I must say this: You are amazing at explaining concepts! I would totally love to have you as a professor! Also you have a very relaxing but yet interest-raising-voice. Keep on doing this! It would be much appreciated.
+UptownErik Hi, thanks for your kind comment and thank you for watching. I'm drafting a dozen more scripts to film in the new year, hopefully. Thanks again
Thank you for this. Taking logic 101 now. Its amazing how bad "logical" people, are at explaining logical concepts. But you are doing a brilliant job at it :)
Very helpful. I have been googling this for the past hour trying to find the differences and such but you're video was definitely the best. It explained the background information and simplified both of the terms. Great Job!
Ah. How is it that your Fast Philosophy explanation just adequately explained what I've been struggling to grasp this entire quarter through my online class?
just wanted to say im in mathematical logic class and this philosophy vid helped more than the math vids...wish you had the other valid argument forms lol
+mo7sin S1N Hi, thanks for your comment and thank you for watching. Yes, you could put it like that, though I think 'affirming the antecedent' and 'denying the consequent' may be easily confused with 'affirming the consequent' and 'denying the antecedent' so I stick to the Latin names in this video. Thanks again!
Matthew, I'm curious, if there was a list of priority topics to learn about in philosophy, where would you personally place the topic of logic? And why?
+tobo86 Hi, thanks for your interesting question. Because much of modern philosophy is written on a shared understanding of the concepts I talk about in these videos, I think it's essential to understand at least the basics of logic in order to have a fulfilling and thorough understanding of other topics in modern philosophy. Logic was mandatory in the first semester of the first year at my university, and progressing through the degree I quickly appreciated why. I hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching!
Wow, and thanks for this upload. Subscribed. I'm thinking very heavily about making philosophy my major. It is what I am passionate about, and anything else, no matter how good it pays, is not what I want. But money is still needed. Would you please tell me some ideas on how to make money with a philosophy degree? I plan on obtaining my doctorate. I don't know if teaching is a viable option, or research? ... please let me know... Thanks and subscribed!!
+Youssef Martinez Hey, thanks for subscribing and for your kind comment. My apologies for a late reply. I'm sure you know that there are few jobs that Philosophy leads directly into, apart from teaching, lecturing, scholarly writing and research. But Philosophy is great for the skill set it gives you, and if you can emphasise this on a CV I think that employers are often receptive to the fact that you can transfer the skills you've gained by studying Philosophy to the work environment. Philosophy makes you a logical thinker; this helps you not only identify weaknesses in plans and arguments, but also plan a positive and orderly alternative approach to solving the issue at hand. Philosophy is also great for communication - it forces you to articulate your thoughts, thereby highlighting your own hidden assumptions while improving your ability to communicate. Communication of complex ideas isn't about having a wide vocabulary; on the contrary, it's about confidently understanding difficult ideas and processes, but being able to express them in a clear way using accessible language and analogies where applicable. I'd like to hope that my videos achieve this. Philosophy also gives you the 'hard' skill of research experience; this is applicable to so many arenas of work. These are just the general skills that Philosophy should develop in you, and you'll gain even more as you focus on certain topics. They are applicable to lots of industries because, in essence, they demonstrate that you have a versatile mind and can approach tasks in a thoughtful way while communicating your thoughts straightforwardly. I work in the film industry - not what you'd think for a Philosophy grad, right? But I use these skills all the time because, as in any business, working through processes and problems efficiently, communicating with others and thinking things through is essential to smooth running. So, to answer your question more directly, you can make money with a Philosophy degree by highlighting these and more skills that you gain. Even just the ability to write a clear and logically ordered CV is a bonus. I hope that helps.
Thank you so much for your reply! I am very interested in philosophy, and it is how I pass my days. I can't see myself doing anything other than philosophy as a career. I've just been put off because I've heard that it is very difficult to get into a position teaching philosophy. As far as scholarly writing/research goes, can I ask you just one more question on that topic? Does a person make a decent living doing research/scholarly work or is the bulk of one's income based off of writing a book and selling copies? I am 20 years old, so far from understanding how the field of philosophy works, I hardly even understand how university works... I just watch a ton of debates and everyone is pushing their book, and I have to wonder if they make their living by writing books, and if so, it just seems that it is not a very stable or certain outlook... Maybe articles are the bread and butter? Well, I moved to Houston a few months ago and I'm probably going to study under Dr. William Lane Craig (PhD in Analytical Philosophy and PhD in theology) HBU so if I do pursue my PhD in philosophy I will have earned it under a Christian/at a Christian university. Do you think that this might give me a stigma? The man is world-famous and has debated Richard Dawkins (and won by unanimous vote) as well as debating many other atheists, and has rechristened the Kalam Cosmological Argument, and authored 40 books, but again, he is a Christian, and I wonder if that would give me a stigma outside of the theist community... Perhaps even bar me from things in the future...? Thanks again for your reply, I really genuinely appreciate you taking the time!! Thank you and I'm sharing your vids on FB too!
+Youssef Martinez Hi, thanks for your reply and for sharing my videos! I've not worked in teaching or academia professionally, so I'm not really qualified to answer your questions with any authority. Perhaps ask your future tutors, try to contact a philosopher or consult your careers advice service for more professional advice. My understanding is that philosophers make their money from teaching. In English universities the bottom rank is the tutor, who is often a doctoral candidate and tutoring part time as a contribution towards paying her fees; then there are lecturers, who are often qualified doctors and who can be paid a variable range depending on the institution and their experience; last is assistant professors and professors, who have decades of experience and can be paid well for that. As a sideline, established philosophers might also be paid for presenting at events, but this is occasional. It is also my understanding that philosophy books don't sell many copies - a few hundred copies sold would be impressive. The philosophers you've seen pushing their books are doing so because they want people to read their ideas, not because it's their main source of income. Furthermore, some articles are published for free and, at best, they don't pay enough to live on. In short, it is my understanding that professional philosophers make their money through teaching; publishing is important for maintaining reputation and making a name for yourself, thus enticing universities to employ and promote you, but they aren't massive money makers. Do have a chat with professional philosophers about this - it might be different in different countries of the world. I hope that helps and all the best!
+Wajdi Al-Rikabi No, that's not right, at all. There is another difference you threw in that breaks the example: a sound being made vs being heard I'm guessing you are middle Eastern. That is the only nationality I've seen that has a corner on the market when it comes to using English incorrectly, being wrong, not admitting when you are wrong, not learning from mistakes because of not admitting when you are wrong, and many more things like that. I never see Asians doing that, or Europeans, or Americans, or French, or Italian, or etc.
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I must say this: You are amazing at explaining concepts! I would totally love to have you as a professor! Also you have a very relaxing but yet interest-raising-voice. Keep on doing this! It would be much appreciated.
+UptownErik Hi, thanks for your kind comment and thank you for watching. I'm drafting a dozen more scripts to film in the new year, hopefully. Thanks again
Thanks a lot.... Lots of love from Delhi, India
Thanks for your kind comment and thanks for watching!
This was extremely helpful because of how well put it was presented. Thank you.
Thanks for taking the time to watch and write that lovely comment!
Thank you for this. Taking logic 101 now. Its amazing how bad "logical" people, are at explaining logical concepts. But you are doing a brilliant job at it :)
Hi, thanks for watching and for your kind comment :)
Very helpful. I have been googling this for the past hour trying to find the differences and such but you're video was definitely the best. It explained the background information and simplified both of the terms. Great Job!
Thank you so much for your lovely feedback :)
+Nerd Did you pass the test?
Ah. How is it that your Fast Philosophy explanation just adequately explained what I've been struggling to grasp this entire quarter through my online class?
Hi, glad to hear this! Thank you for your comment and for watching
Thank you so much for this!! Wonderful and very helpful.
Thanks for your kind comment - and for watching!
Thanks, that was very well explained!
Thank you for your kind comment!
Thank you very much for the clarification.
Are there any episodes, please, on Model logic and deontic logic?
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This is really informative and you explained everything in simple terms! thanks for posting!
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1:59 :)
Thanks for the explanation! Helped me out a lot!
MrJuicypineapple Thank you for watching :)
thank you for explaining these terms so well.
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just wanted to say im in mathematical logic class and this philosophy vid helped more than the math vids...wish you had the other valid argument forms lol
Hi Cino, thanks for your lovely comment and thanks for watching. Glad to hear this was helpful
hello, Can Modus Ponens be translated by their concept to Affirming the Antecedent, and Modus Tollens to: Denying the Consequent.?
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+mo7sin S1N Hi, thanks for your comment and thank you for watching. Yes, you could put it like that, though I think 'affirming the antecedent' and 'denying the consequent' may be easily confused with 'affirming the consequent' and 'denying the antecedent' so I stick to the Latin names in this video. Thanks again!
thank you for a simple explanation. The difference is now more clear than my memory of hugging my grand ma ma on my seventh birthday.
Thank you for your kind comment
Of course, you rock!
Matthew, I'm curious, if there was a list of priority topics to learn about in philosophy, where would you personally place the topic of logic? And why?
+tobo86 Hi, thanks for your interesting question. Because much of modern philosophy is written on a shared understanding of the concepts I talk about in these videos, I think it's essential to understand at least the basics of logic in order to have a fulfilling and thorough understanding of other topics in modern philosophy. Logic was mandatory in the first semester of the first year at my university, and progressing through the degree I quickly appreciated why. I hope that answers your question. Thanks for watching!
+Matthew Hurst: thanks, that's a helpful answer. Keep up the vids!
Wow great explanation!! ★★
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That explanation helped me out a lot. Thank you.
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You got it man. I don't know what I would do without people like you haha.
so much charisma
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Wow, and thanks for this upload. Subscribed. I'm thinking very heavily about making philosophy my major. It is what I am passionate about, and anything else, no matter how good it pays, is not what I want. But money is still needed. Would you please tell me some ideas on how to make money with a philosophy degree? I plan on obtaining my doctorate. I don't know if teaching is a viable option, or research? ... please let me know... Thanks and subscribed!!
+Youssef Martinez Hey, thanks for subscribing and for your kind comment. My apologies for a late reply. I'm sure you know that there are few jobs that Philosophy leads directly into, apart from teaching, lecturing, scholarly writing and research. But Philosophy is great for the skill set it gives you, and if you can emphasise this on a CV I think that employers are often receptive to the fact that you can transfer the skills you've gained by studying Philosophy to the work environment.
Philosophy makes you a logical thinker; this helps you not only identify weaknesses in plans and arguments, but also plan a positive and orderly alternative approach to solving the issue at hand. Philosophy is also great for communication - it forces you to articulate your thoughts, thereby highlighting your own hidden assumptions while improving your ability to communicate. Communication of complex ideas isn't about having a wide vocabulary; on the contrary, it's about confidently understanding difficult ideas and processes, but being able to express them in a clear way using accessible language and analogies where applicable. I'd like to hope that my videos achieve this. Philosophy also gives you the 'hard' skill of research experience; this is applicable to so many arenas of work.
These are just the general skills that Philosophy should develop in you, and you'll gain even more as you focus on certain topics. They are applicable to lots of industries because, in essence, they demonstrate that you have a versatile mind and can approach tasks in a thoughtful way while communicating your thoughts straightforwardly.
I work in the film industry - not what you'd think for a Philosophy grad, right? But I use these skills all the time because, as in any business, working through processes and problems efficiently, communicating with others and thinking things through is essential to smooth running.
So, to answer your question more directly, you can make money with a Philosophy degree by highlighting these and more skills that you gain. Even just the ability to write a clear and logically ordered CV is a bonus.
I hope that helps.
Thank you so much for your reply! I am very interested in philosophy, and it is how I pass my days. I can't see myself doing anything other than philosophy as a career. I've just been put off because I've heard that it is very difficult to get into a position teaching philosophy. As far as scholarly writing/research goes, can I ask you just one more question on that topic?
Does a person make a decent living doing research/scholarly work or is the bulk of one's income based off of writing a book and selling copies?
I am 20 years old, so far from understanding how the field of philosophy works, I hardly even understand how university works...
I just watch a ton of debates and everyone is pushing their book, and I have to wonder if they make their living by writing books, and if so, it just seems that it is not a very stable or certain outlook... Maybe articles are the bread and butter?
Well, I moved to Houston a few months ago and I'm probably going to study under Dr. William Lane Craig (PhD in Analytical Philosophy and PhD in theology) HBU so if I do pursue my PhD in philosophy I will have earned it under a Christian/at a Christian university. Do you think that this might give me a stigma? The man is world-famous and has debated Richard Dawkins (and won by unanimous vote) as well as debating many other atheists, and has rechristened the Kalam Cosmological Argument, and authored 40 books, but again, he is a Christian, and I wonder if that would give me a stigma outside of the theist community... Perhaps even bar me from things in the future...? Thanks again for your reply, I really genuinely appreciate you taking the time!! Thank you and I'm sharing your vids on FB too!
+Youssef Martinez Hi, thanks for your reply and for sharing my videos!
I've not worked in teaching or academia professionally, so I'm not really qualified to answer your questions with any authority. Perhaps ask your future tutors, try to contact a philosopher or consult your careers advice service for more professional advice.
My understanding is that philosophers make their money from teaching. In English universities the bottom rank is the tutor, who is often a doctoral candidate and tutoring part time as a contribution towards paying her fees; then there are lecturers, who are often qualified doctors and who can be paid a variable range depending on the institution and their experience; last is assistant professors and professors, who have decades of experience and can be paid well for that. As a sideline, established philosophers might also be paid for presenting at events, but this is occasional.
It is also my understanding that philosophy books don't sell many copies - a few hundred copies sold would be impressive. The philosophers you've seen pushing their books are doing so because they want people to read their ideas, not because it's their main source of income. Furthermore, some articles are published for free and, at best, they don't pay enough to live on.
In short, it is my understanding that professional philosophers make their money through teaching; publishing is important for maintaining reputation and making a name for yourself, thus enticing universities to employ and promote you, but they aren't massive money makers. Do have a chat with professional philosophers about this - it might be different in different countries of the world.
I hope that helps and all the best!
Again, thanks so much for your in depth response. I will ask around, and try to learn more.
Helpful!
Thank you :)
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If a lawed sound is being made then birds will fly. (Ponens).
If birds heard lawed sound then will fly. (Tollens).
+Wajdi Al-Rikabi No, that's not right, at all. There is another difference you threw in that breaks the example: a sound being made vs being heard
I'm guessing you are middle Eastern. That is the only nationality I've seen that has a corner on the market when it comes to using English incorrectly, being wrong, not admitting when you are wrong, not learning from mistakes because of not admitting when you are wrong, and many more things like that. I never see Asians doing that, or Europeans, or Americans, or French, or Italian, or etc.
you are really cute..hahahha i think your Gf will not win an argument with you LOL