Michael Cavanaugh
Michael Cavanaugh
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Essence or Existence: Soul, Personality, Identity
We used to have souls. Later we got personalities. Now we crave identities. A soul was an essence, more or less timeless. By contrast, a personality developed over time. Erikson first formulated “identity” as a developmental concept, but today identity is used also in a very different sense: once again, as a kind of pre-existing essence -- as the soul was. One sees this in “identity politics:” race, gender, sexuality are conceived as primordial qualities, with which it is our duty to connect. (And our shame if we fail; or refuse.) In contrast with the transition from soul to personality, identity (in the second sense) is a regression; the stork brought souls, and a half-assed stork now is supposed to do the same with identities. This regression bodes to deprive upcoming generations of crucial developmental resources. Lionel Shriver has spoken to this recently; as Sartre did before. If we suppose that essence can precede existence, we kid ourselves (and others). Truth be told we make the self, in an ongoing way; but if we send the young on an archaeological dig to uncover their primordial True Selves, they get stuck with an empty pit instead. Yes, children often ignore adults; but not all of them do. Adults need to give better advice on this score.
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Condemned to Freedom: Sartre for our Times
มุมมอง 67ปีที่แล้ว
Jean-Paul Sartre claims that, for humans, “existence precedes essence.” From this emerges an extreme philosophy of human freedom. It is (paradoxically) human nature to have no nature, except in the negative sense: we are free to do anything (except to be un-free). There are no excuses. Because he thinks that no prior essence constrains our existence, some regard Sartre as an immoralist. (The po...
White Privilege
มุมมอง 30ปีที่แล้ว
Why call it white privilege rather than Black disprivilege?
Best Practices
มุมมอง 6ปีที่แล้ว
Appeal to “best practices” is a leading contemporary sophism. Can one define “best practices” in ways that do not just boil down to “status quo?” If not, then its usage 1) begs the question and 2) commits the naturalistic fallacy. Ditto for “emerging norms.”
Phi 8 Logic Pt 13 Summary & Conclusion
มุมมอง 21ปีที่แล้ว
Lecture 13 summarizes this entire course on deductive logic. Deductive logic employs some precise techniques, such as the syllogism and the Venn diagram. But it is not simply technical; it is part of the overall enterprise of philosophy. In particular, it depends on notions about the source of our knowledge (rationalism vs empiricism); whether it is possible to deny any proposition without self...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 12 Categorical Syllogisms
มุมมอง 20ปีที่แล้ว
The twelfth lecture concludes the substance of deductive logic by extending a consideration of categoricals from simple propositions to syllogisms. A categorical syllogism is in standard form when all of four conditions are met: 1) all three propositions are standard-form categoricals; 2) the two occurrences of each term are identical (no paraphrasing); 3) each term is used in the same sense (n...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 11 Categorical Propositions
มุมมอง 22ปีที่แล้ว
In part 11 we shift gears: lectures 2-5 were formal and technical, lectures 6-10 less so. In the last two lectures we become formal and technical once again, as we consider first the categorical propositions, and then (in the following lecture) how those propositions can form categorical syllogisms. A categorical proposition is one that uses the words: all, some, or none. We can represent categ...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 10 Informal Fallacies Pt V
มุมมอง 8ปีที่แล้ว
Part 10 wraps up the consideration of informal fallacies by starting with misplaced precision (“the Bob Dylan fallacy;” including “quantomania” in statistics, and the relative importance of precision accuracy & magnitude with special attention to the Milgram experiment about obedience to authority and the Parker system of ranking wines on a scale of 100); the naturalistic fallacy (with special ...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 09 Informal Fallacies Pt IV
มุมมอง 5ปีที่แล้ว
In Part 9 of these logic lectures, we begin with fallacies of presumption. This includes begging the question, the complex question, false dichotomy/dilemma (including the relative value of compromise or moderation), and suppressed evidence. We move on to fallacies of ambiguity: equivocation (including the “motte-and-bailey” fallacy), and amphiboly. Next come fallacies of grammatical analogy: c...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 08 Informal Fallacies Pt III
มุมมอง 8ปีที่แล้ว
The 8th part of the logic lectures continues with fallacies of weak induction, starting with the problem of expertise and authority in democracy. Is ad populum the cure for appeal to unqualified authority? We return to consider creationism once again. Is there such a thing as “settled science?” Is science all churn, or is there also a ratchet effect? We turn to special pleading; consider medica...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 06 Informal Fallacies Part I
มุมมอง 14ปีที่แล้ว
Lecture 6 is the first of five lectures on informal fallacies. One good reason to devote so much time to this one topic is that, in the long haul, if one remembers only very little about logic class, this is the most practical bit to remember. It will be of life-long importance to be able to say, trippingly off the tongue: hey that’s special pleading; hey ad hominem is no substitute for argumen...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 04 Language & Logic Part 1
มุมมอง 45ปีที่แล้ว
The fourth lecture is the first of two concerning language and logic. Language is so basic to what makes us human. In modern times Popper the philosopher (the same one who was so scathingly critical of 20th c “language philosophy”) says this; Chomsky the linguist also says this. Paradoxically Aristotle the philosopher acknowledged this in ancient times [Aristotle defined man as 1) the speaking ...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 02 Argument Deduction & Induction
มุมมอง 46ปีที่แล้ว
This the second lecture in logic concerns the basics. First we review a “Whiggish history” of logic, with respect to the development over time of its basic concepts. Logic is the study of argument. But what is argument? Here we define it linguistically (rather than, say, sociologically or psychologically). We consider sentences, statements, propositions, premises and conclusions. We then consid...
Phi 8 Logic Pt 03 Syllogism Validity & Soundness
มุมมอง 48ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 8 Logic Pt 03 Syllogism Validity & Soundness
Phi 8 Logic Pt 01 Introduction
มุมมอง 62ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 8 Logic Pt 01 Introduction
Roland Robertson In Memoriam 1938 2022
มุมมอง 296ปีที่แล้ว
Roland Robertson In Memoriam 1938 2022
How to Use References & Citations
มุมมอง 582 ปีที่แล้ว
How to Use References & Citations
Racisms & Ilk Crime
มุมมอง 682 ปีที่แล้ว
Racisms & Ilk Crime
Woke short version May Day Teach-In 2021
มุมมอง 533 ปีที่แล้ว
Woke short version May Day Teach-In 2021
Leadership & Self Deception Beware
มุมมอง 6613 ปีที่แล้ว
Leadership & Self Deception Beware
Philistine Question What Use is Philosophy Anyhow
มุมมอง 343 ปีที่แล้ว
Philistine Question What Use is Philosophy Anyhow
Phi 1 LASC Welcome to Intro Philosophy class
มุมมอง 963 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 LASC Welcome to Intro Philosophy class
The Last Professor: LMS, New Mandarins, & a Sub-professorial K-16 Future
มุมมอง 753 ปีที่แล้ว
The Last Professor: LMS, New Mandarins, & a Sub-professorial K-16 Future
Phi 1 Pt 12 Descartes Meditations
มุมมอง 564 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 Pt 12 Descartes Meditations
Phi 1 Pt 11 Plato Apology & Phaedo
มุมมอง 374 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 Pt 11 Plato Apology & Phaedo
Phi 1 Pt 10 Plato Meno
มุมมอง 464 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 Pt 10 Plato Meno
Phi 1 Pt 9 Plato Euthyphro
มุมมอง 674 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 Pt 9 Plato Euthyphro
Phi 1 Pt 8 Presocratics
มุมมอง 464 ปีที่แล้ว
Phi 1 Pt 8 Presocratics

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  • @darrelllang4076
    @darrelllang4076 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    At Fort Ord 66 marched to this a lot .

  • @Randale-Joe
    @Randale-Joe หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks like Germany invented cadence songs like at least 50 years before

  • @user-dk7su3lp6e
    @user-dk7su3lp6e หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is awesome :)

  • @kevinellis9332
    @kevinellis9332 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kendrick Lamar

  • @slap3718
    @slap3718 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Happy Black History Month🤞🏾❤️from private white

  • @theeezypeezy2870
    @theeezypeezy2870 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Now they have soldiers singing kumbaya and holding hands

  • @DeeDruuu
    @DeeDruuu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Similar cadence when I went to basic training last year

  • @kizzik
    @kizzik 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remembered those Jody Calls with fond memories. After 30 years I still start my run with the Jody Calls under my breath to establish my running rhythm. "Stand up, hook up, shuffle to door, jump right out and count to four. If my chute don't open wide, I got another one by my side..."

  • @markadams2907
    @markadams2907 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We we singing about Jodi at Ft. Sill back in '82

  • @TheSolidheroes
    @TheSolidheroes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whose Jody?😋

  • @gmax985
    @gmax985 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It all makes sense now. When i was in US Army basic, in 1987, only the black drill Sargeants would do cadence. We had like 2-3 drill Sargeants per platoon, approximately 10 drill sargeants in the company. Only 1 of the white DS would do cadence ask the others wouldn't. I guess maybe they sucked. Even some of the black trainees would do cadence.

  • @tatuloa
    @tatuloa 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    From the hearts of slaves to free men , preparing to defend that freedom , willingly .. only in the USA,,

  • @tantoismailgoldstein6279
    @tantoismailgoldstein6279 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well this actually was cool to know...I'm army and hell it sounds almost like it was our cadence and nothing was as fun as heavy hitting sgt who call

  • @tmfndurnil
    @tmfndurnil 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The birth of the words “Hip Hop”

  • @amosfrench7452
    @amosfrench7452 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Going to the gas chamber . 3 plt was not sounding off, but coming from the gas chamber , they could hear a half mile away ! The Drill sergeant stated , he should take 3rd platoon to gas chamber daily to motivate us !

  • @genebarnes6108
    @genebarnes6108 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should make a movie about this.

  • @tootsieimperial9542
    @tootsieimperial9542 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was a WAC in boot camp. Then change to be equal with the guys, Women in the Army!

  • @sarascharlau3885
    @sarascharlau3885 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video. I was assigned this book by a very well paid leadership coach and I was struggling through it. It seemed basic, self pandering, and a little creepy. But when I looked up reviews, everyone was raving, and I had a moment of self-doubt. I really appreciate your breakdown, and it helped me identify what was bothering me about it. Liking it to the penny pamphlets of Voiltaire's time unlocked it for me. Again, thank you. Now I have to find out how to discuss this with my leadership coach next week.

  • @barbarajackson5005
    @barbarajackson5005 ปีที่แล้ว

    I lived this the man that came up with this chant half of my life, I called him daddy❤

  • @Nallah108
    @Nallah108 ปีที่แล้ว

    You have to be able to count to four. That's not easy…

  • @ChasOnErie
    @ChasOnErie ปีที่แล้ว

    💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @CtrlWQ
    @CtrlWQ ปีที่แล้ว

    Don't wince. It's our shared history to remind us how far we've come together.

  • @johngreen6783
    @johngreen6783 ปีที่แล้ว

    Vaughn Monroe recorded this in 1951 it peaked at #3 on the pop singles chart that year

  • @sammietabor
    @sammietabor ปีที่แล้ว

    some of my friends showed up

  • @hannahrubenstein8753
    @hannahrubenstein8753 ปีที่แล้ว

    This so warms my heart--Richard Rubenstein was my father. He died on May 16, 2021 at age 96.

  • @JC-wv1vr
    @JC-wv1vr ปีที่แล้ว

    👀 p͎r͎o͎m͎o͎s͎m͎

  • @paulmicelli5819
    @paulmicelli5819 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watch out for Jodi, get your girl!

  • @paulmicelli5819
    @paulmicelli5819 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did this at Fort Bragg, NC in 1967, C-10-2.

  • @habibkhondker7849
    @habibkhondker7849 ปีที่แล้ว

    Prof Lechner is spot on is presenting Professor Roland Robertson as a combination of hedgehog and a fox. Once Roland told me that "The Who" is a global band! I kept wondering between Simmel and Durkheim, where does he get time for listening to popular music?

  • @kathichase5569
    @kathichase5569 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ellis Island...

  • @kathichase5569
    @kathichase5569 ปีที่แล้ว

    gay golf

  • @kathichase5569
    @kathichase5569 ปีที่แล้ว

    brought to you by Ben Gay and Pfeizer

  • @kathichase5569
    @kathichase5569 ปีที่แล้ว

    investigay

  • @apadadaas1peopleas147
    @apadadaas1peopleas147 ปีที่แล้ว

    FBA LEADS THE WAY!!!

  • @PlanetEarth3141
    @PlanetEarth3141 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is so military history it makes me proud and brings tears. I've heard the chant all my life but never known how or who started it. This iconic chant is in the same boat as all the great tunes of various branches of the Armed services and songs by John Phillips Souza. Thanks channel.

  • @MrT8T3R
    @MrT8T3R ปีที่แล้ว

    This cadence was, in part, used in the movie BATTLEGROUND (1949). th-cam.com/video/nDQvYE8sbc8/w-d-xo.html

  • @meastwood05
    @meastwood05 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "The are swingin." Ya sure! And Jody's been around for a long time!

  • @SeamusMcGillicuddy0
    @SeamusMcGillicuddy0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why, that’s the Czechoslovakian National Anthem 😧 !

  • @whysaywhyx7100
    @whysaywhyx7100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! I had no idea! Great history lesson. Thanks!

  • @MrBLAQ1000
    @MrBLAQ1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    First time I heard this was today and my first thoughts it has the origins of slavery in the cotton and cane field

  • @eldorajohnson3894
    @eldorajohnson3894 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Second to last man our of step

  • @christophertmunro4503
    @christophertmunro4503 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My granddad served in the Army Air Corps stationed in Germany working on the old Horsa gliders back during WWII and I imagine he not only heard that cadence but probably said it a few times.

  • @dhall058
    @dhall058 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We still used almost identical cadences when I went through Basic in 1974. RIP Private Duckworth!

  • @truthseeker7371
    @truthseeker7371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    A Black person is behind cadence wow and imagine there is racist people in military singing all along...

    • @MrBLAQ1000
      @MrBLAQ1000 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣🤣I was thinking the same thing, chanting to the old school slave chants and loving it.

  • @joshgellis3292
    @joshgellis3292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Duckworth lived to be 80.😎👍 Honorable life. Honorable lifespan, too. Excellent lifespan, NOT ended short by a fucking NAZI. GOOD.

  • @barbaramccoy3413
    @barbaramccoy3413 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for posting this. My father “ rudi hamvai “painted this mural. If you ever make it to Greenville nc let me know,I’ll be more than happy to buy you a. Drink.

  • @federalli169
    @federalli169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always Jodi, Jodi needs to be locked up

  • @steveclarke4542
    @steveclarke4542 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So efffin' awesome. Original Jodie match.

  • @JEFFKILLS1
    @JEFFKILLS1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is gold

  • @Helismoke
    @Helismoke 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did Basic at Fort Polk in Oct of '68, then to Flight School. Did Cadence in Flight School, but a little more Aviation oriented. And unfortunately most aren't recorded anywhere because of the obscene lyrics. No ladies around then!

    • @PHILDRU911
      @PHILDRU911 ปีที่แล้ว

      1969 D 4/2 @ Polk and Class 70-17 @ Wolters