On the Life and Philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831) With Dr. Josh Wretzel (Penn State). The Young Idealist 2024-03-24 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, & Jewish Philosophy. For this video, I invited Dr. Joshua Wretzel who is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University.Dr. Wretzel helps navigates our viewers through the complex life and thought of the German Philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (170-1831). Our discussion begins with the question "why" ... we contemporary students, and scholars should return to the thinking of G. W. F. Hegel. Our main discussion revolves around Hegel's 1807 Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic (1812) and Hegel's Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Science. (1817). Dr. Josh Wretzel is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Pennsylvania State University. He has received fellowships from the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and the Max Kade German-American Research Institute, which funded stays at the Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg and Universität Leipzig, respectively. Dr. Wretzel’s work on the German philosophical tradition is published in journals such as the European Journal of Philosophy, Hegel Bulletin, International Journal of Philosophical Studies, and Continental Philosophy Review. Dr. Wretzel is also co editor of Hegel’s Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences: A Critical Guide (Cambridge) and Hegel’s Encyclopedic System (Routledge). Dr. Wretzel is currently coeditor of the Cambridge Elements series on the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel.Dr. Joshua Wretzel - Department of Philosophy: https://philosophy.la.psu.edu/people/jiw10/Dr. Joshua Wretzel - Academia.edu Page: https://pennstate.academia.edu/JoshuaWretzel
On the Life and Philosophy of György Lukács (1885-1971) with Daniel Tutt. The Young Idealist 2025-09-16 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: On the Life and Philosophy of György Lukács (1885-1971) with Dr. Daniel Tutt.In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Daniel Tutt who is a philosopher with a focus on psychoanalytic theory and Marxist thought. Daniel is the author of Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation with the Palgrave Lacan Series, and How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche with Repeater Books. Daniel has taught philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University and the Washington, DC jail. Daniel is also the host of the Emancipation Podcast youtube.com/@UCrUeCgEaLKn9TIVoYo7kotw "The Emancipation Podcast with Daniel Tutt is a public learning community dedicated to serious analysis of politics, philosophy and history from a Marxist perspective. On this channel you will find interviews with a wide range of scholars and thinkers, study groups on important texts, lectures and public seminars and symposia."With Daniel's background in both psychoanalytic and Marxist thought, I knew he would be a perfect candidate to lead us through the life and thought of György Lukács.danieltutt.com/aboutdanieltutt.substack.comhttps://gwu.academia.edu/DanielTuttEnjoy the Episode!
The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism with Dr. Matthew McManus (Spelman College). The Young Idealist 2025-08-30 | The Following video is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism with Dr. Matthew McManus (Spelman College). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Matthew McManus who is a political Scientist, and an assistant professor in the Political Science department at Spelman College. Dr. McManus has also held teaching positions at the University of Michigan and Tec de Monterrey amongst many others. Dr McManus is the author of several books including: The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. Dr. McManus' forthcoming works include an edited essay collection on Analytical Marxism and Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century: Revisiting G.A Cohen and the on What is Liberal Socialism?The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism (Routledge, 2024)."Dr. McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls, and Charles Mills.Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic but critical standpoint, McManus traces its core to the Revolutionary period that catalyzed major divisions in liberal political theory to the French Revolution that saw the emergence of writers like Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine who argued that liberal principles could only be inadequately instantiated in a society with high levels of material and social inequality to John Stuart Mill, the first major thinker who declared himself a liberal and a socialist and who made major contributions to both traditions through his efforts to synthesize and conciliate them. McManus argues for liberal socialism as a political theory which could truly secure equality and liberty for all.An essential book on the tradition of liberal socialism for students, researchers, and scholars of political science and humanities."Link to the book: routledge.com/The-Political-Theory-of-Liberal-Socialism/McManus/p/book/9781032647234?srsltid=AfmBOoqqFdIPoLOCfToDgbWDz50dbAZNH91CdYMd-eNMqNhD1V2M20nmEnjoy the Video!
On The Life & Philosophy of Miki Kiyoshi (1897-1945) with Dr. Fernando Wirtz (University of Kyoto). The Young Idealist 2025-08-19 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: On the Life & Philosophy of 三木 清 Kiyoshi Miki (1897-1945) with Dr. Fernando Wirtz (University of Kyoto).In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Fernando Wirtz who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transcultural Studies at the Graduate School of letters, at Kyoto University, in Japan. Dr. Wirtz's research interests include: Japanese Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, German Idealism, Ethics, and Global South Studies日本哲学、多文化間哲学、ドイツ観念論、倫理学、グローバルサウス論.Dr. Wirtz has also published quite extensively on Japanese philosophy with several brilliant articles on Miki Kiyoshi; Nishida Kitarō, The Kyoto School, Martin Heidegger, F. W. J. Schelling, Mythology, Symbolism, Nature and History. With great scholarly insight, Dr. Fernando Wirtz was a perfect guest to help guide the viewers through the complex life and philosophy of Miki KiyoshiDr. Wirtz gives great attention to why Miki Kiyoshi complex thought matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, phenomenological and political concepts. Dr. Fernando Wirtzhttps://kyoto-u.academia.edu/FernandoWirtzkdb.iimc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/profile/en.cec09643138b7242.htmlphilpeople.org/profiles/fernando-wirtzEnjoy the Episode!
Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical Reading with Dr. Jay Goulding (York University). The Young Idealist 2025-07-08 | The Following video is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical Reading with Dr. Jay Goulding (York University). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Jay Goulding who is an Associate Professor at York University in the Department of Equity Studies. Dr. Goulding specializes in both Chinese and Japanese philosophy, and hermeneutic phenomenology. Dr. Goulding’s main research interests are in Continental Philosophy, Classics, Wang Bi’s 王弼 reconstruction of Laozi’s 老子 Daodejing 道德經, Cheng Chung-ying’s 成中英 ontocosmology and Chinese philosophy. As well as, Hwa Yol Jung’s Daoist phenomenology, Schelling, Daoism, Heidegger’s engagement with Chinese and Japanese philosophy. Dr. Jay Goulding takes the viewer on a robust intellectual, spiritual, and philosophical history merging East Asian Philosophy (Chinese & Japanese thought) and Western European Continental thought. We discuss important philosophers such as Gottfried Leibniz, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Wang Bi, Dōgen Zenji, Keiji Nishitani, & Shūzō Kuki.Book Synopsis:Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical ReadingJay GouldingBloomsbury 2025"Dr. Jay Goulding’s 2025 Bloomsbury release of Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical Reading, is a ground breaking text which features Goulding’s innovative Daoist phenomenology. In the text, East and West come together to create an original, hybrid, and organic form of phenomenology. Goulding’s book contains major and minor chapters on figures like Heidegger, Schelling, Gadamer, Merleau-Ponty, Laozi, Zhuangzi and Dōgen. The renowned philosopher, Dr. Jason Wirth, has described the book as Highly original and erudite … the Dao 道 emerges not as an exotic doctrine, but as the way of all Beings.”Goulding’s Daoist Phenomenology represents a lifelong project of interpolating the works of Martin Heidegger with the interweavings of Daoism and Zen. The text Illustrates highly original and unique styles of reading complex texts from Europe and East Asia. Goulding moves away from the traditional horizontal reading methods of simple comparisons on a single plane to a vertical reading, which he describes “as a deep dive of ideas into ancient worlds.” Goulding’s Vertical Reading is a hermeneutic strategy that captures the depth of connection between phenomenology and Daoism, especially with Heidegger and classical Daoists Laozi and Zhuangzi. His method reveals Daoist implications of Dōgen’s Zen and draws on the writing and ideas from popular culture including; Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Philip K. Original and wide-ranging, Goulding’s interconnected approach to phenomenology and Daoism enhances and promotes further intercultural dialogues between two great traditions in world philosophies. A fascinating read for anyone who loves philosophy, phenomenology, and East Asian studies.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Lichtung, Fulguration and the Daoist Ming 明2. Dao and Mystery: The Shimmer3. Dao and Zen: The First Sunrise, the Last Sunset4. Tetsugaku 哲學 and the Step Back5. Heidegger and Dōgen: The Uncanny6. Translating the Untranslatable: 人馬一體Conclusion?Bibliographybloomsbury.com/ca/daoist-phenomenology-9781350470477
Aesthetic Dimensions Of Modern Philosophy with Professor Andrew Bowie (Royal Holloway, U of London). The Young Idealist 2025-06-26 | The Following video is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Aesthetic Dimensions Of Modern Philosophy with Professor Andrew Bowie (Royal Holloway, U of London). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited professor Andrew Bowie who is a Professor of Philosophy and German at Royal Holloway, University of London and Founding Director of the Humanities and Arts Research Centre (HARC). Professor Bowie, has worked to promote a better understanding of German philosophy in the Anglophone analytical tradition - including the works of Johann Georg Hamann, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Theodor W. Adorno, Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer and Manfred Frank.Professor Bowie takes the viewer on a robust intellectual history from Montaigne, to Cassirer in search of key aesthetic elements to illuminate our human experience. Some of the best parts of the episode involves a thorough discussions on Art, mythology, and music (especially in Jazz). This episode will be extremely exciting for artists, Musicians and students of philosophy interested in aesthetics.Write up on the book.Much of contemporary philosophy, especially in the analytical tradition, regards aesthetics as of lesser significance than epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Yet, in Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy, Andrew Bowie explores the idea that art and aesthetics have crucial implications for those areas of philosophy.In the modern period, the growth of warranted scientific knowledge is accompanied both by heightened concern with epistemological skepticism and a new philosophical attention to art and the beauty of nature. This suggests that modernity involves problems concerning how human beings make sense of the world that go beyond questions of knowledge, and are reflected in the arts. The relationship of art to philosophy is explored in Montaigne, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Schelling, the early German Romantics, and Hegel. This book also considers Cassirer's and the hermeneutic tradition's exploration of close links between meaning in language and in art. The work of Karl Polanyi, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Dewey, and others is used to investigate how the modern sciences and the development of capitalism change both humankind's relations to nature and the nature of value, and so affect the role of art in human self-understanding. The aesthetic dimensions of modern philosophy can help to uncover often neglected historical shifts in how 'subjective' and 'objective' are conceived. Seeing art as a kind of philosophy, and philosophy as a kind of art, reveals unresolved tensions between the different cultural domains of the modern world and questions some of the orientation of contemporary philosophy.Link to the book: global.oup.com/academic/product/aesthetic-dimensions-of-modern-philosophy-9780192847737?cc=ca&lang=en&#Professor Andrew Bowie has published widely in the history of philosophy, especially in German Idealism, Aesthetics, and Critical theory.List of Works:Schelling and Modern European Philosophy: An Introduction (1993)From Romanticism to Critical Theory (1997)Schleiermacher: 'Hermeneutics and Criticism' and Other Writings (ed) (1998)Aesthetics and Subjectivity: From Kant to Nietzsche (2nd edition, 2003)Introduction to German Philosophy: From Kant to Habermas (2003)Music, Philosophy, and Modernity (2009)Philosophical Variations: Music as 'philosophical Language' (2010)German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (2010)Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy (2013)Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy (2022)Theodor W. Adorno: A Very Short Introduction (2022)pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-bowiephilpeople.org/profiles/andrew-bowie?app=order%3DaddedEnjoy the Episode!
Leibniz in His World: The Making of a Savant (Book Series) With Dr. Audrey Borowski (Oxford). The Young Idealist 2025-06-11 | The Following video is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is Leibniz in His World: The Making Of A Savant, with Dr. Audrey Borowski (Oxford). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr Audrey Borowski who is a Research Fellow on the ‘Desirable Digitalization’ project between the University of Bonn and University of Cambridge, to discuss her new monograph, 'Leibniz in his World: The Making of a Savant, published by Princeton University Press (2025). Dr. Borowski was also a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Munich Centre for Mathematical Philosophy and she completed her doctorate (D.Phil.) in the History of Ideas at the University of Oxford.Dr. Audrey Borowski takes the viewer on a sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath (Leibniz) to the intellectual, scientific, and courtly worlds that shaped his early life and thought."Described by Voltaire as “perhaps a man of the most universal learning in Europe,” Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) is often portrayed as a rationalist and philosopher who was wholly detached from the worldly concerns of his fellow men. Leibniz in His World provides a groundbreaking reassessment of Leibniz, telling the story of his trials and tribulations as an aspiring scientist and courtier navigating the learned and courtly circles of early modern Europe and the Republic of Letters.Drawing on extensive correspondence by Leibniz and many leading figures of the age, Audrey Borowski paints a nuanced portrait of Leibniz in the 1670s, during his “Paris sojourn” as a young diplomat and in Germany at the court of Duke Johann Friedrich of Hanover. She challenges the image of Leibniz as an isolated genius, revealing instead a man of multiple identities whose thought was shaped by a deep engagement with the social and intellectual milieus of his time. Borowski shows us Leibniz as he was known to his contemporaries, enabling us to rediscover him as an enigmatic young man who was complex and all too human.An exhilarating work of scholarship, Leibniz in His World demonstrates how this uncommon intellect, torn between his ideals and the necessity to work for absolutist states, struggled to make a name for himself during his formative years."A link to the book can be found here: (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691260747/leibniz-in-his-world?srsltid=AfmBOorIamoqI7MC0Y0zzhwYY96UWcRI1Mg4PS6ctMT9qM0azB6CEAgf).Here is a list of the figures we mention in this video:Rene DescartesBaruch SpinozaGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizVoltaireRobert BoyleIsaac Newton.Enjoy the episode!
On the Thought of Walter Benjamin with Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UAH). The Young Idealist 2025-05-29 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life & Thought of the German Philosopher (1892-1940). Walter Benjamin with Distinguished Professor Emer, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UAH).In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited a returning guest who was featured on the special episodes on Hölderlin, Rilke, and Kafka. Dr. Rolf J. Goebel is a Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Goebel areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); as well as, Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. Dr. Goebel has extensive expertise in German modernism and contemporary literature Representations of metropolitan space, especially Berlin Literary theory and cultural studies (cultural hermeneutics, postcolonial theory, intermediality, media competition, media transfer, music and literary aesthetics, sound studies).Dr. Goebel explains why Walter Benjamin's complex thought matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, and literary concepts.
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Frantz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon (UConn). The Young Idealist 2025-05-02 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: 'An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Frantz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon (UConn).'In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Lewis Gordon who is an American philosopher and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs and Department Head of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut.Dr. Gordon’s Areas of specialization are Africana Philosophy, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Aesthetics and Philosophy in Film, Literature, and Music, Philosophy of Culture, Race, and Racism, Philosophy of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis, and Global Southern Thought. Currently, Dr Gordon is the Editor of the American Philosophical Association (APA) Blog series: Black Issues in Philosophy; with Jane Anna Gordon, as well as the Editor of the book series Global Critical Caribbean Thought; and, also with Jane Anna Gordon, the Editor of the Journal of Philosophy and Global Affairs.Dr. Lewis Gordon takes the viewer on a thoughtful journey through the life of the Philosopher; Psychiatrist, and Revolutionary thinker, Frantz Fanon (1925-1961). Dr. Gordon explains why Fanon's complex; revolutionary, and multi-layered, philosophical and psychiatric thought, matters today. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Fanon's main philosophical, political and psychoanalytic influences. Later, we dive deep into the fundamental issues surrounding Race, Racism, Humanism, Dignity, Freedom and Existentialism. This leads to an important discussion where Dr. Gordon helps unravel the important psychological/psychiatric concepts that Fanon implemented in his work.We end our discussion by talking about Fanon's relationship to Africana Philosophy, and discuss European philosophical thought and it's colonial heritage.Enjoy the Episode!https://philosophy.uconn.edu/person/lewis-gordon/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Gordonphilpeople.org/profiles/lewis-gordon#fanon
Goethes Natural Philosophy with Dr. Jan Kerkmann (Freiburg University). The Young Idealist 2025-04-11 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Goethe's Natural Philosophy with Dr. Jan Kerkmann (Freiburg University).In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Jan Kerkman who is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg. Dr. Kerkmann is also currently a Feodor Lynen Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation based at the Freie Universität Berlin. I knew Dr. Kerkmann would be an excellent guest for this episode due to his diverse research areas which includes: the systematic study of metaphysics and the history of philosophy (especially ancient philosophy, early modern philosophy and philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries). Dr. Kerkmann's other areas of interest include political philosophy and the philosophy of nature. Dr. Kerkmann also focuses on Plato, Plotinus, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Goethe, Schelling, Hölderlin, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Heidegger making him a perfect guest to participate in this series.Dr. Jan Kerkmann explains why Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's (1749-1832) complex natural philosophy matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, and metaphysical concepts. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Goethe's main influences on his conception of Nature. We also delve deep into all of Goethe's critical commentary on Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. Dr. Kerkmann also discusses Goethe's own modern reading of Spinoza. This leads us into a unique discussion on Negative theology and Nature's divine ground. Dr. Kerkmann also shows how revolutionary Goethe was for his time responding to the likes of Newton and Blumenbach.The Questions and Concepts in our discussion center around Dr. Kerkmann's reading of Goethe's Natural Philosophy. From his own published work, "Divine Ground and Vertical Level Order: On the Metaphysical Foundation of Goethe's Conception of Nature." In: Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy (published in 2023). By Jan Kerkmann. Link: https://www.academia.edu/97638671/Divine_Ground_and_Vertical_Level_Order_On_the_Metaphysical_Foundation_of_Goethes_Conception_of_Nature_In_Epoch%C3%A9_A_Journal_for_the_History_of_Philosophy_accepted_will_be_published_in_2023_Is Goethe's natural philosophy mainly Idealist and speculative? or empirical-experimental? Dr. Kerkmann expands on this distinction offering his own Hermeneutics of Nature which extends Goethe project into the arts and sciences.We then turn to Goethe's Dualistic forces in nature: i). Laws of Polarity and ii). Intensification. This leads us to discuss Goethe's natural philosophy as a Vertical structure of Nature that is grounded on a system of hypostases. Goethe's own Hermeneutical structures has many building blocks through a diverse network of systems such as: Kantian, Neo-Platonic, Spinozist, and Kabbalistic, and adds a modern Deleuzian reference to the mix.Dr. Kerkman explicates Goethe theory of the "Urphänomen" and “Bildungstrieb." We end the video with a discussion of Goethe's Divine conception of Nature.Dr. Jan Kerkmann's most recent book publications are the following:Der Gott dieser Welt: Die Entstehung und Wirklichkeit des Bösen bei Augustinus und Schelling (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag published in 2024Unendliches Bewusstsein: Berkeleys Idealismus und dessen kritische Weiterentwicklung bei Kant und Schopenhauer Published in 2023 by De Gruyter. Die Zeit des Willens und das Ende der Metaphysik: Heideggers Auseinandersetzung mit Nietzsche und Schelling Published in 2020 by De Gruyter. And many more on Heidegger, and Nietzsche, Heraclitus,Enjoy the Episode.Dr. Jan Kerkmann:https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview/1232265/priv-doz-dr-jan-kerkmannhttps://uni-freiburg.academia.edu/JanKerkmann
The Life and Thought of Ludwig Klages with Dr. Rico Sneller (The Vrije Academie in Amsterdam). The Young Idealist 2025-03-24 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life and Thought of Ludwig Klages (1872-1956). with Dr. Rico Sneller from The Vrije Academie in Amsterdam.In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Rico Sneller who currently teaches philosophy at the Vrije Academie in Amsterdam and at The International School for Depth Psychology in Nijmegen (depthpsychology.tv/). I knew Dr. Sneller would be an excellent guest for this episode due to his diverse research areas which includes: Positive positions of consciousness in relation to philosophy, philosophy of life, Ludwig Klages, Carl du Prel, psychoanalysis and analytical psychology. Dr Sneller has recently published a wonderful book titled "Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration, and the Soul," with Cambridge Scholars Publishing. The Link to the book can be found here: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-5505-1In this Episode: Dr. Rico Sneller explains why Ludwig Klages' thought matters today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through his complex philosophical and psychological works. Dr. Sneller gives an excellent in-depth biography of Ludwig Klages life, and carefully breaks down important events and periods of Klages' life. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Klages' influences including his close relationship with a circle of poets, and artists, as well as his friendship to Alfred Schuler and their connection to the Munich Cosmic Circle. Dr. Sneller also discusses Klages' close connections to thinkers like Plotinus, Meister Eckhart, Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche and gets really deep into Klages main ideas about the soul or (inwardness).Dr. Rico Sneller is a philosopher and theologian. Dr. Sneller worked as a university lecturer in philosophy and ethics at Leiden. He currently teaches philosophy at the Vrije Academie (Amsterdam), the International School for Depth Psychology in Nijmegen, he is also a guest lecturer at Al-Farabi Universiteit in Almaty (Kazakhstan) Dr. Sneller's areas of interest lies in positive positions of consciousness in relation to philosophy, philosophy of life (Ludwig Klages, Carl du Prel), psychoanalysis and analytical psychology. He recently published Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration, and the Soul (Cambridge Scholars) and The Enigma of Socrates.Enjoy The Episode.Dr. Rico Sneller https://ricosneller.nl/
Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature with Dr. Owen Ware (U of T). The Young Idealist 2025-03-06 | The Following video is a special presentation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature with Dr. Owen Ware (U of T). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Owen Ware who is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ware and I, explore major themes from his brand new book: 'Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature,' from Oxford University Press (2025). "Why was mythology of vital importance for the romantics? What role did mythology play in their philosophical and literary work? And what common sources of influence inspired these writers across Britain and Germany at the turn of the nineteenth century? In this wide-ranging study, Owen Ware argues that the romantics turned to mythology for its potential to transform how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Engaging with authors such as William Blake, Friedrich Schlegel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ware shows why they believed that neither perception nor reason alone can sustain a vision of the unity of all things. A new mode of cognition is necessary, they claimed, one that revives the poetic origin of mythology and reveals our own mythmaking powers. Return of the Gods investigates the rise of mythology in the British and German traditions and the romantics' practices of reinterpreting old myths and inventing new ones. Their shared aim was nothing less than to elevate the human imagination to higher stages of self-development in which philosophy and poetry, as well as intellect and imagination, form an integrated whole. Far from calling us to return to the past, the romantics' work on mythology points us to a future where we can live in harmony with the personal, social, and natural worlds we inhabit. Owen Ware combines intellectual history with philosophical analysis and literary criticism to offer a bold reflection on why mythology mattered for the romantics--and why it still matters today."A link to the book can be found here: global.oup.com/academic/product/return-of-the-gods-9780197763964?cc=ca&lang=en&Dr. Owen Ware is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ware’s areas of research include Kant and Post-Kantian philosophy, German and British Romanticism, and global philosophy (esp. classical Indian philosophy). He has held research fellowships through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.Dr. Ware has authored several books, including Fichte’s Moral Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2020), Kant’s Justification of Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2021), Kant on Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany (Routledge, 2024), and Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2025).Here is a list of the figures we mention in this video:Friedrich SchillerNovalisFriedrich SchlegelFriedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingWilliam BlakeSamuel Taylor ColeridgeWilliam WordsworthEnjoy the Episode!
The Life and Philosophy of Simone Weil with Dr. Kathryn Lawson (Kings University College, Halifax). The Young Idealist 2025-02-26 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life and Philosophy of Simone Weil with Dr. Kathryn Lawson (King's University College, Halifax). Moving forward in the series: we continue with our focus on the important Women Philosophers in the History of Philosophy.For this episode on the French Philosopher, Mystic and Social Political Activist: Simone Weil (1909-1943), I invited Dr. Kathryn Lawson who is a faculty fellow in philosophy and humanities at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada. Dr. Lawson has lectured in philosophy at Carleton University (Ottawa), Queen’s University (Kingston), and Western University (London). Dr. Lawson's first book Ecological Ethics and the Philosophy of Simone Weil: Decreation for the Anthropocene was published with Routledge’s Environmental Ethics Series ,and she is also the co-editor of a collection on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, Unprecedented Conversations with Bloomsbury. Her philosophical work has been published widely in academic books and peer reviewed journals. In this Episode: Dr. Kathryn Lawson explains why Simone Weil's thought matters today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through her complex, politics, ethics, and philosophy. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Weil's relationship with metaphysics, ethics, Plato and Marx. Dr. Lawson discloses the meaning behind important Weilian concepts like Decreation, Uprootedness, Compassion & Metaxy.Enjoy the Episode. Dr. Kathryn Lawsonkathrynlawsonphilosophy.comKathryn LawsonFaculty Fellow in the HumanitiesTeaching and Research Interests:Continental philosophy, the history of philosophy, aesthetics, Indian philosophy, environmental ethics, philosophy of religion, and social political thought.kate.lawson@ukings.ca
The Life and Philosophy of Iris Murdoch with Dr. Lesley Jamieson (University of Pardubice). The Young Idealist 2025-02-08 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life and Philosophy of Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) with Dr. Lesley Jamieson from the University of Pardubice: Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. Moving forward in the series: we continue with our focus on the important Women Philosophers in the History of Philosophy.For this episode on the Irish and English Novelist and Philosopher: Iris Murdoch, I invited Dr. Lesley Jamieson who is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Pardubice in the Czech Republic. Dr. Jamieson has recently published a monograph on Iris Murdoch's philosophy entitled, Iris Murdoch's Practical Metaphysics: A Guide to her Early Writings (Palgrave, 2023); and published several peer reviewed articles such as: "Love's Realism: Iris Murdoch and the importance of being human," European Journal of Philosophy, (2024), “Paradox and Discovery: Iris Murdoch, John Wisdom, and the Practice of Linguistic Philosophy,” European Journal of Philosophy (2023), “The Case of M and D in Context: Iris Murdoch, Stanley Cavell, and Moral Teaching and Learning,” Journal of Philosophy of Education (2020). Dr. Jamieson has also published widely on the philosophy of mind and philosophy of education.In this Episode: Dr. Lesley Jamieson explains why Iris Murdoch thought matters today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through her complex philosophy. Our discussion leads in a detailed analysis of Iris Murdoch's relationship with metaphysics, ethics, morality, and aesthetics. Dr. Jamieson also clarifies Murdoch's connection between philosophy and literature.Enjoy the Episode. Dr. Lesley Jamieson.Research Interests:Areas: history of analytic philosophy (especially postwar British philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and moral philosophy), moral psychologyTopics: philosophical methodology; perfectionism; moral teaching and learning; love; realism; self-deception.Authors: Iris Murdoch; John Wisdom; Gilbert Ryle; Ludwig Wittgenstein, R. G. Collingwood; Cora Diamond; John McDowell.https://centreforethics.upce.cz/en/lesley-jamiesonphilpeople.org/profiles/lesley-jamieson-1Iris Murdoch’s Practical MetaphysicsA Guide to her Early Writings.link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-36080-0
The Life & Thought of the Phenomenologist & Philosopher: Hedwig Conrad-Martius With Randolph Dible. The Young Idealist 2025-01-24 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life & Thought of the Phenomenologist & Philosopher: Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966) With Randolph Dible. This episode was crafted to bring much more attention to Conrad-Martius' philosophical writings. For this extra special episode on the Phenomenologist, Philosopher and Christian Mystic, I invited Randolph Dible who is a lecturer in Philosophy at St. Joseph's University and Suffolk County Community College in New York. Randy is also a doctoral student in Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research. His work is in ontological phenomenology, history of philosophical ideas, and Ancient Greek philosophy. Randy has an extensive output of edited books, articles, and presentations on phenomenology, and Hedwig Conrad-Martius in diverse areas of her thought. With this enormous output of scholarly work, I knew Randy would be the perfect guest and participant to navigate the viewers through the complex and dynamic phenomenology of Conrad-Martius. In this Episode: Randy Dible discusses Conrad-Martius' unique relationship with Edith Stein, and Edmund Husserl. He fleshes out the origins of the society that Conrad-Martius would help create with several students and young academics; and magically gives us access into the pilgrimage of an of important apple orchard centered around the lives and thinkers in Bergzabern. Randy also gives us a lucid discussion on Conrad-Martius' ideas on creation, the body, the soul, followed by an interesting critique of Heidegger's Existential Phenomenology. What he does extremely well, is highlight the three forms of Phenomenology that Conrad-Martius conceives: from Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology; continued onward by Fink, to Heidegger's Existentialist Phenomenology. And last but not least, Randy outlines the main ideas behind HCM "Real-Ontology" that was intended to grasp the true intuition of essence/reality. Randy's presentations reveals how Conrad-Martius pushed the envelope of thought. This movement of thought involves a detailed analysis of HCM's work in phenomenology and the later expansion of phenomenology disclosed as a universal ontology. This will be an exciting episode for those interested in phenomenology and women philosophers.Randolph Dible is a lecturer in Philosophy at St. Joseph's University and Suffolk County Community College in New York, and a doctoral student in Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research. His work is in ontological phenomenology, history of philosophical ideas, and Ancient Greek philosophy.He is the Book Series Editor for Marked States: Series on Form through College Publications. He is the Co-editor of Laws of Form—A Fiftieth Anniversary. His chapter in that volume is “First Philosophy and the First Distinction: Ontology and Phenomenology of Laws of Form.” Randolph is a Founding Co-editor of the new journal of the Spencer-Brown Society, Distinction: Journal of Form. He is also a Co-Host of the North American Society for Early Phenomenology (NASEP) Speaker Series [AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE]. Former Director of the Webinar for the Society for the Phenomenology of Religious Experience (SoPheRE), [2020 – 2022] Media on HC-M includes: “A Phenomenology of Immersion in Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Theodor Conrad,” (SPEP 2024) [ON YOUTUBE]"Theodor Conrad and Hedwig Conrad-Martius on Versunkenheit: Psychological, Transcendental, and Ontological Phenomenology of Immersion,” NASEP 2023 [ON YOUTUBE] "WarMachine Podcast" (podcast of the radical theology seminar), a podcast from Paderborn “New Voices Talk Series” Podcast [ON YOUTUBE], Chapters on HC-M:“Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Kritischer Realismus,” forthcoming in Analecta Husserliana, expected 2025“Ontopoiesis, Autopoiesis, and a Calculus Intended for Self-Reference,” forthcoming in Analecta Husserliana, anticipated 2025“Universal Ontology and the First Distinction: Spencer-Brown, Husserl, and Conrad-Martius,” Distinction: Journal of Form, College Publications, anticipated 2025“Eternity, Time, and Reality in Conrad-Martius’ Cosmological Phenomenology,” Nature and Kosmos… [book!], edited by Hans Rainer Sepp, (2020)Recent work on HC-M (unpublished—part of dissertation):“The Philosophical Mysticism of Hedwig Conrad-Martius,” (NASEP 2024)“The Ontology of Absolutely Everything: Hedwig Conrad-Martius and Husserl,” (SPEP 2023)“Phenomenology as Seeing Through the World: Hedwig Conrad-Martius’ Vision, Method, and Doctrine of Universal Ontology,” NASEP 2022philpeople.org/profiles/randolph-diblehttps://nssr.academia.edu/RandolphDible randolphdible.comnasep.ophen.orgEnjoy The Episode!
The Phenomenology of Edith Stein with Dr. Antonio Calcagno (Kings University College, Western Uni). The Young Idealist 2024-12-26 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Phenomenology of Edith Stein (1891-1942). This episode was crafted to bring much more attention to Stein's philosophical writings.For this extra special episode on the German Jewish philosopher: activist, Discalced Carmelite nun, beautified saint, and phenomenologist, Edith Stein; I invited the well renowned scholar and philosopher, Dr. Antonio Calcagno (King's University College at Western University Canada). It was the masterful writings of Dr. Antonio Calcagno that first made me aware of Stein's inspiring phenomenology. Due to his passionate presentations and lucid writings on Stein, I knew that Dr. Calcagno would be the perfect guest to help navigate the viewer through the very complex, and tragic life of Edith Stein. In this Episode: Dr. Antonio Calcagno discusses the important aspects of Stein's life, and also explains who her important philosophical influences were. We also take a deep dive into important philosophical aspects of Stein's phenomenology by investigating Stein conceptions of consciousness, lived experience, "the I," the given, community and personality. We also touch on Stein's important anthropology, and unique social political philosophy. One of the unique surprises of the video is directed towards the end of the episode where we discuss Stein's important student, Gerda Walther.Edith Stein is an important figure in the history of philosophy as well as a unique voice in the history of women philosophers, and Dr. Calcagno has done a wonderful job of bringing Stein's essence and thought back to life for the viewer.Dr. Antonio Calcagno is a full professor of Philosophy at King’s University College at Western University in Canada. In September of 2023, Dr. Antonio Calcagno was named a fellow at the royal society of Canada.Dr. Calcagno’s Research includes Recent and contemporary European Philosophy, Mediaeval and Renaissance Philosophy, as well as Social and Political Thought. His scholarship focuses on community and intersubjectivity, statehood, self- and personhood, consciousness, humanism and post-humanism. His current research focuses on the idea of political impasse as a possible generative moment of thinking that offers both resistance and new possibilities of selfhood. Dr. Calcagno also works on phenomenological accounts of psyche and personhood, especially in Munich phenomenology and in the works of Edith Stein and Gerda Walther. He is currently developing an account of micro and passive sources of selfhood, especially in relation to psyche, which he hopes to publish as a monograph tentatively titled: 'The Life That Is Not My Own.'Dr. Antonio Calcagno has 5 Monographs:5. Antonio Calcagno, On Political Impasse: Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood (London: Bloomsbury Press, 2022).4. Antonio Calcagno, Lived Experience from the Inside Out: Social and Political Philosophy in Edith Stein (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press: 2014), Winner of the Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology for best book in Phenomenology 2014.3. Antonio Calcagno, Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time (New York/London: Continuum, 2007).2. Antonio Calcagno, The Philosophy of Edith Stein (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2007).1. Antonio Calcagno, Giordano Bruno and the Logic of Coincidence, in Renaissance and Baroque Studies, vol. 23 (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1998).Dr. Antonio Calcagno: kings.uwo.ca/academics/faculty-info/member-profile/?doaction=getProfile&id=acalcagnkings.uwo.ca/about-kings/media-and-communications/newsroom/dr-antonio-calcagno-named-fellow-of-the-royal-society-of-canadahttps://westernu.academia.edu/AntonioCalcagno
Herald of a Restless World: On the Life and Philosophy of Henri Bergson with Dr. Emily Herring. The Young Idealist 2024-12-13 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: Herald of a Restless World: On the Life and Philosophy of Henri Bergson with Dr. Emily Herring.In this special episode of the Young Idealist Series, we fly over to France, and in order to experience the life and philosophy, of the pivotal French thinker Henri Bergson (1859-1941).For this episode on Henri Bergson I invited Dr. Emily Herring who is a writer based in Paris. Dr. Herring studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and received her PhD in the history and philosophy of science from the University of Leeds. Her work has appeared in the TLS and Aeon. In October of 2024, Emily published Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People. The first English-language biography of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher who defined individual creativity and transformed twentieth-century thought. In celebration of Emily's new book, I knew she would be the perfect guest to help navigate the viewer through Bergson's rich philosophy and complex life.In Herald of a Restless World, Dr. Emily Herring recovers how Bergson captivated a society in flux. She shows how his celebration of the time-bending uniqueness of individual experience struck a chord with those shaken by modern technological and social change. Long after he faded from public view, his insights into memory, time, laughter, and creativity continue to shape how we see the world around us. In this Episode: Dr. Emily Herring discusses Bergson's life and his philosophical influences. Emily also gives detailed accounts of how Bergson came up with his central notion of durée (duration) and how it differed from other conceptions of time (both scientific and philosophical). We also discuss Bergson's exciting originality on memory, freedom, the brain, the evolution of life, and morality. It really is incredible to see Dr. Herring bring Bergson back to life with her knowledge, passion & rigorous understanding of his work. You can purchase Emily's book here: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/emily-herring/herald-of-a-restless-world/9781541600942Enjoy the Episode!Dr. Emily Herring: wellreadherring.comphilpeople.org/profiles/emily-herringsubstack.com/@emilyherring (Substack)
An Introduction To The Life and Thought Of Karl Marx (1818-1883). With Dr. Peter Lamb. The Young Idealist 2024-11-25 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: An Introduction To The Life and Thought Of Karl Marx (1818-1883). With Dr. Peter Lamb (Ret'd, Staffordshire University).In this special episode of the Young Idealist Series, we return to the late 19th-century in Germany, France, and England, in order to grasp the philosophy, and political thought of a thinker who was many things. This thinker would soon go on to change the world as a revolutionary socialist, historian, economist, philosopher and political theorist. Today, we are talking about Karl Marx (1818-1883). For this episode on Karl Marx I invited Dr. Peter Lamb who now retired, was an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Staffordshire University, UK. He is the Author of Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto: A Reader's Guide from Bloomsbury academic in (2015), The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction co-written with Douglas Burnham, Bloomsbury Academic, (2018), Socialism: Key Concepts in Political Theory Polity Press (2019), and Harold Laski: the Reluctant Marxist (Palgrave Macmillan 2024). Dr Lamb also appeared in the BBC documentary: Genius of the World 'Marx Ep 1.' in (2019). Dr Lamb has also written many other books, and papers on Marx, Marxism and socialism.In this video Dr. Lamb navigates us through Marx's life and rich thought. We discuss Marx's literary, philosophical & political influences, and his relation to Hegel, Feuerbach, and The Young Hegelians. We speak about the differences between socialism and communism and delve deep into the concepts of production; alienation; exploitation; change; and emancipation. We end the discussion on Marx's masterpiece das Kapital.Enjoy the Episode.marxandphilosophy.org.uk/book-authors/peter-lamb "Workers of the World ... Unite!" (Marx & Engels).I would also like to thank Erik Tate who is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Humanities at York University and one of the founding members of the (Plastic Pills) PilPod who helped me come up with great questions for this Episode.
Wilhelm Dilthey: A Life, Hermeneutics and The Human Sciences: with Dr. Henriikka Hannula. The Young Idealist 2024-11-11 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Hermeneutics of Wilhem Dilthey with Dr. Henriikka Hannula. In this episode of the Young Idealist Series we return to the late 19th-century in Germany, in order to understand the philosophy and Hermeneutics of the German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911). For this episode on Wilhelm Dilthey, I invited Dr. Henriikka Hannula who just defended her dissertation on Dilthey to introduce the viewers to the rich philosophical system of Dilthey's thought. Dr. Hannula Doctoral Thesis is titled: Wilhelm Dilthey and the Identity Crisis of Philosophy Historicism, Naturalism and Lebensphilosophie (2024)Dr. Henriikka Hannula works on the history of late 19th-century German philosophy and her research investigates the concepts of historicism, naturalism and philosophy of life in the thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. Besides her work on Dilthey, Dr. Hannula has interests that lie in the philosophy of the social sciences, the philosophy of history, and hermeneutics. Dr. Hannula's Master thesis was also on Dilthey, so I took this very unique opportunity to have someone that has such a concentrated knowledge of Dilthey, to help navigate the viewer and myself through the rich life and thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. Her Master's thesis is titled: Theory and Practice in Wilhelm Dilthey's Historiography (2018).https://univie.academia.edu/HenriikkaHannula (Academia)Enjoy the Episode.
Rudolf Bultmann on Theology, Philosophy, & Demythologizing the Bible with Dr. David Congdon. The Young Idealist 2024-11-03 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: Rudolf Bultmann on Theology, Philosophy, & Demythologizing the Bible with Dr. David Congdon.In this episode of the Young Idealist Series we go back in time to a 20th century Germany in order to understand the philosophy and theology of the German Lutheran theologian Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976). Bultmann was a professor of the New Testament at Marburg University, and a key figure in 20th century biblical studies.For this special episode on Rudolf Bultmann I invited Dr. David Congdon who is an Instructor at McCormick Theological Seminary and is an author, speaker, and scholar working in the areas of theology and culture. Dr. Congdon is the Senior Editor at the University Press of Kansas, where he oversees the publishing program in political science, law, US history, Native American and Indigenous studies, environmental studies, American studies, and religion. His latest books are Varieties of Christian Universalism: Exploring Four Views, published in November 2023 from Baker Academic, and Who Is a True Christian? Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture, published in April 2024 by Cambridge University Press. As well as, the author of The Mission of Demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann’s Dialectical Theology, and Rudolf Bultmann: A Companion to His Theology, and The God Who Saves: A Dogmatic Sketch. Dr. Congdon helps navigate the viewers through the life, philosophy and theology of Rudolf Bultmann.Books on Rudolf Bultmann by Dr. David Congdon:Rudolf Bultmann: A Companion to His Theology, Wipf & Stock (Nov. 4 2015).Mission Of Demythologizing FORTRESS PRESS; 1st edition (June 1 2015).Enjoy the Episode!dwcongdon.com
Kants Critique of Practical Reason: Background Source Materials with Dr. Michael Walschots. The Young Idealist 2024-10-26 | The Following episode is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post Kantian Thought. However, in this episode of The Young Idealist we focus on the release of a new text that highlights pivotal figures and debates behind the work of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason. This is a major text in Classical German philosophy as it features "new and first-time English translations of eighteenth-century texts that are essential for understanding Kant's moral philosophy in historical context." I invited Dr. Michael Walschots who is Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Dr. Walschots is part of a project called ‘Rethinking Enlightenment: The Reception of John Locke in Germany.’ In March of 2024. This new text is Dr. Walschots first published book (Kant's Critique of Practical Reason) with Cambridge University Press. "The volume presents both new and first-time English translations of texts written by Kant's predecessors and contemporaries that he read and responded to in the Critique of Practical Reason. It also includes several subsequent reactions to the second Critique. Together, the translations in this volume present the Critique of Practical Reason in its full historical context, offering scholars and students new insight into Kant's moral philosophy. The detailed editorial material appended to each of the eleven chapters helps introduce readers to the life and works of the authors, outlines the texts translated, and points to relevant passages across Kant's works."Link to the book can be found here: cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/philosophy/eighteenth-century-philosophy/kants-critique-practical-reason-background-source-materials?format=HB&isbn=9781108479981Here is a list of the figures we mention in this video:Immanuel KantChristian WolffChristian August CrusiusJohann Friedrich Flatt Gottlob August Tittel Hermann Andreas PistoriusJohann Georg Feder Christian GarveAugust Wilhelm Rehberg. If you are interested in purchasing Dr. Walschots book please email me at cpsatoor@gmail.com to receive a flyer to save 20% off the original price.Enjoy the episode
The Jena Romantics: F. Schlegel, Novalis & the Athenaeum Journal with Dr. Nathan Brown (Concordia). The Young Idealist 2024-10-16 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought; tilted The Jena Romantics: F. Schlegel, Novalis & the Athenaeum Journal with Dr. Nathan Brown (Concordia).In this episode of the Young Idealist Series we return to an inspired, and enthusiastic Germany, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The viewer will be emersed in a journey to understand the poets, playwrights, artists, literary figures, philosophers, and activists, that make up the complex, interdisciplinary thinkers that created Jena Romanticism. The focus of this episode will be on two founding members of the Jena Romantics: Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) and Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801) commonly known by his pen name as Novalis.For this special episode on The Jena Romantics: F. Schlegel and Novalis, I invited Dr. Nathan Brown, who is Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and also the Canada Research Chair in Poetics and the Director of the Centre for Expanded Poetics. Dr. Nathan Brown's research moves between literature, philosophy, and the arts, with particular focus on comparative approaches to modern poetry and poetics.Dr. Brown also reads, and contextualizes important fragments from both F. Schlegel and Novalis offering his own analysis behind these seminal works. Dr. Brown's current book project is titled The Irony of Ground: Studies in the Romantic Poetics of Modernity. Setting out from the suturing of philosophy to literature by the Jena Romantics, the chapters work through case studies in poetry, music, architecture, and painting to situate the enduring importance of romanticism as the interrogation of contradictions attendant upon the positing of subjective, epistemological, artistic, and political foundations. Since Dr. Brown has a forthcoming book on the Jena Romantics, I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers.Dr. Nathan Brown helps navigate the viewers through the complex lives of the poets, playwrights, artists, literary figures, philosophers, and activists, that make up the complex, thinkers that help create Jena Romanticism. Many other philosophical and literary thinkers are mentioned in this episode such as: Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Ludwig Tieck, Dorothy Veit-Schlegel, Caroline Schlegel-Schelling, Friedrich Schleiermacher, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis.Dr. Nathan Brown is the author of Rationalist Empiricism: A Theory of Speculative Critique (2021) and The Limits of Fabrication: Materials Science and Materialist Poetics (2017), as well as a study of Baudelaire titled Baudelaire's Shadow: An Essay on Poetic Determination (2021). Dr. Brown's complete translation of Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil is forthcoming from Verso on November 26, 2024.Enjoy the Episode!concordia.ca/faculty/nathan-brown.html
An Introduction to the Life and Phenomenology of Edmund Husserl with Dr. Dermot Moran (BC). The Young Idealist 2024-09-30 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted An Introduction to the Life and Phenomenology of Edmund Husserl with Dr. Dermot Moran (Boston College). In this episode of the Young Idealist we return to German in order to discuss the pivotal founder of Phenomenology Edmund Husserl (1859-1938).For this special episode on Phenomenology and Edmund Husserl I invited Dr. Dermot Moran is the inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy at Boston College. He was previously Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics & Logic) at University College Dublin. Dr. Moran research areas include: medieval Christian philosophy (especially John Scottus Eriugena) and contemporary European philosophy (phenomenology, especially Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty). Dr. Moran's publications include: Publications include: Introduction to Phenomenology (2000), Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology (2005), Husserl’s Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology (2012) and, co-authored with Joseph Cohen, Husserl Dictionary (2012). Edited works include: Husserl’s Logical Investigations, 2 vols. (Routledge, 2001), The Shorter Logical Investigations, The Phenomenology Reader, co-edited with Tim Mooney (Routledge, 2002), Phenomenology. Critical Concepts in Philosophy, 5 Volumes, co-edited with Lester E. Embree (Routledge, 2004), The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy (Routledge, 2008); The Phenomenology of Embodied Subjectivity (Springer 2014) co-edited with Rasmus Thybo Jensen; Empathy, Sociality, and Personhood. Essays on Edith Stein’s Phenomenological Investigations, co-edited with Elisa Magrì (Springer, 2017); Conscious Thinking and Cognitive Phenomenology, co-edited with Marta Jorba (Routledge, 2018); and, with Anya Daly, Fred Cummins, James Jardine, Perception and the Inhuman Gaze. Perspectives from Philosophy, Phenomenology, and the Sciences (Routledge, 2020). His research areas include intentionality, consciousness, selfhood, embodiment, empathy, sociality and the life-world. Since Dr. Moran has published quite extensively on Husserl and translated many of his philosophical works I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers. Dr. Moran helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and phenomenology of Edmund Husserl bringing to life his rich ideas giving Husserl enthusiasts, scholars and students an opening to the horizon of Husserl's world.Dr. Dermot Moran is the inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy at Boston College. He was previously Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics & Logic) at University College Dublin. He has been Visiting Professor at Yale University, Northwestern University, Rice University, and Connecticut College. He is currently Past President of the International Federation of Philosophical Studies/Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dePhilosophie (FISP) and an elected member of the Institut International de Philosophie (IIP) and of the Royal Irish Academy. He is Founding Editor of The International Journal of Philosophical Studies (1993) and was Co-Editor (2007-2017) of the book series Contributions to Phenomenology (Springer). His research areas include: medieval Christian philosophy (especially John Scottus Eriugena) and contemporary European philosophy (phenomenology, especially Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty). He was awarded the Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities in 2012, and an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens in 2015. He is Honorary Professor at Wuhan University, Nankai University, and Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. Dermot Moran is the author of 9 monographs (including 2 translations into Spanish and Chinese), 1 co-authored book [also translated into Chinese], 15 edited books, 50 peer-refereed journal articles, more than 120 book chapters and encyclopedia entries, and over 250 invited lecture and conference presentations internationally.I want to thank Leon Biegel who is a philosophy student at Freiburg University in Germany, for helping me create these questions for the episode.
Metaphysics, Paradox, & Irony: The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka, with Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UAH). Part 1 The Young Idealist 2024-09-07 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted Metaphysics, Paradox, & Irony: The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka, with Emeritus, Professor. Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UA). Part 1.In this episode of the Young Idealist head over to Prague in order to discuss the German language novelist, and short story writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924).For this special episode, I invited the Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, whose areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. Dr. Goebel has been on this series before to speak on Friedrich Hölderlin, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Since Kafka has a special place in Dr. Goebel's heart, I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers. Dr. Goebel gives us a close meticulous, and hermeneutical reading of 4 important aphorisms: 16, 20, 30, & 63. We provide both the German reading and English translations of the text for both English and German Speakers.Dr. Goebel helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and ideas of Kafka, giving both novice, scholar and student a deep dive into the rich paradoxes, abysses and ironic world play of the great Franz Kafka. Dr. Rolf J. Goebel was born in Kiel, Germany, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel holds degrees from Brown University (M.A. in English, 1977), the University of Kiel (Staatsexamen in German and English, 1979), and the University of Maryland (Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, 1982). From 1982-2020 he taught German language and culture at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is now Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus at this institution. Areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. His expertise is in German modernism and contemporary literature Representations of metropolitan space, especially Berlin Literary theory and cultural studies (cultural hermeneutics, postcolonial theory, intermediality, media competition, media transfer, music and literary aesthetics, sound studies).Recent PublicationsKritik und Revision: Kafkas Rezeption mythologischer, biblischer und historischer Traditionen (Critique and Revision: Kafka's Reception of Mythological, Biblical, and Historical Traditions,1986)Constructing China: Kafka's Orientalist Discourse (1997)Benjamin heute: Großstadtdiskurs, Postkolonialität und Flanerie zwischen den Kulturen (Benjamin Today: Urban Discourse, Postcoloniality, and Flnerie between Cultures, 2001)For More of Dr. Rolf Goebel: researchgate.net/profile/Rolf-GoebelSource used in the Video: 'The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka',by Franz Kafka (Author), Ed., Reiner Stach & Trans. Shelley Frisch Princeton University Press; Bilingual edition, April 19 2022.
On the life & Philosophy of Derrida & his Relation to German Thought With Dr. Dylan Shaul (UCR). The Young Idealist 2024-08-30 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted "On the life & Philosophy of Derrida & his Relation to German Thought With Dr. Dylan Shaul" (University of California, Riverside).In this episode of the Young Idealist, we take a small detour to Algeria and then head over to France in order to discuss the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004).For this special episode I invited Dr. Dylan Shaul who is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Shaul specializes in 18th/19th Century Philosophy (especially German Idealism) and Jewish Philosophy and also has interests in Early Modern Philosophy, 20th Century European Philosophy, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion. Dr. Shaul was a perfect candidate for this interview since he works very closely on both Derrida and Hegel.In 2023-2024, Dr. Shaul was Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. We discuss many important areas of Derrida's thought including: The Life and Times of DerridaA Summary of Derrida's project (Early and Late Derrida) We Talk about Derrida's place in the History of Philosophy, from Plato to the present. A series of pairings with classical German philosophers: e.g. Derrida and Kant, Derrida and Hegel, Derrida and Marx, and Heidegger, A Contemporary reception of Derrida in relation to German philosophy, e.g. within the contemporary 'Hegel renaissance'. Dr. Shaul helps navigate the viewer through the rich and complex life of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida by highlighting why Derrida's philosophical insights matter today.Enjoy the Episode!https://yale.academia.edu/DylanShaulyoutube.com/watch?v=TuPRw-5yN1wphilpeople.org/profiles/dylan-shauldylanshaul.comhttps://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/dshaulphilpeople.org/profiles/dylan-shaul
Rudolf Steiner, and his Relation to the German Idealists and Romantics: With Dr. Matt Segall (CIIS). The Young Idealist 2024-08-21 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, we take a small detour in Austria and then head over to Switzerland and Germany in order to discuss the philosopher and Anthroposophist, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).For this special episode I invited Dr. Matthew Segall who is a process philosopher, transdisciplinary researcher, writer, & associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology and consciousness and School of Consciousness and Transformation. Dr. Segall areas of specialization are: Process Philosophy, German Idealism, Psychedelic Studies, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Religion. Dr. Segall, Ph.D., is a transdisciplinary researcher who teaches courses applying process-relational philosophy across various disciplines, including religious studies, philosophy of nature, philosophy of mind, and social and political theory. He has published on these and a wide range of other topics, including German idealism, the philosophy of time, psychedelics, theoretica.He has all created YouTube Philosophical Content for almost 20 years. Dr. Segall works in a interdisciplinary framework engaging in various diverse discussions worldwide with Biologists, Psychologists, Physicists and philosophers. I was extremely happy to have Matt on this series to discuss not only philosophical issues but also to open up a dialogue on the occult, and esoteric practices of Steiner's Spiritual Science.Dr. Segall helps navigate the viewer through the rich and complex life and philosophy of Rudolf Steiner highlighting why Steiner's philosophical insights matter today.Enjoy the show!https://www.ciis.edu/profiles/matthew-d-segallhttps://ciis.academia.edu/MatthewDavidSegallfootnotes2plato.comMatthew also has two excellent texts:Physics of the World-Soul: Alfred North Whitehead's Adventure in Cosmology Paperback – May 14 2021.Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead Paperback – April 22 2023Matthew's YouTube Channel can be found here:youtube.com/@UCtagZg14RFF2pWZcUSt28rAfootnotes2plato.substack.com
On The Life and Philosophy of Leo Strauss with Dr. Jeffrey A. Bernstein (College of the Holy Cross). The Young Idealist 2024-08-14 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, We get back to Germany and then fly over to the United States of America to discuss the 20th-century American, Jewish political philosopher, Leo Strauss (1899-1973). For this episode I invited the philosopher and Strauss scholar, Dr. Jeffery A. Bernstein who is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The College of the Holy Cross. Dr. Bernstein's Areas of specialization are in Spinoza, German Idealism and Jewish thought and his current work concerns the relation between philosophy and Jewish thought. Dr. Bernstein's first book - Leo Strauss on the Borders of Judaism, Philosophy, and History - was released by SUNY Press in 2015 and His co-edited volume—Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought: Reading Strauss Outside the Lines— was released by SUNY Press in 2020.Dr. Bernstein helps navigate the viewer through the rich political philosophy and complex life of Leo Strauss, and highlights why Strauss as a philosophical figure is important for contemporary thought today!Enjoy!https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/philosophy/faculty/jeffrey-a-bernsteinhttps://holycross.academia.edu/JBernstein
An Introduction to Medieval German Philosophy with Dr. Peter Adamson (LMU). The Young Idealist 2024-08-08 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, We go back in time to the 13th, and 14th-centuries in Germany to investigate the German Medieval philosophical tradition. For this special episode I invited the brilliant philosopher Dr. Peter Adamson who is a professor and chair of late antiquity and Arabic philosophy in the faculty of philosophy and Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at the Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich, as well as, a professor of philosophy at Kings College, London. Dr. Adamson has a fantastic podcast titled a history of philosophy without any gaps. The link for Peter's Podcast can be found here: historyofphilosophy.net/. The series is also in book form through Oxford University Press. Currently, there are 6 volumes. The link to Oxford's website and the book series can be found here: global.oup.com/academic/content/series/h/a-history-of-philosophy-ahp/?cc=ca&lang=en&.Dr. Adamson is also the author of 'Don't think for yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy,' published through The University of Notre Dome (2022) He is also the author of Ibn Sina: A Very Short Introduction (2023), and Philosophy in the Islamic World: A short Introduction (2015) as well as the Editor of Interpreting Averroes: Critical Essays, and Interpreting Ibn Sina: Critical Essay, and joint Editor with Richard C. Taylor for the Cambridge Companion of Arabic Philosophy. Dr. Adamson helps navigate the viewer through the complex world of Medieval Germany setting the stage for the rise of several dynamic thinkers, made up of mystics, ascetics, beguines, and philosophers such as: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Mechtild of Magdeburg (1207-1282/1294), Albert Magnus (1200-1280), Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), and Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464). Dr. Adamson also touches base on German Dominicanism and, Martin Luther (1483-1546). Dr. Adamson's insight into both the atmosphere and history surrounding the German lands will be beneficial to anyone interested in both the history and philosophy of Medieval Germany. kcl.ac.uk/people/peter-adamsonhttps://www.philosophie.lmu.de/de/personen/kontaktseite/peter-adamson-28339046.htmlhttps://lmu-munich.academia.edu/PeterAdamson
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of F. H. Bradley with Dr. Ben Woodard (ICI Berlin) The Young Idealist 2024-07-24 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, We leave Germany for the shores of England to investigate British Idealism. For this episode I am joined by a very special guest: Dr. Ben Woodard who is a Research Fellow at ICI Berlin to discuss the life and philosophy of the British Idealist, Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924). Dr. Ben Woodard is a Fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI) in Berlin, with specializations in Philosophy and the History of Science.Dr. Woodard helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and philosophy of the brilliant British Idealist philosopher F. H. Bradley and gives an excellent introduction to the philosophical school of British Idealism.Ben Woodard received his PhD in Theory and Criticism from Western University in 2016. From 2017–2020 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the IPK (Institute of Philosophy and Sciences of Art) at Leuphana University where he completed a habilitation on the analytic/continental divide in the history of philosophy. Since 2020 Ben has lectured at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, the School of Materialist Research, and the New Centre for Research and Practice.In broad terms, his work focuses on the relationship between naturalism and idealism in the long 19th century. More specifically, his current project focuses on the politicization of biology by way of eugenics, statistics, and the neglect of historical concepts in biological research. Ben also writes on science fiction, horror film, and literature and is a translator of French philosophy (particularly the work of Gilles Châtelet).He is the author of numerous articles and three books: Slime Dynamics: Generation, Mutation and the Creep of Life (2012), On an Ungrounded Earth: Towards a New Geophilosophy (2013), and Schelling’s Naturalism: Motion, Space, and the Volition of Thought (2019). He has two forthcoming books: Uninhabited: Science Fiction and the Decolonial (Zero Books) and F.H. Bradley and the History of Philosophy: Animating a Lost Idealism (Edinburgh University Press).ici-berlin.org/people/woodardhttps://leuphana.academia.edu/BenWoodard
Keiji Nishitani, and Schelling: On Philosophy, Zen & The Crisis of Ground with Dr. Jason Wirth. The Young Idealist 2024-07-18 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by a very special guest: Dr. Jason Wirth who is a professor of philosophy at Seattle University and works and teaches in the areas of Continental Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Environmental Philosophy. Dr. Wirth helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and philosophy of the brilliant Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani. Dr. Wirth also gives us a detailed historical account of both Japan and the rich philosophers surrounding the Kyoto School. As the discussion takes on a life of it's own the two philosophical worlds surrounding both Nishitani and Schelling, come to life. Dr. Wirth brings both Nishitani and Schelling together to speak about the overlapping connections, experiences and lives of the philosophers. Between Philosophy and Zen both Schelling and Nishitani are concerned with the hard existential questions surrounding a life, devoted to the fundamental crisis of ground.Dr. Jason M. Wirth is professor of philosophy at Seattle University and works and teaches in the areas of Continental Philosophy, Buddhist Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Environmental Philosophy.His recent books include Nietzsche and Other Buddhas: Philosophy after Comparative Philosophy (Indiana 2019), Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis (SUNY 2017), a monograph on Milan Kundera (Commiserating with Devastated Things, Fordham 2015), Schelling’s Practice of the Wild (SUNY 2015), and the co-edited volume (with Bret Davis and Brian Schroeder), Japanese and Continental Philosophy: Conversations with the Kyoto School (Indiana 2011).https://www.seattleu.edu/directory/profiles/jason-wirth-phd.phpphilpeople.org/profiles/jason-wirthcascadiapoeticslab.org/jason-wirthwisdomexperience.org/content-author/tetsuzen-jason-wirth
On The Life & Philosophy of Gottfried W. Leibniz with Dr. Christopher P. Noble (New College of FL). The Young Idealist 2024-07-02 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by Dr. Christopher P. Noble who is a Professor of philosophy at the New College of Florida in Sarasota. Dr. Noble helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and philosophy of the Early Modern Philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). Dr. Noble explains that Leibniz's philosophy is extremely important for both the period of Classical Germany philosophy and for contemporary philosophy as well (Heidegger & Deleuze).Dr. Noble's presentation is extremely detailed and wonderfully articulate and stresses the importance behind Leibniz's thought for other academic disciplines such as Mathematics, and the life sciences. Dr. Noble carefully guides us through key elements throughout Leibniz's body of work including key concepts from: The Discourse on Metaphysics (1686), The Theodicy (1710), The New Essays (1765), and the Monadology (1714).Dr. Christopher P. Noble is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the New College of Florida. His work centers on Leibniz’s natural philosophy and his reception of the mechanical conception of nature, as well as the global development and interaction of philosophical ideas.https://www.ncf.edu/directory/christopher-noble/philpeople.org/profiles/christopher-noble-1christopherpnoble.comhttps://ncf.academia.edu/ChristopherNoble
On The Philosophy of Gottlob Ernst Schulze with Dr. James Messina (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The Young Idealist 2024-06-24 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by Dr. James Messina who is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Messina helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and philosophy of the neglected, but extremely important German philosopher; Gottlob Ernst Schulze (1761-1833). Dr. Messina's presentation is extremely detailed articulate and stresses how important Schulze's own criticism and skepticism of both Kant and Reinhold's critical philosophy play in the later thought of philosopher's like Fichte, Hegel and Nietzsche. Dr. Messina Guides us through key elements of the infamous Aenesidemus text which was published anonymously by Schulze. Dr. James Messina is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professor Messina’s research deals with issues in Kant’s mature theoretical philosophy (such as his views on space, laws of nature, philosophical methodology, modality, and the role of the understanding in perception). He also works on earlier German philosophers who had a strong influence on Kant (such as Leibniz, Wolff, and Crusius) and later German philosophers who were strongly influenced by Kant (such as Reinhold, Schulze, Fichte, and Hegel).His recent publications include “Kant’s Stance on the Relationalist-Substantivalist Debate and its Justification” (Journal of the History of Philosophy 2018); “Kant’s Necessitation Account of Laws and the Nature of Natures” (Kant and the Laws of Nature 2017, edited by Michaela Massimi and Angela Breitenbach); “The Relationship between Space and Mutual Interaction: Kant Contra Newton and Leibniz” (Canadian Journal of Philosophy 2017); and “Conceptual Analysis and the Essence of Space: Kant’s Metaphysical Exposition Revisited” (Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 2015).Dr. Messina is currently working on a book tentatively entitled Kant on the Metaphysics of Space, Nature, and God. The book offers a new reading of the content, development, and justification of Kant's surprisingly sophisticated metaphysics of space.Professor James Messina: https://philosophy.wisc.edu/staff/messina-james/philpeople.org/profiles/james-messina
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno with Dr. Kyla Bruff (Carleton U). The Young Idealist 2024-06-19 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy. In this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by the talented Dr. Kyla Bruff who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Bruff helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno. Kyla's presentation is profoundly detailed, articulate and a passionate display of how Adorno's thought as a philosopher, sociologist, musicologist, and culture critic, is important for contemporary problems today. Kyla Guides us through Adorno's relationship with the Frankfurt school, and also breaks down the critical, philosophical, and political implications of Adorno's thought in two of his main works: Minimal Moralia and Negative Dialectics. This leads our discussion to think through many diverse philosophers that were in constant dialogue with Adorno like; Marx, Hegel, Horkheimer, Kant, Schelling, Bloch, and Gershom Scholem.Kyla Bruff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. Dr. Bruff’s areas of expertise are in classical German philosophy, Critical theory; 20th c. French Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; Existentialism; and German Romanticism. Much of Dr Bruff's research investigates the metaphysical commitments and historical roots of contemporary ideological orientations. She is currently focusing on different understandings of nature in the critical theory tradition and their potential implications for how we think about the ecological crisis. One of Dr. Bruff’s ongoing projects develops a critical analysis of populism out of the work of Theodor W. Adorno. She has presented multiple papers on Adorno’s aesthetics and his views of history and nature, as well as on the Schelling-Adorno connection, Messianism within the Frankfurt School, and on the work of Max Horkheimer. Her chapter on “Schelling and the Frankfurt School” will be published this year in the Palgrave Schelling Handbook, of which she is a co-editor. She has additionally taught seminars on the Frankfurt School at Carleton University.Dr. Bruff is also a Schelling expert and wrote her doctoral dissertation on Schelling’s political philosophy—the first standalone monograph on the topic in English. Additionally, Dr. Bruff is committed to innovative, practical approaches to carrying out philosophy in public, as one can see through her activities as Co-Director of the ecological NPO For A New Earth (FANE). She is also a translator of French and German texts into English. She has published translations, including the first appearance of Schelling’s Late Political Philosophy: Lectures 22-24 of the Presentation of the Purely Rational Philosophy in English. Finally, she is the Editor-in-Chief of Kabiri: The Official Journal of the North American Schelling Society, as well as the Treasurer and Secretary of the North American Schelling Society.Dr. Kyla Bruff, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy at Carleton University: Link carleton.ca/philosophy/people/kyla-bruffKyla Bruff, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Personal Website:kylabruff.comKyla Bruff, Academia. https://carleton-ca.academia.edu/KylaBruffFor A New Earth: Kyla Bruff. foranewearth.org/author/kylaAdorno's The F Scale Test for Fascist and Authoritarian Personality Studies:anesi.com/fscale.htmThe Culture Industry: Featuring Taylor Swift: instagram.com/reel/C5_q6PGu4Vl
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza with Mary Peterson Ph.D. (ABD). The Young Idealist 2024-06-08 | The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy. On this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by Mary Peterson who is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Hamburg. Spinoza's philosophy has been an important influence on many thinkers of the German Philosophical tradition, and as a result of this popularity Spinoza's philosophy has had both a negative and positive repercussion on the tradition. Due to the immense influence and complexity of both Spinoza and his philosophy, one could not have a serious historical outline of classical German philosophy or contemporary thought without bringing up the name Baruch Spinoza.Mary Peterson Ph.D (ABD), helps break down these intricate events and complex philosophical concepts, leading the viewer into the rich philosophical world of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677).Mary Peterson is a PhD student in philosophy at the University of Hamburg. Her dissertation is titled “The Metaphysics of Will in Hobbes and Spinoza.” Earlier this year, Mary was a visiting researcher in the philosophy department at Yale. She has an article forthcoming on Spinozist freedom in Clarice Lispector’s novel Near to the Wild Heart. Mary also does public-facing work on sexual misconduct in academia.marypetersonphilosophy.weebly.com(Important Notice) My Internet was a little unstable during the recording of this Episode, the screen in the video freezes 2 or 3 times but the dialogue continues. I apologize to my fellow viewers and to Mary for any inconvenience.
Eschenmayers Relation to Justinus Kerner & the Seeres of Prevorst with Dr. Wouter J. Hanegraaf. The Young Idealist 2024-05-30 | C. A. Eschenmayer's Relation to Justinus Kerner & the Seeres of Prevorst with Dr. Wouter J. Hanegraaf (University of Amsterdam).The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy. On this episode of the Young Idealist, I am joined by special guest Dr. Wouter Hanegraaf (University of Amsterdam) who navigates us through the very complex life and psychology of the German philosopher Carl August von Eschenmayer (1768-1852). Eschenmayer has been a neglected figure in the history of German Idealist philosophy. At one point in his philosophical career, Eschenmayer was an important philosophical interlocuter and correspondent with Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. The two philosophers collaborated over Naturphilosophie. However, Eschenmayer formed a fascination with the spirit world or "the world of spirits," after reading about Gassner's infamous exorcism. This major event lead Eschenmayer to investigate and expand his spiritual and psychological search into the esoteric sciences of para-pyschology, mesmerism, somnambulism and "animal magnetism." Eschenmayer would then begin a collaboration with the poet and physician Justinus Kerner (1786-1862) who was attending to an ill woman Friederike Hauffe (1801-1829) who was having clairvoyant visions and experiencing miracles also known as the Seeres of Prevorst. Both Kerner and Eschenmayer form a bond with the seeres of Prevorst and at one point, Eschenmayer saw the fulfillment of his living philosophy in the young woman. Soon after, both men became students of the young woman learning from her visions and trances. Dr. Wouter Hanegraaf; one of the leading voices in Western Esotericism and Hermeticism, breaks down these intricate events leading the viewer into the world of spirits, animal magnetisms (mesmerism) somnambulism and discloses Eschenmayer's pyschology.Dr. Wouter J. Hanegraaf is a Professor in the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Hermetic Spirituality and Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity (2022), Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture (2014) and Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (2013), and many more.Prof. dr. W.J. (Wouter) HanegraaffHistory of Hermetic Philosophy and Related CurrentsFaculty of Humanities:https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/h/a/w.j...Dr. Hanegraaf's personal website: wouterjhanegraaff.net/abouthttps://uva.academia.edu/WouterHanegraaff
The Life, Philosophy and Politics, of Hannah Arendt with Dr. Roger Berkowitz (Bard College). The Young Idealist 2024-05-25 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on the important Jewish thinkers in German Philosophy entitled "The Life, Philosophy, and Politics of Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), With Dr. Roger Berkowitz who is the Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for politics and Humanities at Bard College. Dr. Berkowitz helps navigate the viewer through Hannah Arendt's very complex life and breaks down both her political and philosophical ideas.Dr. Roger Berkowitz is the Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center and Professor of Political Studies, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College, where he writes and speaks about how justice is made present in the world. He is author of The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition and editor of The Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition (2021). The Hannah Arendt Center presents: The Virtual Reading Group Most Fridays at 1 PM EST Online Event 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm. For The Virtual Reading Group Join Founder and Academic Director: Roger Berkowitz and Director of Academic Programs: Jana Mader on select Fridays as they lead a live, online group discussion in a thoughtful and spirited exploration of the works of Hannah Arendt. For link and sign up: https://hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi-and-the-virtual-reading-grouphttps://hac.bard.edu/about/The Hannah Arendt Center For Politics and Humanities at Bard College is a Center that provides an intellectual space for passionate, uncensored, nonpartisan thinking that reframes and deepens the fundamental questions facing our nation and our world.For more information on Dr. Roger Berkowitz please see his personal website: vernunft.orgRoger Berkowitz is Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Professor of Politics, Philosophy, and Human Rights at Bard College. Professor Berkowitz authored The Gift of Science: Leibniz and the Modern Legal Tradition (Harvard, 2005; Fordham, 2010; Chinese Law Press, 2011). Dr. Berkowitz is editor of On Civil Disobedience: Henry David Thoreau and Hannah Arendt (forthcoming, 2024); The Perils of Invention: Lying, Technology, and the Human Condition ( 2020) and co-editor of Thinking in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt on Ethics and Politics (2009), The Intellectual Origins of the Global Financial Crisis (2012) and Artifacts of Thinking: Reading Hannah Arendt's Denktagebuch (2017). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The American Interest, Bookforum, The Forward, The Paris Review Online, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, and many other publications. Berkowitz edits HA: The Journal of the Hannah Arendt Center and the weekly newsletter Amor Mundi. He is the winner of the 2024 Compassion Award given by Con-Solatio and the 2019 Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought given by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Bremen, Germany.https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674018730The Gift of ScienceLeibniz and the Modern Legal TraditionRoger Berkowitz."The front pages of our newspapers and the lead stories on the evening news bear witness to the divorce of law from justice. The rich and famous get away with murder; Fortune 500 corporations operate sweatshops with impunity; blue-chip energy companies that spoil the environment and sicken communities face mere fines that don't dent profits. In The Gift of Science, a bold, revisionist account of 300 years of jurisprudence, Roger Berkowitz looks beyond these headlines to explore the historical and philosophical roots of our current legal and ethical crisis.Moving from the scientific revolution to the nineteenth-century rise of legal codes, Berkowitz tells the story of how lawyers and philosophers invented legal science to preserve law's claim to moral authority. The "gift" of science, however, proved bittersweet. Instead of strengthening the bond between law and justice, the subordination of law to science transformed law from an ethical order into a tool for social and economic ends. Drawing on major figures from the traditions of law, philosophy, and history, The Gift of Science is not only a mesmerizing and original intellectual history of law; it shows how modern law remains imprisoned by a failed scientific metaphysics."
Schellings Mystical Platonism: 1792-1802 with Dr. Naomi Fisher (Loyola University, Chicago). The Young Idealist 2024-05-17 | May 7th, 2024, marks the official release date of Dr. Naomi Fisher’s important text on 'Schelling’s Mystical Platonism: 1792-1802,' from Oxford University Press. For this special occasion in Schelling scholarship, I invited Dr. Naomi Fisher (who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago), to discuss major themes from her new book. Dr. Fisher navigates us through Schelling very early essays in 1792 to his systematic 1802 dialogue Bruno; highlighting Schelling's own sophisticated Mystical Platonism.“Naomi Fisher argues that Schelling is committed to two overarching theses, which together comprise his mystical Platonism. First, Schelling considers the absolute to be ineffable: It cannot be described in conceptual terms. For this reason, it remains inferentially external to any given philosophical system and is only intimated to us in certain analogical formulations, in works of art, or in nature as a whole. Second, Schelling is committed to a kind of priority monism: All things are grounded in the absolute, but finite things possess an integral unity all their own, and so have a distinct and relatively independent existence. Highlighting these commitments resolves an interpretive dispute, according to which Schelling is a Fichtean idealist or a Spinozist, or he vacillates between these positions. Interpreting Schelling as advancing a mystical Platonism provides an alternative way of interpreting these early texts, such that they are by and large consistent. Fisher presents Schelling's early philosophy as a unique and compelling fusion of the old and new: Schelling fulfills the characteristic aims of post-Kantian philosophy in a way distinctive among his contemporaries, by drawing on and appropriating various strands of Platonism.”You can purchase Naomi's book here: global.oup.com/academic/product/schellings-mystical-platonism-9780197752883?cc=ca&lang=en&Dr. Naomi Fisher is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. Her research focuses on Kant and German Idealism and Romanticism, specifically the relationship between nature, freedom, and rationality in Kant and Schelling. Currently, she is working on projects related to the impact of Plato and Neoplatonism on Schelling’s philosophy. She also has interests in the broader history of philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of religion.Naomi Fisher PHD https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/naomifisherphd.shtmlnaomifisher.weebly.comQuestions from the Video.1.The title of your text is Schelling’s Mystical Platonism 1792-1802. In the introduction you bring up a couple of important distinctions of what Platonism is, guided by a modern lens. This is indicated by phases: Early, middle and late Platonism, and also in reference to certain Dialogues. What Platonism best describes Schelling’s early philosophical project and how is Schelling’s own innovation in Platonism different to our own modern conceptions of Platonism and Neo-Platonism?2. What is Schelling’s distinctive contribution to German Idealism? How does he differ from other German Idealists?3. What are some of the main attributes of a Mystical Platonism? How do they play out in Schelling’s philosophy from 1792-1802 and can we define Schelling as Mystical thinker?4. Could you briefly outline what Priority Monism is, and how does it apply to Schelling’s thought throughout this period that you are writing on?5. You have a chapter on Schelling’s 1794 commentary on the Timaeus. What are some of the major important philosophical themes that attract Schelling to this work?6. Who are some of the major Platonists or Neo-Platonists that have influenced Schelling own distinct Platonism. 7. How is Schelling’s Platonism manifested Particularly in his 1802 Dialogue Bruno
Fichte in Berlin: The 1804 Wissenschaftslehre with Dr. Matthew Nini (Research Fellow Freiburg Uni) The Young Idealist 2024-05-11 | May 7th, 2024, marks the official release date of Fichte in Berlin: The 1804 Wissenschaftslehre Dr. Matthew Nini's first book published with McGill-Queen’s University Press. For this special occasion in Fichte scholarship, I invited Dr. Matthew Nini who presently is a Research Fellow at Freiburg University to participate in the Young Idealist Series on Classical German philosophy to discuss major themes from his new book. Dr. Matthew Nini navigates us through Fichte's turbulent career from 1800 to 1805/1806; giving us detailed insight into Fichte's Berlin lectures.Dr. Matthew Nini obtained his PhD from McGill University in 2022, with a thesis on Fichte. He is currently post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Freiburg. His first book, Fichte in Berlin (2024) has just been published with McGill-Queen’s University Press. Fichte in Berlin: The 1804 Wissenschaftslehre By Matthew Nini."In Fichte in Berlin Matthew Nini breaks with scholarly consensus, arguing it was there that Fichte finally reached maturity, and the only way to understand Fichte’s mature philosophy is to perform it for oneself. The book focuses on the philosopher’s 1804 lectures on the Wissenschaftslehre - an untranslatable neologism for his theories on the pursuit of insight - claiming that they are one of the most exemplary versions of the philosophical project that Fichte reconfigured some seventeen times throughout his life. While the 1804 lectures offer a more robust approach, they remain faithful to the insight at the heart of the original philosophy. Fichte’s work always emphasized the practical over the theoretical, and his 1804 work goes even further: to think with Fichte is to bring one’s own philosophy to life. Nini guides the reader step by step through the complex arguments Fichte made in 1804 and goes on to examine some of his other works produced in their wake, arguing that Fichte’s output from 1804 to 1806, his first Berlin period, forms an organic whole."To purchase a copy of Mathew Nini's book $39.95 CAD please follow the link: mqup.ca/fichte-in-berlin-products-9780228021322.php#:~:text=Fichte%20in%20Berlin%20is%20not,the%20study%20of%20German%20Idealism.Dr. Matthew Nini --Academia.edu https://uni-freiburg.academia.edu/MatthewNini
A Presentation On the Life and Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche with Dr. Babette Babich (Fordham) The Young Idealist 2024-04-30 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, & the German Jewish Philosophers of the 19th, and 20th-century.For this video, I invited Dr. Babette Babich who is a Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Dr. Babich helps navigates our viewers through the complex life and thought of the German Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)Our discussion begins with the question "why" ... we contemporary students, and scholars should return to the thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche. Dr. Babette Babich is An American philosopher and author, and Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. Dr. Babich is also a professor of theology, religion and philosophy, at the University of Winchester in the UK, and on occasion, teaches at the Humboldt University in Berlin.Dr. Babette Babich is the Author of 11 books, most recently Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology (2022) and (in German) Nietzsche's Plastik (2021) and Nietzsche's Antike (2020) in addition to The Hallelujah Effect: Music, Performance Practice and Technology (2016 [2013]). In French, her most recent book is Un politique brisée (2016), she is also editor of 14 collective volumes, including most recently, Reading David Hume’s »Of the Standard of Taste« (Berlin 2019) and Hermeneutic Philosophies of Social Science (Berlin 2017) along with the journal, New Nietzsche Studies.To read more of Dr. Babich's philosophical works please see the following links:https://faculty.fordham.edu/babich/ (Faculty Profile at Fordham Uni).babettebabich.uk/about (Winchester University).philpeople.org/profiles/babette-babich (PhilosophyPapers).thephilosophicalsalon.com/author/babettebabichyoutube.com/user/BabetteBabich (YouTube).https://fordham.academia.edu/BabetteBabich (Academia).
The Life and Philosophy of Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) with Dr. Alfred Denker (ECHS). The Young Idealist 2024-04-07 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, Jewish Philosophy and Contemporary German Philosophy (From Eckhart to Heidegger).For this video, I invited Dr. Alfred Denker who is the director of the European Centre for Heidegger Studies (ECHS).Dr. Denker helps navigates our viewers through the complex life and thought of the German Philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)Our discussion begins with the question "why" ... we contemporary students, and scholars of philosophy/thinking should return to the multilayered thinking of Martin Heidegger Our main discussion revolves around Heidegger's Sein und Zeit (Being and Time) and Heidegger's late philosophical turn into Poetry, Language and Thinking. Dr. Denker also gives us an Indepth biography on Heidegger's family, and his life.Dr. Alfred Denker is the Director of the European Centre for Heidegger Studies. He is co-editor of the Martin-Heidegger-Gesamtausgabe, founder and co-editor of the Heidegger-Jahrbuch, as well as founder and co-editor of the Martin-Heidegger-Briefausgabe and of the Anuario-Heidegger. Dr. Denker has been working on a three-volume biography of Martin Heidegger. The European Centre for Heidegger Studies - ECHS (YouTube Channel) youtube.com/channel/UC1-s4pFedvAir_f-Q5Y64hwFacebook for The European Centre for Heidegger Studies - ECHS facebook.com/p/The-European-Centre-for-Heidegger-Studies-ECHS-100092138055565/?paipv=0&eav=AfbT38tPRhw6YYkiyNd6wdYQTsWq7YeMReqsK4tDZz-dNykCEkOZvayv7r2TYUyIiw4&_rdrMartin-Heidegger-Institut (The University of Wuppertal) gerit.org/en/institutiondetail/357041960Dr. Alfred Denker: International Center of Studies on Contemporary Nihilism(CeNic) nihilismocontemporaneo.com.co/en/researchers/prof-ph-d-alfred-denkerBooks by Alfred Denker Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit: New Critical Essays (ED.) 2003Heidegger's Way of Thought: Critical and Interpretive Signposts Alfred Denker (Ed), Marion Heinz (Ed.) 2002Heidegger und die Logik - Elementa 79 Alfred Denker (Vol. Ed.), Holger Zaborowski (Vol. Ed.)Historical Dictionary of Heidegger's Philosophy - Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series Alfred Denker (Auth)Historical Dictionary of Heidegger's Philosophy - Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Alfred Denker: Phil Papers: philpapers.org/rec/DENMH
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce with Erik Tate (York Uni). The Young Idealist 2024-02-23 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, & Jewish Philosophy. This is a Special Edition of The Young Idealist as today's Episode will focus on an intersecting figure who was both influenced by German philosophy and commented on it as well.For this video, I invited a friend and colleague of mine, Erik Tate, who is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Humanities at York University and a Co-host for the PlasticPills- PillPod Link for the Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/plasticpills-philosophy-critical-theory-podcast/id1501548680Erik is currently writing a dissertation on Semiotics and the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914). I decided to create a video on Peirce due to Peirce's philosophical influences such as Kant, Hegel, and Schelling. Erik navigates the viewer through the very complex and tragic life of Peirce; while also explicating his main concepts, influences and thought. We speak about Peirce's categories, and interest in Duns Scotus (Scholastic Realism) and spend some time discussing Peirce's criticism of Nominalism. The rest of the discussion touches on Peirce in relation to Mathematics, Logic, and semiotics.Erik Tate is a Ph.D. candidate in the Humanities program at York University. He is interested in critical theories of ecology and environmentalism, including ecological Marxism, the Environmental Humanities and Posthumanism, Metabolic Rift Theory and Autopoiesis. In his research, he uses the conceptual tools of critical and social systems theory to explore political, social and economic dimensions of global ecological issues.Erik is also interested in Semiotics and the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Erik is also a part of the Ecological Footprint Initiative.footprint.info.yorku.ca/people
On The Life & Philosophy of Martin Buber (1878-1965) With Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman (Syracuse Uni). The Young Idealist 2024-02-19 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism, German Idealism, & Jewish Philosophy. For this video, I invited Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman who is a Professor of Jewish Thought and Culture at Syracuse University, in the Department of Religion; to discuss the life and philosophy of the Jewish Austrian philosopher, Martin Buber (1878-1965). Dr. Braiterman helps navigates the viewer through the complex life and thought of Martin Buber; and focuses on why we should return to the organic and humanist thinking of Martin Buber. We also discuss Buber's relationship to Kant, Nietzsche and Rozenzweig, along with a deep discussion on Buber's intimate connection with Judaism. Our main discussion revolves around Buber's Magnum Opus "I and Thou," and Dr. Braiterman explains the main concepts of the text, and what Buber hoped to achieve with this work.Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman is a professor and works in the field of modern Judaism. His research and teaching explores the shifting aesthetic canons as they shape Jewish thought and culture from the 17th century until the present. Dr. Braiterman's research and teaching interests touch upon the impact of enlightenment, modernity, modernism, and postmodernism upon Jewish ideas about God, ritual, text-interpretation, and community life --with special emphasis on Jewish philosophy, theoretical aesthetics, and classical Jewish sources.For more content by Dr. Zachary J. Braiterman check out his personal blog at: jewishphilosophyplace.comDr. Zarchary Braiterman is the author of God After Auschwitz: Tradition and Change in Post-Holocaust Jewish Thought, and The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought. Dr. Braiterman. He is also the Editor for The Cambridge History of Jewish Philosophy: the Modern Era.(Book Chapters and Articles on Martin Buber)"Martin Buber and the Art of Ritual” in Michael Zank (ed.), Martin Buber: New Perspectives/Neue Perspektiven, Mohr/Siebeck,2006Martin Buber, Metaphysics, & Aesthetics of Bi-Nationalismhttps://www.academia.edu/100408152/Martin_Buber_Metaphysics_and_Aesthetics_of_Bi_Nationalism"Martin Buber," The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Michael Zank (co-author), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/buber/(Links to Dr. Zachary J. Braitermanhttps://jewishstudies.stanford.edu/people/zachary-j-braitermanhttps://katz.sas.upenn.edu/who-we-are/zachary-braitermanhttps://syr.academia.edu/ZacharyBraiterman
An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Max Stirner with Dr. Wayne Bradshaw (James Cook Uni) The Young Idealist 2024-02-15 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy with Dr. Wayne Bradshaw who is a research associate at James Cook University, in Australia. He is also the founder of James Cook University’s postgraduate cultural magazine, Sudo Journal. Dr. Bradshaw helps navigate the viewer through a detailed discussion of the complex, and tragic life of the German philosopher, Max Stirner. Dr. Bradshaw and I also discuss his new book on Max Stirner entitled; "The Ego Made Manifest Max Stirner, Egoism, and the Modern Manifesto." Link found here: bloomsbury.com/au/ego-made-manifest-9798765102596Dr. Wayne Bradshaw is an Adjunct Research Associate and active researcher in the College of Arts, Society and Education, with degrees in both English and Politics. Dr. Bradshaw's primary research focus is the historical influence of radical political philosophy on trends in literature, and his first book, The Ego Made Manifest: Max Stirner, Egoism, and the Modern Manifesto, was published by Bloomsbury in 2023. Dr. Bradshaw's new Text examines Max Stirner's contribution to the development of both the artistic and political manifestos in the early twentieth century.
The Life and Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 -1926) with Distinguished Professor Dr. Rolf Goebel The Young Idealist 2024-01-19 | The Following video is a continuation of my Series on Classical German Philosophy, German Romanticism with an extra important video on German Modernist Poetry. I sat down with the Distinguished Professor of German & Emeritus, Dr. Rolf Goebel from the University of Alabama in Huntsville to discuss The Life, Poetry, and Philosophy of Rainer Maria Rilke. Dr. Goebel was able to navigate us through Rilke's life with a detailed biography, followed by an in-depth understanding of Rilke's artistic influences, which included a discussion on Rodin and Cézanne and of course Hölderlin. We discussed at length Rilke's reading of Hölderlin as a springboard for his own thinking on metaphors, such as the groundlessness of being, and the relationship between transcendence and immanence. After reading Rilke's poem to Hölderlin we discussed Rilke's poetic imagery on the fundamental aspects of human existence such as: loneliness/love; happiness vs. joy; sadness and despair, these emotions and moods lead to an important disclosure to the sensitivities to poetic openness, the new, and the future; old things, buildings, gardens as repositories of a vanishing past; farness and nearness and the intermingling perceptions of death as a part of meaningful living. We also discuss Heidegger's distinctive reading of RilkeWe end the video discussion on Rilke's exploration of music and auditory experience as a challenge to arts own visual predisposition and this discussion by reading Rilke's poem, "To Music."(We do three thorough readings of Rilke's poems: “To Hölderlin”, the First Duino Elegy, and “To Music”?If you are interested in Dr. Goebel's work you can find his articles and publications here: researchgate.net/profile/Rolf-Goebel
The Philosophy of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause with Dr. Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr Uni Bochum) The Young Idealist 2023-11-30 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and German Idealism with Dr. Benedikt Paul Göcke who is a German philosopher, theologian and University Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science, in the Catholic faculty of Theology at Ruhr University Bochum; and an associate member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Dr. Göcke helps navigate the viewer through a detailed discussion on the complex life and philosophy of the (often-neglected) German Philosopher Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. Dr Göcke, presents several key passages of Krause's philosophical work which he has personally translated, in order to prove how important Krause's philosophy is for contemporary philosophy and life. Bio of Dr. Benedikt Paul Göcke: Dr. Benedikt Paul Göcke is a German philosopher and theologian. He is University Professor for the Philosophy of Religion and Philosophy of Science at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum and an associate member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. His research includes theoretical, practical and historical philosophy and can be divided into three main areas: philosophy of science and metaphysics, transhumanism and ethics of digitization, and German Idealism, in particular the philosophy of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781–1832). He is the author of The Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832) From Transcendental Philosophy to Metaphysics, Peter Lang Gmbh International Verlag der Wissenschaft, 1st Edition, 2018.(Book) The Panentheism of Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (1781-1832): From Transcendental Philosophy to Metaphysics Hardcover – 2018Links to Dr. Benedikt Paul Göcke Philosophical Work(1) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedikt_Paul_G%C3%B6cke(2) theology.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-benedikt-paul-goecke(3) https://www.kath.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/wissenschaftstheorie/benediktgoecke.html.de(4) researchgate.net/profile/Benedikt-Goecke-2(5) philpeople.org/profiles/benedikt-paul-gocke
On the Life & Philosophy of F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) with Dr. Sean J. McGrath (MUN) The Young Idealist 2023-10-20 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and German Idealism with Dr. Sean J. McGrath W. who is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and an Adjunct Professor at McGill's School of Religious Studies. Dr. McGrath helps navigates us through a detailed discussion of the Life and Philosophy of the German Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854).Dr. Sean J. McGrath is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and an Adjunct Professor at McGill's School of Religious Studies. He has published and lectured widely on Heidegger, Schelling, ecology, theology, and psychoanalysis. McGrath is the co-founder of the North American Schelling Society and the Editor-in-Chief of Kabiri, its official journal.Link to the Podcast: The Secular Christ youtube.com/watch?v=pgjUKZ2H7ag&list=PLnFyIaY7p0KzRfoJOQ6H3uWrMuHsYrlZDLink to Dr. Sean J. McGrath's Academia Edu. https://mun.academia.edu/SeanMcGrath
A Philosophical Discussion On The Political Right and Equality with Dr. Matthew McManus. The Young Idealist 2023-10-04 | With the recent publication of the text 'The Political Right and Equality:Turning Back the Tide of Egalitarian Modernity,' By Matthew McManus (Published by Routledge Taylor Francis Group) I invited Dr. McManus to discuss several philosophical themes that the right has appropriated from the Western Philosophical tradition. I was honored to learn that this was one of Dr. McManus's first interviews on the release of his latest book. The discussion begins with Matt navigating us through a rich dialogue about Aristotle, Scholasticism, The Enlightenment, Romanticism, Natural Rights vs. Human Rights, Strauss, Schmitt, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Dugin. We finally end the discussion on whether Liberalism has failed and if there is a possible political supplement, followed by the Question What is Post-Modern Conservatism.Dr. Matthew McManus is a professor at the University of Michigan, in the Department of Political Science. He is the author of The Emergence of Postmodernity and Liberalism and Liberal Rights: A Critical Legal Argument amongst other books. His forthcoming work includes the essay collection Nietzsche and the Politics of Reaction for Palgrave MacMillan and The Political Right and Equality for Routledge Press. https://umich.academia.edu/MatthewMcManus
An Introduction to the Life & Philosophy of Christian Wolff (1679-1754) with Dr. Corey W. Dyck (UWO) The Young Idealist 2023-09-29 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and German Idealism with Dr. Corey W. Dyck who is the acting Graduate Chair in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, in Canada. Dr. Dyck navigates us through a detailed discussion of the Life and Philosophy of the German Philosopher Christian Wolff (1679-1754).Dr. Corey W. Dyck specializes in the history of German philosophy, with an emphasis on the eighteenth century. His most recent research has focused on issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind in the period from Leibniz to Kant, in addition to recovering the contributions of women and under-represented groups to German philosophy in this period. Dr. Dyck has a forthcoming monograph, entitled The First Fifty Years of German Metaphysics (OUP), which considers developments in German philosophy between roughly 1700-1750, focusing on the interpretation, reception, and impact of Wolff's Deutsche Metaphysik.https://westernu.academia.edu/CoreyDyck (Academia Profile)https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wolff-christian/ (Written by Matt Hettch & Corey Dyck).
The Life and Philosophy of Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814) with Dr. Gabriel Gottlieb (Xavier Uni) The Young Idealist 2023-09-23 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and German Idealism with Dr. Gabriel Gottlieb who is an associate professor of philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Gottlieb navigates us through a detailed Presentation on the Life and Philosophy of the German Philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814).Dr. Gottlieb and I begin by asking the questions of who was Fichte and why his philosophy is important to German Idealism? After this introduction, Dr. Gottlieb navigates us through Fichte's life highlighting the most important events throughout his life. We start the main discussion by speaking about Fichte's early relationship with Immanuel Kant in 1792. From here we discuss the principles of Fichte's system or Fichte's (Wissenschaftslehre) WL 1794/95. This leads us to talk in-depth about the Atheism dispute which resulted in Fichte's dismissal from Jena in 1799. Following this, we begin to discuss Fichte's break with Schelling, and Dr. Gottlieb carefully directs us through one of Fichte's important late works the 1804 WL. (amazon.ca/Fichtes-1804-Wissenschaftslehre-Science-Knowing/dp/1438495951/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=1FWGEI32FCPAR&keywords=Fichte+gabe+gottlieb+1804&qid=1695429392&sprefix=fichte+gabe+gottlieb+1804%2Caps%2C563&sr=8-1-fkmr0)Finally, we end our discussion with Fichte's addresses to the German Nation.Dr. Gabriel Gottlieb is an associate professor of philosophy at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His research interests include German Idealism (Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel), social and political philosophy, and philosophy of action. He is the editor of Fichte's 'Foundations of Natural Right': A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press: 2016) and with James A. Clarke, Practical Philosophy between Kant and Hegel: Freedom, Right, and Revolution Cambridge University Press: 2021). He teaches courses on ethics, social and political philosophy, 19th-century German Philosophy, and German Idealism. https://xavier.academia.edu/GabrielGottliebphilpeople.org/profiles/gabriel-gottlieb"The North American Fichte Society (NAFS) was founded -- or "posited" -- in 1991 by Daniel Breazeale and Tom Rockmore, who passed on the activity of co-positing to Benjamin Crowe and Gabriel Gottlieb in 2019."fichtesociety.org
The Life and Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929) with Dr. Martijn Buijs (Uni of Amsterdam). The Young Idealist 2023-09-13 | The Following Video is a continuation of my series on important Jewish thinkers in Classical German Philosophy, and post-Kantian thought entitled "The Life and Philosophy of Franz Rosenzweig (1886-1929)" with Dr. Martijn Buijs who is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Amsterdam. Dr. Buijs works on Kant and European philosophy and specializes in the philosophies of Schelling. Rosenzweig, and Salomon Maimon. Dr. Buijs has also worked extensively in Religious Studies.You can learn more about Dr. Martijn Buijs's Philosophical work here:https://huji.academia.edu/MartijnBuijsphilpeople.org/profiles/martijn-buijs
