Kane BMany philosophers hold that if something is conceivable, then we are justified in believing that it is possible. The inference from conceivability to possibility is common in metaphysics. This video outlines some challenges to this view.
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Conceivability and PossibilityKane B2024-05-02 | Many philosophers hold that if something is conceivable, then we are justified in believing that it is possible. The inference from conceivability to possibility is common in metaphysics. This video outlines some challenges to this view.
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0:00 - Metaphysical possibility 7:55 - Hume's maxim 12:46 - What is it to conceive of something? 15:12 - Linguistic representation 21:42 - Pictorial representation 25:38 - Pure pictorialism 28:13 - Mixed representation 35:35 - A posteriori impossibilities 42:41 - Modal skepticismThe Swamping ProblemKane B2023-08-01 | What makes knowledge more valuable than mere true belief?
0:00 - the swamping problem 3:10 - basic values 4:00 - who cares about truth? 8:47 - the perfect map 13:57 - the value of justificationWagering Against NihilismKane B2023-07-27 | We cannot be harmed by believing that nihilism is false; we can be harmed by believing that nihilism is true. This is the basis of Guy Kahane's wager against nihilism. This video explains Kahane's argument and then discusses some objections.
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0:00 - Introduction 2:40 - An argument for nihilism 6:07 - The nihilist wager 12:44 - The no-difference view 16:30 - The difference view Objections 29:14 - Beliefs cannot be chosen 31:16 - Beliefs vs concerns? 36:15 - Revolutionary changes in belief 42:15 - Extending the decision matrix 47:39 - The benefits of believing nihilismWhy does nobody care about philosophy?Kane B2023-07-23 | In defense of public philosophy.
0:00 - Philosophy in crisis 1:22 - The truths about chmess 4:25 - Public engagement 9:10 - Where philosophy went wrong 14:32 - Objection: lower standards? 16:39 - Objection: no novelty?The Coherence Theory of TruthKane B2023-07-18 | According to coherence theory, a proposition is true just in case it belongs to an ideally coherent set of propositions. In this video, I introduce coherence theory the outline some of the main challenges to the position.
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0:00 - Introduction 2:09 - What is coherence? 17:05 - Two views of truth 20:50 - Why believe coherence theory? 28:31 - The transcendence problem 32:53 - The many-systems problem 40:16 - The circularity problem 46:58 - The regress problemInconsistency in Science: An Argument for Dialetheism?Kane B2023-07-13 | Scientific realists hold that we are justified in believing that our best scientific theories are true. But what if those theories are inconsistent? This video examines the argument that realists are committed to believing that there are true contradictions.
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0:00 - Introduction 0:59 - Scientific realism 2:53 - Three kinds of inconsistency in science 8:14 - From realism to dialetheism 11:45 - The law of non-contradiction 14:31 - Theoretical virtues 19:41 - Belief vs ontology 25:54 - Consistency as a pragmatic necessityIs Skepticism Self-Defeating?Kane B2023-07-07 | A standard objection to skepticism is that it is self-defeating. This video examines the self-defeat objection.
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0:00 - Introduction Three kinds of self-defeat 1:35 - Incoherence 2:55 - Performative contradiction 6:49 - Methodological self-defeat Responses 12:20 - Is skepticism a position? 17:02 - Skepticism as a challenge 21:41 - The paradox of skeptical self-defeat 26:02 - What's so bad about self-defeat?The Correspondence Theory of TruthKane B2023-07-02 | According to correspondence theory, a proposition is true just in case it corresponds to a fact. In this video, I introduce correspondence theory the outline some of the main challenges to the position.
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0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - Truth bearers 3:00 - Definition vs criteria 4:55 - Correspondence theory 14:33 - The no-access problem 19:30 - Truths without facts? 25:59 - Degrees of truth? 30:35 - The many-relations problem 35:57 - The SlingshotThere is no such thing as artKane B2023-06-27 | There is nothing either art or nonart, and not even thinking makes it so.
0:00 - Breadcrumbs 0:50 - What is art? 4:27 - The framing view 6:36 - Framing without content 11:23 - Limitless art 14:44 - "This is art" 18:00 - There is no such thing as artThe Moral Realism Tier List (with Lance Bush)Kane B2023-06-23 | In this video, Lance Bush joins me to rank some of the arguments for moral realism.
0:00 - Introduction 3:26 - Companions in guilt 25:59 - Deliberative indispensability 44:36 - Moral convergence 57:52 - Phenomenal conservatism 1:12:25 - Moorean shift 1:20:30 - Face value of moral practice 1:55:11 - Expertise argument 2:39:20 - Moral fixed points 2:55:16 - Huemer's ontological argument 3:13:23 - SummaryThe Principle of ExplosionKane B2023-06-19 | From a contradiction, anything follows. This is the principle of Explosion. This video outlines the proof of Explosion, and then considers how we might resist the proof.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:03 - The proof of explosion 4:42 - Troubles with explosion 9:35 - Rejecting disjunctive syllogism 19:00 - Why disjunctive syllogism fails 28:40 - Quasi-validitySkepticism - The Apraxia ObjectionKane B2023-06-16 | According to the apraxia objection, skepticism is incompatible with action. This video outlines the problem and some possible responses.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:14 - The apraxia objection 8:28 - Skeptics or skepticism? 14:01 - Is skepticism possible? 21:33 - Are there appearances? 25:16 - Further challenges to appearances 29:00 - Alternative explanations for actionThere are true contradictionsKane B2023-06-10 | An argument for dialetheism.
0:00 - dialetheism 0:25 - "wulture" 2:48 - defective concepts? 5:13 - vague boundaries? 9:52 - contradictions in the world 13:02 - perceiving contradictions 17:57 - facts and languages 22:19 - explosion 23:50 - moore's wandsAMA Responses, Part 2Kane B2023-06-07 | 0:00 – Lance Independent – counterfactual history of philosophy 6:18 – Lmaoh – where am I a realist? 6:53 – Lorenzo Mizushal – should you start with the Greeks? 8:30 – Lushian Confusion – environmental ethics and moral anti-realism 12:54 – Magnesium But in Cigarette – interpretation of quantum mechanics 15:40 – matteo pastrello – pragmatism 17:22 – MeowSin – truth 18:32 – MofoWoW – vegetarian 22:55 – momentum – obscure notions in philosophy 25:42 – Neo-Anarchist——Ecocentric Radical – process philosophy – 27:55 – individualist anarchism – 29:46 – languages 30:18 – nerd nerdius – evolutionary debunking argument in metaethics 41:43 – nichess – most important things 42:15 – Nicolas Giaconia – galaxy brain 43:24 – nychts0 – Stirner – 48:07 – animals – 53:26 – 4chan – 54:30 – psychological egoism – 59:57 – free will – 1:01:30 – cosmicskeptic – 1:01:47 – neurodivergence – 1:02:23 – philosophy as rationalization – 1:04:30 – psychoanalysis; Zizek – 1:04:36 – trans people who don’t pass – 1:07:08 – individualist epistemology 1:08:28 – Onion – scientific anti-realism and black holes 1:12:48 – ostihpem – goosebumps 1:13:55 – Pauly_99 – what do the 🔴 videos mean? 1:15:27 – Pine Cone – autism 1:15:51 – RadicOmega – why am I a physicalist/atheist? 1:19:58 – Reyna Singh – F, marry, kill: Nietzsche, Lao Tzu, Kant 1:21:52 – Richard Sia – cosmological arguments 1:27:08 – RoneTheGreat – metaphysics 1:30:08 – saint45 – Parfit’s metaethics 1:35:08 – Samuel Hill – noncognitivism and the Frege-Geach problem 1:41:22 – SAPERE AUDE – most important problem in philosophy 1:43:32 – scrobbles by DJ GUNBOUND – nothingness 1:49:10 – Seb M – Kant’s metaphysics 1:54:00 – shahid sultan – why am I so sensitive? 1:55:36 – Shadow T_T – epistemic regress problem 1:57:15 – Silas Abrahamsen – semantic nihilism 2:00:18 – Silvannetwork – Marxism 2:00:40 – sisyphus – favourite books 2:02:08 – skin san – suicide 2:03:15 – skube – debunking transphobic arguments – 2:08:18 – capitalism vs socialism – 2:09:09 – counterintuitive conclusions 2:13:11 – Stan S – nothingness 2:20:14 – Straw Egg – favourite youtube channel 2:21:34 – string theory – what is a belief? 2:23:49 – StunningCurrency – expressivism or error theory? 2:27:25 – Szilveszter Forgo – antinatalism 2:29:38 – T K – veganism (see response to MofoWoW) 2:31:27 – tabtyper – enjoying pain 2:37:17 – TheGlenn8 – furries 2:38:25 – TheJosh12694 – death or immortality? 2:41:36 – Till Le Maignan-Durand – Plotinus 2:42:32 – Tudor Mărginean – language 2:43:40 – Turk Baykal – why am I not Christian? 2:47:01 – Under stand – truth and logic 2:50:46 – Unstable PC – science 2:53:38 – Uri Katz – Parfit (see response to saint45) 2:56:26 – V. Tomazoni – AI 2:58:06 – Victor Barcellos – study routine 3:00:36 – Watcher – principle of explosion 3:03:29 – Wayne Rossi – destruction? – 3:03:49 – most fruitful problem and least fruitful problem 3:06:47 – Will Dempsey – PhD advice 3:11:08 – William – Johnny Sins 3:12:14 – William Zuo – personal identity 3:13:40 – WizardSkyth – downloading or uploading? 3:14:24 – Wodan Burns – philosophy of law 3:14:34 – Yasemin Aydın – do I like youtube? 3:16:15 – YASSIR EL – where to start with analytic philosophy 3:18:44 – yzy szn – noncognitivism about art – 3:19:20 – Wittgenstein – 3:23:45 – GA Cohen 3:24:25 – zeebPC – name the trait 3:26:54 – Zeus Coleback – standards for behaviour 3:28:19 – Ziad Mahmoud – books – 3:29:44 – metaphysicsAMA Responses, Part 1Kane B2023-06-06 | 0:00 – ꧁ ۞《 𝒯𝓊𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒶𝒾𝓃 》۞ ꧂ – antinatalism 6:26 – 13part – St Petersburg paradox; logic 9:31 – A E – quantified modal logic 11:19 – AAAAAAAAAAAA – life advice 14:17 – AC – do mountains exist? – 17:40 – why do scientists like Popper? 20:11 – Ada Fas – why did I delete the neckbeard videos? 21:03 – Ahmed Ragab – best and worst arguments for God – 25:06 – why do I lean towards idealism? 28:35 – Alex Ksyniuk – clarity and novelty 30:39 – Alfred Adler – antirealism about natural selection 36:32 – Allusionsxp – modal realism 38:04 – AnalyticMinded – Liar paradox 41:41 – Arthas – discord 42:31 – Athony Allen – pragmatism 51:08 – baZ pretty cute – why am I an antirealist? 54:17 – ben zur – why am I not skeptical of skepticism? 58:40 – Ben.14p – why not judge beliefs by the way a person lives? 1:00:46 – Big OL – metaphysical grounding 1:06:43 – Björn Alvinge – why be moral? 1:11:00 – Bob Tom – international cooperation 1:12:40 – Boulanger – unalive 1:12:48 – c – noncognitivism about philosophy – 1:15:18 – rationality; belief – 1:18:39 – van Fraassen on the ego – 1:21:10 – skepticism; empirical evidence 1:21:56 – Сакен Кужамсугуров – favourite movies and books 1:23:15 – carlos rodriguez – meritocracy 1:23:36 – CG – instruments 1:25:20 – Chocodrum03 – beer 1:26:21 – Christopher Mora – pragmatism – see response to Athony Allen 1:26:39 – Cobaj – undergrad in philosophy 1:27:42 – D1 – self-introduction 1:29:11 – Daniel M – deprivation account of death 1:31:06 – Dark – old earth creationism 1:35:27 – Darwin 27 – changing my mind; moral antirealism 1:38:16 – David Öhrström – rationality 1:41:38 – Dominic – philosophy of science 1:44:28 – Edu Dam – political philosophy; the direction of the world 1:48:05 – Emmanuel Perez – consciousness and matter 1:51:22 – Entertainment Maker – perplexing views; theory of language – 1:52:33 – cigarettes 1:57:08 – Félix Mugot – favourite philosophers 1:57:59 – Forbes Beckum – biblical criticism 1:58:24 – Freedom Club – heaven plan 1:59:15 – Fritz – principle of sufficient reason – 2:04:21 – Kaczynski on leftists 2:06:27 – Fyodor Slepov – willpower 2:10:15 – ghuthguhd – animals; travelling 2:12:34 – Gottfried Leibniz – Davidson’s critique of the scheme/content distinction 2:18:21 – gugugu gugu – unjustified assumptions in philosophy 2:22:10 – HegelsMonster – small channels 2:23:03 – hi hello – real life friends 2:26:08 – Hugo B. – guest appearances 2:26:52 – Ikari7704 – Hacking’s manipulation argument 2:31:41 – Inventive Harvest – memes 2:32:12 – Italozazen projects – voter’s paradox 2:35:57 – Jacques Rossier – neoliberalism 2:40:07 – Jason Push – effective altruism 2:41:41 – JGD – David Lewis 2:42:34 – Johannes Heinle – John Dupre – 2:47:38 – my most controversial opinion 2:48:57 – Jon Rogers – apples 2:49:11 – Jonas Jensen – trolley problem; wacky positions; infants 2:51:24 – josh – Pokemon 2:51:34 – José González – Nietzsche 2:52:39 – JTG21 – strongest argument for moral realism 2:57:16 – Juan Diego Naranjo – success of science 2:59:15 – just another Homo sapian – Lamar or West 2:59:27 – Justus – idealism – 3:03:48 – mother 3:04:00 – KaneqHomme – why don’t I believe in God? 3:07:13 – Karl Covella – collabs 3:08:04 – Khaosstyx – dreams 3:10:00 – Krak – AI art – 3:15:03 – Rawls vs communitarianism 3:18:41 – Krusader2976 – strongest argument for scientific antirealism 3:22:09 – Kugelblitzed – laws of nature – 3:33:08 – metaethics – 3:41:47 – logical problem of evil – 3:46:48 – learning philosophyThe Track Record Argument for UtilitarianismKane B2023-06-01 | Utilitarianism has a strikingly good track record: utilitarians in previous centuries made moral claims that were considered outrageous at the time, but which have since become widely accepted. Is this a reason to believe utilitarianism?
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0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - The track record argument for utilitarianism 5:55 - What did early utilitarians believe? 9:55 - Theories vs theorists 15:25 - Why does a track record matter? 18:23 - The circularity problem 23:38 - Roads to moral knowledgeTaking the Philosopher Personality TestKane B2023-05-29 | In this video, I talk about myself for an hour.
0:00 - Introduction 0:48 - "I make use of long chains of arguments..." 3:44 - "Our minds can never comprehend reality..." 5:17 - "Beautiful language is not important..." 7:03 - "My view of life is often misunderstood" 7:28 - "Animals are better..." 7:40 - "There is a clear right and wrong..." 8:25 - "I shock people by saying offensive things" 13:28 - "Good writing must be beautiful" 13:50 - "Only the highest humans interest me" 16:28 - "Absence of pain is better than presence of pleasure" 19:05 - "Crazy questions" 19:40 - "We can never know with certainty" 21:33 - "I stir up controversy for its own sake" 22:43 - "Base desires are vulgar" 23:44 - "I confront people who challenge me" 25:48 - "People need to be controlled" 26:03 - "People fuss too much over banal problems" 28:19 - "I shock people with crass actions" 28:53 - "Measurement is better than pie-in-the-sky thinking" 32:27 - "Wise people avoid power and fame" 37:02 - "Beauty is proof of a transcendent world" 40:16 - "Most people can't think for themselves" 41:14 - "I have a flair for controversy" 41:34 - "Attraction leads to bad situations" 42:51 - "The mind is like a machine" 44:21 - "People think I am harsher than I am" 45:15 - "The best insight is gained..." 46:36 - "I am a creature of habit" 47:43 - "Simple pleasures are the best" 49:09 - "I mock people..." 49:35 - "Evil people are merely ignorant..." 50:53 - "Moral saints are lesser beings" 53:33 - "I mock religious beliefs" 55:01 - "The highest truths are not rational..." 57:25 - "Concern for objective truth is weakness" 1:01:33 - ResultsScientific Representation: A Dilemma for RealismKane B2023-05-26 | Individualism or non-representation?
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0:00 - Scientific realism 1:21 - Truth and representation 4:50 - Indeterminacy of representation 12:45 - Individual usage 14:35 - A dilemma: individualism or non-representation?Why Trust Experts?Kane B2023-05-20 | Many of our beliefs about the world are based on what we are told by experts. But why trust what the experts say? This video introduces some of the problems with trusting expert testimony.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:32 - The reliability argument 12:17 - Who are the experts? 13:45 - Evidence and arguments 20:03 - Agreement from other experts 22:11 - Meta-experts 25:13 - Bias and deceit 40:06 - Track records 48:54 - Values 53:10 - Non-expert testimonyDebating moral realismKane B2023-05-17 | I was recently invited to discuss moral realism by the youtuber Bilosophy: youtube.com/@bilosophy1504
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0:00 - introduction 4:15 - appealing to the moral skeptic 7:51 - stance-independent reasons and desire-independent reasons 11:48 - what are reasons? 23:44: arguing for desire-independent reasons 29:13 - the possibility of moral knowledge 38:20 - subjective goodness and objective goodness 45:04 - seeking moral knowledge 49:08 - will seeking moral knowledge help you find moral knowledge? 1:00:52 - seeking moral knowledge through arguments 1:13:23 - seeking moral knowledge using many methods 1:42:32 - is this a desire-independent reason? 1:46:44 - would the moral facts motivate me? 1:53:31 - endMetaethics - Moral DeferenceKane B2023-05-10 | This video outlines the moral deference problem for moral realism, plus some potential realist responses.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:30 - The puzzle of moral deference 7:13 - Explaining the deference datum 12:22 - Trivial facts 14:53 - Expertise 18:12 - Knowledge-how 27:45 - Trouble for antirealism? 32:42 - Rejecting the deference datumSchopenhauers PessimismKane B2023-05-04 | "Everything in life proclaims that earthly happiness is destined to be frustrated, or recognized as an illusion. The grounds for this lie deep in the nature of things..."
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0:00 - Introduction 0:36 - Phenomena/noumena 4:27 - Knowing the thing-in-itself 11:28 - World as Will 19:34 - Will and suffering 30:21 - Pleasure as privation 36:48 - ObjectionsAgainst Gettier casesKane B2023-04-29 | 0:00 - What is knowledge? 1:24 - Gettier cases 6:17 - Why most Gettier cases don't work 15:35 - Inescapability of counterintuitive consequences 23:21 - Why analyze knowledge?Epistemic MinimalismKane B2023-04-20 | According to epistemic minimalism, knowledge is mere true belief; no other conditions are required. This video outlines the motivation for epistemic minimalism and discusses some objections.
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0:00 - Introduction 0:38 - What is knowledge? 4:49 - Epistemic minimalism 5:47 - Sartwell cases 12:24 - Why do we care about justification? 16:04 - Objections to Sartwell cases 26:48 - The argument from inquiry 35:41 - Means and ends 38:32 - Justification as an intrinsic value 41:50 - Incoherence?The Knowability ParadoxKane B2023-04-14 | This video outlines the knowability paradox, one of the central challenges for antirealist theories of truth.
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0:00 - Introduction 0:37 - Theories of truth 9:45 - Knowability The knowability paradox: 13:15 - The basic idea 16:18 - More formally 20:28 - The complete argumentMetaphysics - Carnap on OntologyKane B2023-04-10 | This video outlines Rudolf Carnap's deflationary approach to ontological questions, presented in his article "Empiricism, Semantics, and Ontology", then discusses some challenges to the Carnapian approach.
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0:00 - Introduction 2:48 - Linguistic frameworks 6:27 - Internal and external questions 12:33 - Pragmatic-external vs factual-external 17:52 - Objects, properties, etc 25:48 - Fictionalism 32:41 - Conflicting frameworks 41:05 - Norms for selecting frameworks 47:34 - The regress problemThe Problem of Other MindsKane B2023-04-03 | How can I know that other people have minds? This video outlines the skeptical challenge to belief in other minds then considers three attempts to justify the belief: the argument from analogy, behaviour, and inference to the best explanation.
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0:00 - Introduction 2:32 - Two skeptical challenges 6:37 - The argument from analogy 10:16 - Objections to the argument from analogy 25:38 - Behaviourism 31:28 - Objections to behaviourism 35:36 - Inference to the best explanation 39:35 - Objections to best explanationIn Praise of UselessnessKane B2023-03-28 | Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens.
0:00 - practicalism 3:45 - what is uselessness? 6:19 - philosophy for philosophy's sake 11:50 - truth vs utility 18:45 - impractical practicalism 21:55 - public philosophyAesthetic Realism vs Moral RealismKane B2023-03-20 | This video outlines aesthetic realism and suggests that aesthetic realism is at least as plausible as moral realism.
0:00 - Realisms, aesthetic and moral 4:41 - Motivating aesthetic realism Why aesthetic realism might be on better footing 11:08 - Aesthetic oughts 19:19 - Aesthetic values as theoretical virtues 26:12 - The scope of aesthetic value Why is moral realism more appealing? 33:31 - Morality matters more 37:46 - Dependence on perceptual capacitiesThe Personite ProblemKane B2023-03-12 | For every person, there are countless personites. It seems that if persons matter, then so do personites. But this raises serious challenges to ordinary moral thinking.
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0:00 - Introduction 0:40 - Personites 3:00 - Moral status 8:39 - Practical reason 19:25 - Interactions with others 22:07 - Do personites exist? 29:30 - Maximality 30:59 - Dependence 35:18 - Ethics without personsIndeterminacy of MeaningKane B2023-03-08 | This video outlines Quine's arguments for the indeterminacy of translation.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:37 - Radical translation 6:13 - Translation and meaning 15:04 - The argument from below 30:36 - The argument from aboveThe Evil DemonKane B2023-02-28 | Why we should take the evil demon hypothesis seriously.
0:00 - skepticism and the evil demon 1:41 - taking skeptical hypotheses seriously 3:47 - arguments for a creator 6:11 - pain and suffering 10:41 - the deceptive world 14:55 - deception resistance as a pragmatic virtue 22:48 - conclusionSkepticism vs ExternalismKane B2023-02-22 | One of the purported benefits of externalism in epistemology is that it provides a straightforward response to skepticism. This video outlines the externalist response and then discusses the challenge that externalism makes knowledge too easy.
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0:00 - intro 1:57 - taking concrete for granted 4:26 - challenges for ordinary objects 9:28 - constructing concrete 11:57 - abstraction 15:45 - the abstract in the concreteAMA responses, part 2Kane B2023-02-11 | 0:00 – MC – favourite films 3:22 – momentum – titles 3:50 – Muba – imagery of ages – 5:05 – subjective time dilation – 8:15 – ordering food – 8:34 – success of others – 8:45 – how do I heat my room? – 8:55 – how many languages do I speak? – 9:00 – enjoyment of learning – 9:32 – daydreaming – 10:06 – imposter syndrome – 10:31 – optimization – 10:49 – sleep schedule – 11:51 – procrastination 12:51 – Nicolas Giaconia – solipsism – 15:36 – abstract objects – 22:18 – understanding solutions to problems – 23:26 – particle qualia – 27:20 – other traditions – 27:30 – instruments – 28:15 – Bostrom – psychedelics [see part 1, answer to Boulanger] – 28:34 – debate 28:57 – Noah – karma – 29:34 – causation and expectation – 34:06 – fascism and skepticism 40:15 – Noriac – conservative views of relationships 48:10 – OBGynKenobi – am I a nominalist? [see response to Nicolas Giaconia on abstract objects] 48:36 – Onion – is philosophy a failure? 55:59 – Pacificl L – what if everything exists? 1:02:18 – Plastic – knowing one thing without a doubt 1:02:39 – Push – methanol 1:02:52 – QuestionQuanderer – what assumptions are required to do philosophy? 1:06:31 – Richard Sia – AI and understanding 1:10:31 – Sai – realism about psychological objects 1:14:20 – Secular70 – dilemma for relativism 1:18:14 – Siegbert Pseudo – Nietzsche – 1:19:07 – free will – 1:19:12 – vasectomy – 1:22:29 – what can be known for certain – 1:24:29 – which philosopher do I share most views with? – 1:28:24 – political views 1:29:12 – Stanley Evans – are you obliged to save a drowning child? 1:35:30 – The Aspiring Humanist – existential inertia 1:39:58 – The Piano Man – utility of philosophy in daily life? 1:46:01 – TheGlenn8 – semantic arguments – 1:50:04 – dishonest debate tactics 1:54:51 – Theo Camp – grounding in metaphysics 1:59:36 – Under Stand – god 1:59:43 – vlassius – intelligent alien life 2:02:10 – yzy szn – modal antirealism 2:02:58 – Xob Driesestig – overrated and underrated topics 2:09:00 – Wodan Burns – philosophy of law 2:09:52 – ZeRealityHD – favourite musicAMA responses, part 1Kane B2023-02-11 | 0:00 – היבול החדש של הגברים – god 3:58 – AC – suicide 5:25 – Alex Parks – note-taking 7:42 – ame – what doth life? 7:50 – Animore – empiricism and innate ideas 14:26 – Athony Allen – fitting attitude theories 17:32 – attack dog – abortion 19:56 – Ben – Stirner 27:07 – Boarders – antirealism and the past – 30:33 – weirdness in culture 33:05 – Boulanger – psychedelics and philosophy 37:03 – c – indifference towards politics and voting – 41:17 – rights – 41:35 – God – 42:01 – moral theorizing for antirealists 44:59 – CASYAN – 20 again 45:34 – Dolores Zhang – death 46:18 – Dominic – studying modal logic 48:20 – Drag0 7878 – numbers 48:59 – Edgar Qer – god and moral value – 51:43 – moral error theory – 55:57 – eating fish 56:15 – Emmanuel Perez – time 59:03 – Exalted Citharode – skepticism – 1:03:51 – psychologism – 1:10:50 – ontology of rules 1:12:20 – Frozen Tomb – Stirner – 1:15:44 – magic mushrooms – 1:15:47 – Richard Rorty – 1:16:58 – Taoism 1:18:13 – Furniture Kanon of Ushiromiya – terror management theory 1:18:28 – Giraffe – Taoism [see response to Frozen Tomb] 1:18:34 – HarmonicaLuke – Agrippa’s trilemma 1:22:34 – Helvetica Neptune – backpacking 1:25:12 – Himalayan Tongue-tied Verisimilitude 1:25:34 – Human Evolution – beard – 1:25:48 – Stoics 1:26:22 – Inventive Harvest – Lakatos 1:35:22 – Jacques – why does your audience hate me? 1:40:32 – Jayan Amandakone – Aumann's agreement theorem – 1:45:25 – rationalist movement 1:46:12 – Jobin Biju – Singer’s drowning child 1:51:10 – Josh Schultz – moral error theory 1:56:22 – Julio C Silva – Reality+ 1:59:25 – Log – discussions/debates 1:59:39 – Majesty of Reason – favourite philosopher of science 2:02:45 – Marco Acuna – what percentage of the books have I read? 2:02:55 – Maze – time and antinatalismPutnams Argument Against SkepticismKane B2023-02-03 | This video outlines Hilary Putnam's argument that I cannot conceive that I am a brain in a vat.
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0:00 - Skepticism 2:40 - Reference and meaning 12:20 - Brains in a vat 20:45 - Could I be a brain in a vat? Objections 26:00 - Against externalism 29:09 - Real brains and real vats 32:02 - Other skeptical hypotheses 36:38 - Skepticism strengthened?Realism in ArtKane B2023-01-28 | This video outlines some challenges to the notion of realistic representation in artworks.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:50 - Feature selection 9:02 - The innocent eye 15:49 - Perspective 25:01 - Realism and informationDreams vs RealityKane B2023-01-23 | What if dream worlds are real worlds?
0:00 - What we do in the shadow worlds 4:16 - Physicalism and causal closure 10:41 - Continuity and coherence 15:20 - Simplicity 18:28 - Worlds intertwined 22:40 - Dreaming as imaginationThe Limits of LogicKane B2023-01-16 | What happens to logic when we turn from truth to approximate truth?
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0:00 - deductive logic 3:11 - approximate truth 10:27 - indeterminate concepts🔴Kane B2023-01-12 | 🔴Unbelievable TheoriesKane B2023-01-08 | This video outlines the view that there might be theories that are true, and for which we can give sound arguments, but that cannot be believed. See Bart Streumer's book "Unbelievable Errors".
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0:00 - Introduction 0:51 - Normative error theory 3:31 - What is belief? 11:34 - Why we cannot believe error theory 13:20 - Is unbelievability a problem? 15:52 - Moorean paradoxes 21:32 - Reflective equilibrium 31:16 - How unbelievability can strengthen a theoryWhat is Reality?Kane B2023-01-03 | This video outlines several answers to the question, "what is reality?"
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My Discord: discord.gg/RUjwFdDDtKMetaethics - The Ontological ArgumentKane B2022-12-23 | This video outlines the ontological argument for moral realism, given by Michael Huemer in "An Ontological Proof of Moral Realism".
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0:00 - Introduction 6:33 - The Probabilistic Reasons Principle 13:21 - The Anti-Torture Argument 30:29 - Objective Moral ReasonsAnswering the Science vs Religion CompassKane B2022-12-19 | sciencereligioncompass.org
Join my Discord: discord.gg/RUjwFdDDtKThe Hard Problem of EverythingKane B2022-12-15 | Science can't fully explain consciousness, but it can't fully explain anything else either.
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0:00 - the hard problem of consciousness 3:24 - explanatory projects beyond science 10:34 - constitutive connections 17:08 - escaping the "why?" regressPhilosophy Without JustificationKane B2022-12-09 | There is no justification, but there is nothing irrational about holding beliefs without justification.Why Believe Physicalism?Kane B2022-12-02 | This video outlines some of the arguments in favour of physicalism.
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-- Melnyk, Andrew. (1994). "Being a physicalist: How and (more importantly) why." Philosophical Studies 74(2): 221-241. -- Papineau, David. (2001). "The rise of physicalism." In Physicalism and its Discontents, eds. Carl Gillett and Barry Loewer: 3-36. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -- Russell, Bertrand. (1913). "On the notion of cause." Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 13: 1-26. -- Norton, John. (2003). "Causation as folk science." Philosophers' Imprint 3(4): 1-22. -- Seager, William. (2014). "Why physicalism?" Mind and Matter 12(2): 143-195.What is a physical property?Kane B2022-11-28 | Many philosophers endorse physicalism, the view that everything is physical. But what is a physical property?
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0:00 - Physicalism 1:53 - Physical theory 10:11 - Ostensive definition 19:53 - Naturalistic explanation 25:08 - Is physicalism a monism?Challenges to Folk PsychologyKane B2022-11-20 | The video outlines challenges to the view that "folk psychology", the attribution of propositional attitudes such as beliefs and desires to predict and explain behaviour, plays a central role in social coordination. I am drawing primarily on the work of Jose Luis Bermudez and Matthew Ratcliffe.
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0:00 - Folk psychology Social cognition without folk psychology 6:48 - Heuristic strategies 15:42 - Social scripts What's wrong with folk psychology? 22:43 - Computational complexity 26:38 - Holism 29:45 - Meta-representation 33:48 - Attitudes beyond folk psychology 39:10 - Vacuity Conclusion 43:00 - Consequences
-- Bermudez, Jose Luis. (2004). Philosophy of Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction. New York: Routledge. -- Bermudez, Jose Luis. (2005). "Arguing for eliminativism." In Paul Churchland: Contemporary Philosophy in Focus, ed. Brian L. Keeley: 32:65. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. -- Morton, Adam. (1996). "Folk psychology is not a predictive device." Mind 105(417): 119-137. -- Ratcliffe, Matthew. (2007). Rethinking Commonsense Psychology. London: Palgrave Macmillan.