering about making my own interpretations as to what 'choice' means. My second question assumes the teleological understanding of choice. Provided there is some goal facilitating choice, wouldn't that be proof of some necessary essentialism? Some *thing* there guiding the choices? Is it possible, that at the root of all our 'arbitrary' choices of Gods and identities and fatalistic thinking and rationalizations that there is something guiding it all?
Just for an idea. Since you've done The Myth of Sisyphus & The Stranger. Would you cover The Misunderstanding and Caligula? Two plays of Camus' "4 works of the Absurd".
As a human being I have to exercise my body through the winter to keep fit and healthy. Whereas as bear can just sleep in a cave all winter and wake up in the spring as fit as a fiddle.
I'm new to existentialism, but it seems to me that Sartre ignores, or wasn't aware of, some basic facts regarding human nature. Or possibly that he intentionally over simplified it. As an example, the famous psychological study where people being handed a cold cup of coffee describe the person handing it as cold, and as warm when in the same situation with a warm cup of coffee. Thing is, we actually don't know why we choose what we choose, at least to a large extent ans inany instances. We also don't really choose what we believe. For demonstration I'd ask you to decide to believe in the Easter bunny and see how successful in our are. We don't choose out thoughts, in the vast majority of instances. Try not to think of the name of an actor you like. How successful were you? Even actions, the most clear cut, isn't so much so. Addicts cant "just stop" and people can't just decide to always open the door with the opposite hand from usual. Surely we have some control but willpower is limited and variable. That means if you have been subjected to events that have temporarily reduced your willpower, you will be in less control than usual. Vince lambardi said "fatigue makes cowards of us all" and was right of course. So it seems a little bit reality denying in the name of virtue to act as though a human being has control over what he thinks and does. But it's also possible I just don't understand.
Yeah. . . it's likely at this point you're not understanding Sartre. There's nothing like actually reading the text - the videos expect the viewers to be using them to help them study the texts
@@GregoryBSadler You have to be right. I think I'll start with "existentialism is a humanism" proper. It's also possible that I'm just not an existentialist, essentially. JK.
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What am I doing? - I'm Taking notes as I listen
2:03 *Anguish*
- Overlaps with anxiety
- We cannot escape the deep feeling of responsibility in making choices
3:45 - Performative Contradiction
4:49 We make a decision whether we make it or refuse to make it.
5:14 You either bring it to the surface or conceal it within (sounds like Sigmund Freud)
6:28 Military leaders take responsibility for their troops
7:23 *Forlorness*
- Rejection of Religious Ethics
- Rejection of Secular Ethics
- No fixed human nature. It is made true through living out life.
- No saying "I was born in this situation, so I must think this way" You have choice to think the way you do.
12:49 Criticism of The Appeal To Passion. You are responsible for your passion. You do with your emotions. You control them.
13:43 No guide posts/No signs.
14:28 *Despair* - We must personally answer our questions.
15:28 Lifeboat example 16:06 _The Wall_ (ruclips.net/video/hf1Mqg9SIRg/видео.html)
17:23 You can only count on yourself, knowing things may not go the way you think/want them to go.
Nice!
I loved your summary
Thank you! Great and informative. I’m really digging the shorter lectures dedicated to one topic. Please keep it up!
Well, I crank out about 100-150 of them a year now, but it's barely making a dent in the vast number yet to do
Yes! This is exciting. I was hoping so much for exactly this thing. The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you, Dr. Sadler. When I return to work, I'll do what I can to help. This has been a wellspring of information, especially the Half Hour Hegel videos.
Glad you're finding the videos helpful!
We had too many snow days this year, so we didn't get around to discussing Sartre much. This was a welcome replacement. Thank you.
You're welcome!
This is helping my Sartre-based thesis so much
Glad to read it
Great lecture. I especially like how Dr. Sadler keeps the discussion to the texts, and not making dubious analogs to other hypothetical life examples. I have some questions, should someone more well versed in philosophy be willing to answer.
Dr. Sadler brings up the concept of 'choice' as Sartre's existential sword, cutting through all the essentialism out there in the world.
In cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, etc., choice seems ill defined outside of a teleological framework. Beings make choices based on outcome, the choice's ability to bring about a more desirable future.
So my first question is, does Sartre ever detail more what he means by choice? A little more text to the subject so I, the reader, am not floundering about making my own interpretations as to what 'choice' means.
My second question assumes the teleological understanding of choice. Provided there is some goal facilitating choice, wouldn't that be proof of some necessary essentialism? Some *thing* there guiding the choices? Is it possible, that at the root of all our 'arbitrary' choices of Gods and identities and fatalistic thinking and rationalizations that there is something guiding it all?
Sure, for the first question - read the essay, and then go on to check out Being and Nothingness.
Great work as usual
Thanks!
Really helpful!
Glad to read it
Cleared so much up for me. Thank you! :))
You're welcome!
Incredible video. Thank you!
You're welcome!
great lecture gregory
Thanks!
Just for an idea. Since you've done The Myth of Sisyphus & The Stranger. Would you cover The Misunderstanding and Caligula? Two plays of Camus' "4 works of the Absurd".
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@@GregoryBSadler oh, sorry 😁
Great video, thanks!
You're welcome!
The claim being attributed to Sartre that there are no a priori truths is an antinomy.
i’m studying philosophy for my AP lang test tomorrow.. i don’t get it either. wish me luckkk
Good luck
As a human being I have to exercise my body through the winter to keep fit and healthy. Whereas as bear can just sleep in a cave all winter and wake up in the spring as fit as a fiddle.
I'm new to existentialism, but it seems to me that Sartre ignores, or wasn't aware of, some basic facts regarding human nature. Or possibly that he intentionally over simplified it.
As an example, the famous psychological study where people being handed a cold cup of coffee describe the person handing it as cold, and as warm when in the same situation with a warm cup of coffee.
Thing is, we actually don't know why we choose what we choose, at least to a large extent ans inany instances.
We also don't really choose what we believe. For demonstration I'd ask you to decide to believe in the Easter bunny and see how successful in our are.
We don't choose out thoughts, in the vast majority of instances. Try not to think of the name of an actor you like. How successful were you?
Even actions, the most clear cut, isn't so much so. Addicts cant "just stop" and people can't just decide to always open the door with the opposite hand from usual. Surely we have some control but willpower is limited and variable. That means if you have been subjected to events that have temporarily reduced your willpower, you will be in less control than usual. Vince lambardi said "fatigue makes cowards of us all" and was right of course.
So it seems a little bit reality denying in the name of virtue to act as though a human being has control over what he thinks and does.
But it's also possible I just don't understand.
Yeah. . . it's likely at this point you're not understanding Sartre. There's nothing like actually reading the text - the videos expect the viewers to be using them to help them study the texts
@@GregoryBSadler You have to be right. I think I'll start with "existentialism is a humanism" proper.
It's also possible that I'm just not an existentialist, essentially. JK.
@@MelFinehout Well, as you know, Sartre's isn't the only Existentialism out there
@@GregoryBSadler I know. Seems to be at least a decent starting point though. Would you agree?
@@MelFinehout Reading the texts that the videos are focused on is always a good idea