1:49:35 Summary of the points of the method 1. Set the intellectual context concisely. 2. Identify the full meaning of the idea being chewed. 3. Define a few essential terms, keeping all definitions connected to instances in reality with all of their attributes (process of reduction). Oscillate back and forth between the definition and the concretes. If your emotions help you come up with relevant instances, let them! 4. Concretize regularly, especially your key concepts. 5. If it's a major issue, your proof must be inductive, not deductive. 6. Break up the complexity into stages, then alternately expand and condense each stage; in the end the whole issue should be one word. 1:52:30 Homework for next class 1:59:00 Question Period
00:00 Preliminaries to the exercises 16:45 Life as the standard of value: first exercise 30:45 Rule: Establish the presupposed context concisely 31:00 Second exercise 46:11 Tying definitions to reality: first example 1:10:40 Beware of floating definitions, end remember that a definition does not subsume the concept. 1:11:45 Tying definitions to reality: second example Along with the definition, have a rich varied catalog of concrete examples on hand. Oscillate between the two during your understanding process. 1:34:19 Emotions are essential to learning philosophy. Emotions help automatize the process of concretization (tying definitions to examples). 1:34:48 Last exercise for life as a standard of value 1:38:00 Summary of the points of method
1:49:35 Summary of the points of the method
1. Set the intellectual context concisely.
2. Identify the full meaning of the idea being chewed.
3. Define a few essential terms, keeping all definitions connected to instances in reality with all of their attributes (process of reduction). Oscillate back and forth between the definition and the concretes. If your emotions help you come up with relevant instances, let them!
4. Concretize regularly, especially your key concepts.
5. If it's a major issue, your proof must be inductive, not deductive.
6. Break up the complexity into stages, then alternately expand and condense each stage; in the end the whole issue should be one word.
1:52:30 Homework for next class
1:59:00 Question Period
00:00 Preliminaries to the exercises
16:45 Life as the standard of value: first exercise
30:45 Rule: Establish the presupposed context concisely
31:00 Second exercise
46:11 Tying definitions to reality: first example
1:10:40 Beware of floating definitions, end remember that a definition does not subsume the concept.
1:11:45 Tying definitions to reality: second example
Along with the definition, have a rich varied catalog of concrete examples on hand. Oscillate between the two during your understanding process.
1:34:19 Emotions are essential to learning philosophy. Emotions help automatize the process of concretization (tying definitions to examples).
1:34:48 Last exercise for life as a standard of value
1:38:00 Summary of the points of method
1:35:04
1:52:30 Excersive for the next lecture about Honesty
6:07 Interference from a two-way radio?
55:55 Life vs Non-Life
59:14 The Objectivist answer
1:01:30 Peikoff is such a genius!
1:11:30