I have had a similar experience when trying to explain to people why I majored in Philosophy, and I have gotten every reaction from genuine interest to straight up being laughed at haha. I asked my advisor when I was an undergrad why he choose to pursue philosophy and he kicked it to me simply as wanting to be involved in the conversation at the most abstract level. For example, Van Gogh can paint a picture and state that the picture is happiness. While we can ask him what he means the argument is in a way already over. The picture is simply his representation of happiness and that is all. But for the philosopher that will not suffice, the philosopher must qualify his or her statements, which ultimately will take us to that apex of abstraction. I believe philosophy is a beautiful mending of logic and poetry, it is art for art's sake on the surface, but below that there are an infinite number of moving parts.
If van gogh tells me that his picture is happiness then it is happiness. I don't have time to be over thinking bs. I don't have time to wonder around in my mind what it could mean. Some people just love to overthink and love wasting their time in their heads.
I’m studying nursing. After taking my philosophy requirement it made me realize how amazing critical thinking is. Super stimulating, mentally and physically!
People nowadays are trained to follow some sort of rulebook. Only a few consider to think about issues for themselves. I believe philosophy is a worthwhile endeavor, it's up to the person with the degree to determine his path in life. The degree shouldn't define you. You should define it for yourself. Nice video. Thank you for sharing.
I'm in high school and I discovered last year that philosophy is my true passion in life. Hopefully can make it in to a career some day... fingers crossed.
@@deadinfebruary just graduated from HS, got award for top student in philosophy yayy! I am doing a Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree at a local uni next year as I like those other two (less through) and it seems like a good compromise, but I'll see where it takes me.
I started out in college as a philosophy major but switcher to physics and astronomy. Here's why someone (me) who was a philosophy major would criticize someone's decision to major in philosophy at college. And yes, money is a factor. I grew up feeling comfortable having long intellectual conversations with adults. I really enjoyed having talks that were philosophical in nature all throughout my life. Time came for college and I decided to go for what I enjoy: philosophy. But since day one a question lingered "what can I do with this?" "what job is going to take me with a philosophy degree?". Science always interested me, and as time went on it struck me that many philosophers were prominent scientists, mathematicians, psychologists, etc. I felt compelled to learn about reality, but not focus so much on philosophy to do it. So I switched my majors. And that's where I am now. I hope to work for NASA or Space X one day. Now this is my critique of the decision to major in philosophy. Let me first connect to your video. The video starts out with the suggestion that, generally, people do not believe philosophy alone is a worthy major in college. The rest of the video is you explaining why you like philosophy, but I suspect part of the goal of this video is to defend the worth of philosophy as a choice of major. I will start out by asking what's the point of college? That question would probably have varying answers. Some would say 'to expand your mind; to learn' others would say 'to find a job'. I would say that the of all the reasons people would say why they went to college, the one ubiquitous goal of college was to be able to get a high paying job or a specialized job. With the reason to go to college in mind, it doesn't really make sense to just major in philosophy. One could say that the point of philosophy is not to make money, but to find out fundamental truths, the good, ultimate reality, but I would say why do you need to spend so much money to learn about a subject that is very easily learned and studied without college? I, personally, can't teach myself vector calculus and theoretical astrophysics to the extent college can with the same structure, direction, and level of mastery required to get a firm understanding of the subjects, but I can read Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and understand their ideas and form my own. I am simply arguing that the tools for learning philosophy and developing our own ideas are few and well defined. College is not necessary to be a philosopher. You don't need a degree to be one.
@Anthony Santana Well I think if you're not paying for college then you have a lot more liberty than many who do have to pay for their own college. The main difference is that there is no incentive to pursue something that will give you an adequate return on investment that is higher education. I worked with a guy who got a bachelor's in 2D-design and now he has his wages being garnished by the government because his education that he paid for is not something he is able to sell in the current market. So if you graduate college debt free, then I would say with certainty that a degree in anything is better than just a high school diploma. And especially if you do a stint in the military, then that will certainly boost your ability to get a decent job to support yourself, and someday, a family. I would consider what you want to do as a career when deciding on a major. For me, when I started out as a philosophy major. I didn't foresee anything that inspiring ahead. I think philosophy is a fine minor to supplement a major, or a double major with something else, but philosophy alone just doesn't seem to open up a lot of avenues that interest me in particular. This sounds very subjective because it is. There are almost certainly successful people who have philosophy majors. I just think that philosophy as a major is a more precarious major than something else that is a lot more straightforward and directly applicable to a career. I just don't think a philosophy major ALONE is directly applicable to any job besides teaching. But as far as I am aware, most, if not, all public schools grades K-12 lack a philosophy program in any respectable capacity (which is a damn shame), so your options of teaching philosophy is limited to private schools and college level. Which honestly isn't that bad if you want to be a teacher and relocating isn't an issue. All this said, you don't really have to worry as much as most people when it comes to making great money after college because you don't need to pay for it. You are free to consider what you want to study with impunity. And I think philosophy is a content rich topic. My opinions come from a belief that modern day higher education is more of a means to an end rather than something that is purely beneficial in and of itself. I think this not because I don't think college isn't invaluable to expand your mind in fantastic ways, but solely because of the price tag associated with higher education. Modern higher education is so accessible, but probably the most expensive its ever been. I, personally, believe that you cannot justify the cost unless you have plans to be able to afford the debt. That is where I come from in this whole topic. Good luck in the army. It's okay if you don't know what you want to do with your life. It took me until I was 20 to feel comfortable with what I wanted to do long-term. I think a good gauge to determine if you're on the right track is if you start doing your major in your free-time outside of the requirements of the class. I am a physics major, so I like to learn mathematics in my free-time that has nothing to do with the requirements of my studies. Like I derived the quadratic formula for fun to just practice my math skills. So if you find yourself treating your studies like hobbies rather than just obligations, then you're making the right decision.
School really is for your CV (it’s a form of status). You can learn anything you want without it. Just adopt the pace of nature; patience, and all that you desire shall achieve itself. Anything beyond a middle income, almost anything beyond moderate poverty is unnecessary. Money starts to own you then
Whilst nobody else may be preventing you from learning about philosophy outside of college, some of us may need the structure of a college course and the study skills learnt therein in order to overcome our own personal obstacles in achieving that goal. In philosophy this can be understood as the dichotomy between positive and negative freedom, which is itself something I learnt from a course and not from a book. Sure, I could have learnt it in a book but I didn't and I may never have.
I think they even wedge this content in psychology courses. The four stage proof process, oh shit, first principle was a reduction, we have to remake it for you and determine the cause of the reduction. Why would you want to be a philosopher like Fichte?
I’m in my Junior year old high school and at the moment I’m questioning everything of why. Why these things are important. I love learning about deeper meanings whether it be literature or sciences of the universe. It all comes to philosophy. I question my existence and question others existence. I question if I have a purpose or if people have a purpose for me. I want to learn so that I can understand everything that help me know what everything in my life means. I hope that I achieve in getting a major in philosophy.
I have considered going to university to study philosophy. If I had an unlimited amount of money I would do it in a heartbeat. But that's the thing, money is the barrier and if I went to university it would be my master. My simple life allows for plenty of free time to pursue my passions in life without any debt or work commitments. I feel sad for people who work long days and then bring their work home if that is not slavery I don't know what is. Good luck with your career in law and I hope you still have enough time in the day for your love of philosophy!
I never thought my personal school of thought could resonate so much ! :) You really opened my eyes to something that I could truly potentially pursue, Thanks !
I've been mocked for my dreams and my philosophical and intellectual life style by those consumed by materialism, achieving greatness is what will show everyone their place.
This is an amazing video. Very enlightening to people who have not taken any philosophy courses and don't know what it's about. Thanks for making this :)
Philosophy is the most beautiful subject I have ever seen in life, it helps the person to see the whole of existence with full of wonder and beauty even amidst unending chaos and suffering. I pity so many people, who cannot see what philosophy offers no other discipline can, it offers redemption from miserable life of passivity where formal education, culture and religion fails.
I think basic philosophy should be required subject in High school and College as General Education. philosophy teaches you how to think (critically). And Thinking is required for ALL field of study. I think all field of studies more or less branched off from philosophy. But today more advanced philosophy are focusing only on language and the meaning of words. There really is not much else to it. Other fields such as Math, science, psychology, sociology has essentially replaced philosophy. I think philosophy as an subject of its own is dead.
There is more to philosophy than the scientific fields that have replaced some aspects of it. Take for example epistemology which is concerned with the theory of knowledge; what knowledge is, if knowledge of anything is at all possible, etc. Another subject is metaphysics, which questions reality on a level that goes beyond what can be questioned using the scientific method. These subjects are part of philosophy and have tons of unanswered questions. As long as there are no answers to these questions, philosophy as a subject is brimming with life.
Restricting philosophy to philosophy of language is not the current trend these days. This was the case in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in Analytic philosophy.
Applying to PhD programs in philosophy programs this year 😭😭 thank you for this video 💜💜💜 I love Philosophy but, nobody outside of academic life understands what it is or why I would dedicate my college years and then the foreseeable future to doing it.
Thanks for the thoughtful video! I resonated... When I was in college, there were two things I wanted to understand deeply. The first was reality. The second was myself. I couldn't imagine anything more important. Without a thought as to how to make money after school, I double majored: Philosophy and psychology. Many of my classmates may today have more lucrative careers, but I have never regretted my choices. BTW, it is true that we cannot, with absolute certainty, know that we are not living in a matrix. But it would be perverse, and unhelpful, to think so. ;)
Honestly, I find insulting how modern humans dare to say that a Philosophy degree is useless when something so important in modern times known as politics, law and ethics would never exist as we know it without Philosophy. Also, without Philosophy we wouldn't even know about critical thinking, the scientific method, research, analysis, interpretation, argumentation and without these things how could the students from the so-called "useful degrees" write their so called "useful" dissertations? In fact, our civilization would be radically different if humans didn't start asking and discussing the right questions, the very fundamental questions that brought us all here. Through Philosophy our world evolved dramatically, and it is quite concerning to realize that according to many this represents something useless. If this isn't the representation of the death of human intellect, then I don't know what is.... Loved the video. Greetings from Stockholm!
I don't think there was a single argument in this video for majoring in philosophy. At most, there are arguments to study philosophy. That is not the same thing.
I like his statement about first principles. I've been thinking about getting a degree in physics, but to me, philosophy deals with the tacit first principles behind stuff like physics more than physics and other scientific fields do. Anyway, this is a decent video.
Growing up I was taught to not learn philosophy growing up in a religious household, until 2014 I read the REPUBLIC by Plato and my eyes opened and realize I found my true interest of study. I am definitely going to learn philosophy in college. Thank you
did you family explicitly restrict you from learning philosophy? or was it implied by suggesting that everything you could ever need to learn was contained within your religion? congrats on breaking free of those chains btw ♥
you ended that vid perfectly man encouraging the disagreement really helped complete the message. i’m going into philosophy and higher education. i wanna go to law school and spend some time with that area and then later in life i really wanna be a professor of philosophy at richmond. i’m def going for it
Now, about the reality and Descartes. The phrase is really famous but criminally underquoted to the extant that it loses its power. The missing part in the quote is: "I doubt, therefore I think." And then the rest of the phrase. And that can be principally used to prove that one exists. And the most beautiful thing about that argument is that you can do it yourself and prove to yourself that you indeed exist. Try it: You can doubt anything, but you can't doubt that you doubt. The very moment you doubt that you doubt, you begin to doubt. So the act that you doubt is undoubted. But what is an act of doubting. It is an act of thinking. When you doubt, you basically think. And can you think while you don't exist. No, and that undoubtedly proves that you exist. At the most haman level it means that it doesn't mater whether you are in a simulation or in somebody's dream. You exist and that means you are real, and therefore you have a true value.
yea man! i really love philosophy as you do, and i definitely will show this video to someone when they ask me why i want to go into philosophy. (If they can understand it). Heres my thoughts on going into philosophy] I thought of going into philosophy because i said f-it…because i thought and asked myself…what if..i actually go to University for something i love…not something i need to do..because you need to take these courses because you need that job…No…what if i actually go and study something i love…. I, like you probably..love to learn..i love knowledge…I love wisdom… In University, you can take all these amazing courses and learn so much..but..you go as far as your wallet takes you…and that i find is the saddest part..because people like you…like me….philosophical people….who have the love for knowledge…people who think outside the box..they are left to fend for themselves….**What is valued is the mindless worker, smart enough to do your job..but nothing else**…I think to myself…i don't want to look back at my life and regret, so i go forth…but i really can see that..ultimately there is so much more to life..than what is in front of me. Can i afford to go study in a field that i love? slightly no..Nor can my wallet take me as much as i desire. You said a line about your Generation in the video. I don't know about you, but I'm fairly young, and as i look around me, and as i look to the world and the future…I only see the great need for people who can think. So if not for myself then for others...
Hi Steven! Fellow philosophy major here! First of all I LOVE your profile picture, I'm wearing the shirt version as I type this.Second, I thought this was an great video that did a wonderful job at portraying the value of philosophy. I think instead of trying to answer those "why philosophy?" questions I'll just show them this instead. Philosophy has forced me to take a good hard look at what I believe and why I believe it. It's made me more honest with myself, and has showed me how live intentionally rather than going with how society has told me is right. Philosophy has truly shaped who I am in ways I never could've imagined and I believe it's made me a much better person. So honestly if I don't decide to pursue this after my undergrad I know I won't have any regrets because this major taught me more about myself and humanity than I think any other could have.
AHHHH you like PTX?? I'm actually obsessed with them lol. And thank you, I'm really glad you liked it. The personal honesty/authenticity you mentioned is something that I've started to think about more and more over the past couple of years; growing as an individual and finding out who you are seem to be particularly difficult nowadays (as if it wasn't hard enough before). It sounds like you value them quite a bit, which I really appreciate; in my opinion they're often too easily forgotten.
Pentatonix is amazing! In April I traveled to the Berkeley to see them in the Greek theater. I even paid extra in order to meet them and get my picture taken with them.
No way! I'm so jealous lol. I saw them on the east coast at Temple University when they came, but didn't get VIP tickets; I'd totally kill to see them though, they seem like the greatest people. Also they did Light in the Hallway off mic and it was incredible. Interesting, to be honest I haven't talked to many philosophy majors about that, but yes I would agree. I certainly am closer to the internally minded side too, though for me a large part of that is the critical reasoning aspect; logical and creative ideas are such an important part of who I am that I also get a certain fulfillment from those parts of philosophy.
All of their songs do! When they did Aha, I melted. The notes Mitch's voice hits... I can't handle it lol.Of course! I think that's a really great idea.
Thankfully in my country higher education is accessible and not expensive. I'm planning on getting a masters degree in Engineering Physics or just Physics and later a masters or just a bachelors degree in Philosophy. In my opinion they both are the fundemental things that drive our world, even if most don't know that. I'm not that great of a student, in fact, my philosphy classes ended for highschool this year and I ended both this year and last year with a score of 14/20, which is low. I even had a test with a negative score. I didn't value it enough, but strangely enough PewDiePie made me like and read Philosphy. Hope I can achieve this, maybe it's a lot but I'll strive for it. If I can't make it, no problem at least I tried and I can find something else to do (we live 80 years, there's plenty of time to find out something else), that's how life goes, right? If I can make it, then I'll strive to make great things and be a great person with the knowledge I'll have. PP mentality. Physics and Philosophy. You can also include a third P, for your physical health, and a fourth, for you psychological health.
Great video and presentation Steven. Knowledge of nature, morals, and truth is powerful in the way that it empowers individual people to recognize, appreciate, and practice the good life; one which is beneficial to oneself and to others.
I find myself wanting to get a degree in philosophy.. in my thirties.. I found myself in the crisis state trying to tackle my own principles. I'll offer up a thought that was worth following for me: "Everyone seemingly disagrees on what is True or Real that coming to a cohesive agreement has no end in sight, so, maybe what's true, fact, or reality doesn't really matter all that much. I can't decide what answer is best, but i can stay directed and concretely work towards 'better' " fun sentences: "Im a human BEing, not a human DOing" "Before was was was, was was is." I'm a big fan of food for thought, the world is starving.
Watch Serial Experiments Lain instead, goes much more in depth and is ultimately denser and more interesting. The Matrix is more of an action blockbuster.
Excellent video, friend. Your attitudes are rare. One small detail to correct, it took Russell and Whitehead much longer than 300 pages to get to "1+1=2".
The mother of all disciplines. Philosophers are problem solvers. Thinkers. Am so happy when I read from Martin Luther king the sole purpose of education. To teach to think critically and intensively. To solve problems. Not getting money. Money is just a reward for that. The best reward a philosopher can have is "Sir the world is heading in the right direction " until then the rest is just useless to serve as a reason to major in a certain direction
The observation that we trade money for things of "actual" value is itself an example of how "truth" is subjective. It's a useful illusion. Like free will, or love, or god.
philosopher are just a bunch people that are really good making topics for conversation, we should have one guy atleast in our squad, lmao. btw Good video!!
@@stevenhayes1844 @074_Rayyan Eka Putra literally me! i need to find people who appreciate that part of me. Just imagine having a group full of people who think like us😌>>
Im very afraid and at the same time very intrigued how taking a degree in philosophy would not give you certainty. I am not smart, however, I am very interested in Philosophy since I was young. I never excelled at anything in school but this certain discipline really drives me to be smart somehow.
It may have even appeared as a will to truth-an certain adventurous pluck, a metaphysicians ambition of the forlorn hope-that which in the end has always ended up as a will to certainty. Indeed there may even be puritanical fanatics of conscience, whom would rather place their certainty in a sure nothing than a whole cart of beautiful uncertainties.
Decartes said it and made the quote popular but Augustine said it before him. I like decartes quote, “we do not describe the world we see, we see the world that we can describe.” the enlightenment wasn’t really what people make it out to be, first principles goes back to ancient Greek philosophy and people in the middle age renaissance’s weren’t as dumb as people make them out to be
Who narrated this video? It reminds me of Puck out of The Dead Poet's Society. It is like listening to a beautiful monologue and the musical accompaniment is a great background to add emotion.
I like that method a lot! Meanwhile I double majored but my second major was Political Science, so maybe I missed the mark on the whole "practical/money-making" second major, haha.
To me( subjective) philosophy, as described by Steve, is the study and search of objective reality, some ask the question, if no humans existed would the statement "there are no humans" be a true statement?
I love philosophy but the job opportunities are so limited that I have to go with engineering... Our current society is built by doing rather than thinking.
From my experience with other people, I find a lot of misconceptions with the words, "Truth", "True", "Right", "Wrong", "Good", "Bad", "Correct" and "Incorrect". I find often times people not understanding the meaning of what the say and mistaking one concept for the other. To me and from my understanding, "Right and Wrong" are not the same as "Good and Bad", which often times leaves me feeling fustrated when people think that by doing the "Right" thing according whatever standards they have ascribed to, that they believe they are doing something "Good", which in all actuallity or most times they are doing something really really "Bad" by doing what they thing is "Good", because they have good mistaken for "Right". Killing in the name of...
I liked this video a lot, but a few comments: 1. I do not see how the matrix scenario or the dream argument would affect our knowledge of 2 + 2 = 4. The truths of logic and mathematics are not affected by our senses, which is what the matrix/dream arguments are supposed to make us skeptical about. 2. Obviously this video is not supposed to be comprehensive, but it is possible for me to still hold common sense truths such as I know that my mother exists, yet deny that I know I am not in the matrix if I take a tracking theory of knowledge, but I would have to deny the closure principle which most people would not do (especially not the target audience of your video who would not study philosophy) Point #1 is the main thing I wanted to point out because it would make your ending argument unsound for how we know that we are not in the matrix. But you could hold other common sense beliefs to do the same, just it would have to be a common sense belief which is obtained through sense data. Anyway, I enjoyed your video!
Hey, thanks for the comments, they're very insightful. Here's what my thoughts on these topics are: 1. You're right, it is entirely possible that the matrix would have the truths such as logic or mathematics in it, but I am running under the assumption that we discover even these through our senses, meaning that it is not necessary for the matrix to accurately portray them to us. That being said, this response does not fully answer your follow-up about point #1, namely that so long as it is *possible* that we correctly intuit 2+2=4 while still having *other* aspects of our reality altered by the matrix, my point about inferring we are not in the matrix based on that knowledge would no longer be valid. Indeed, you could go further and say that no knowledge could confirm we are not in the matrix then, because individual bits of truth could be maintained in the matrix while others were altered. And to this I would say yes, it is a completely valid concern; the way my logic circumvents it is by saying that really knowing something to be true implies we have a capacity to discern what is really true, but this by no means is a perfect work-around. 2. Yep! As you said, the video isn't quite comprehensive enough to go into this, but I did take for granted the closure principle without any arguments for it.
Interesting response! The reason I am not concerned about the matrix affecting our knowledge of the laws of logic and mathematics is because I take them to be necessary and a priori truths which, if true, would mean that the matrix would have no effect on our knowledge of them. I just finished my class on epistemology and found it very intriguing, definitely one of the more punctilious areas in analytic philosophy. Also, I should mention I that I found the beginning of your video very humorous. I am in the same situation (I am a philosophy major planning on attending law school after graduation), and I get the exact same responses. I get very strange, somewhat judging looks when initially I tell people that I am a philosophy major followed almost always with the question, "what are you going to do with that major?" When I answer their question with law school their look changes from concern or confusion over my major to a look of approval, if not admiration (since law is associated with $$$ and intelligence, even though the law market is not very good currently). Are you still in undergrad?
Nietzsche suggested that we should seek to understand the world in terms of mathematics NOT so that we could arrive at truths but in order to have a better understanding of human beings.
"When someone asks "what's the use of philosophy?" the reply must be aggressive, since the question tries to be ironic and caustic. Philosophy does not serve the state or the church, who have other concerns. It serves no established power. The use of philosophy is to sadden. A philosophy that saddens no one, that annoys no one, is not a philosophy. It is useful for harming stupidity, for turning stupidity into something shameful."
- Gilles Delueze. An excellent quote to put here. Though, I don’t agree with the sentiments of Delueze; I believe Philosophy can be constructive and reveal mystery. On the other hand, perhaps in a sense Delueze did as well, and his statements to the contrary reflect the fact that he did not agree with the dominant constructions of his time. Thanks for posting!
I think the notion that any simulation excludes objectivity is a bit arbitrary. If you take a pond as an analogy for a simulated environment. A pond can be designed, devised and created or constructed by a human being, and then populated with flora and fauna. We can study that pond, are master and maker thereof, but to the fish or bacteria or algae growing in that environment it is absolute reality. I think the simulation hypothesis itself is based on false premises. It’s the result of magical thinking where an imaginary place completely bereft of consequences exists. There is no such place. Therefore all realities are true. edit: What exists is without perceptible boundaries. What we define as real or reality are the things that lie inside specific boundaries we establish.
Thank you for the video. It really peaks my interest, as I'm deciding whether to pursue Philosophy for my graduate degree. What are your thoughts regarding the Philosophy Major now?
Sadly money is a virtue I'm a philosophy major and I'm confused with what job I'm gonna take after. So like the guy making this video I'm going to proceed to law. Because a career in law a pretty good Career it's stable and provides good money. I wanted to have something that i wanted myself a degree in philosophy makes me understand things more intricately. The world becomes a more intricate and fragile Balance of interactions who are unrelated to each other but somehow at the same time related. What i want is knowledge not money. It's a selfish request from me. To myself.
Talking about philosophy major as a philosophy, but not as a major... You know, when someone thinks to do a major (of any kind), they want to work in some related domain... Not like studying philosophy, having debts, and keeps working in McDonald's, because they like working in McDonald's... unless they did management or alimentation majors, and wanna keep working in McDonald's or even advance... So, a video about philosophy major, as a major for career opportunities, that would be cool...
Hi, there! I have completed my Bachelor & Master's degree in Philosophy from a Public University here in Bangladesh. Aiming to go for a Master's program in US or Europe.. Can anyone suggest me a demanding Master's-subject for my career ahead??? Thanks in advance. Looking forward to hearing from U.💝
A. I have to criticize Aristotle here. Truth isn't just SAYING that something is correct, it actually means that that thing exists or occurs in nature or reality. For instance, truth isn't SAYING that the sky is blue, as Aristotle says, but truth is that the sky IS ACTUALLY blue. Ok, this is a bad example because the color blue is a subjective experience of a human mind, that is, a person's mind takes wavelengths of an approximate wavelength, say around 600 nanometers, and creates a blue sensation somehow to the person looking. But it is STILL true that there are wavelengths at 600 nanometers of electromagnetic radiation blasting around space. B. Even if we are in a matrix, or rather I am in a matrix (and no one else exists in my matrix, like a dream), then 1+1 should still equal 2. This is called an "A priori" fact, according to Locke, because saying "1+1=2" is really no more than a language, that is, we are naming concepts of one object and another object and calling these together "two", just as someone looked out and named a big dangerous cat out on the grasslands a "tiger." Also, Descartes said, "I exist, therefore I am." This meant that even if he exists in a matrix, and nothing that he sees and experiences in the world is true, he still knows that HE exists. I would add to that that yes, he may know that he exists, but I think it's possible that he EXISTED, that is, he existed once in the past, and is somehow experiencing reality, even though he may be dead at the PRESENT, he is experiencing the matrix, and it seems like the present, but the actual person called Descartes may be long gone, and he is experiencing a matrix that seems like the present. So "I think, therefore I am...or were."
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money is a construct but my student loan payments are pretty real
Not really
Lol
sone of the best philosophers out there are beggars.
Maybe communist forced labor camps will fix everything
construct doesnt mean unreal
I majored in History with a Philosophy minor just to make sure I was completely unemployable.
Science asks “how”
Philosophy asks “why” 💡
I have had a similar experience when trying to explain to people why I majored in Philosophy, and I have gotten every reaction from genuine interest to straight up being laughed at haha. I asked my advisor when I was an undergrad why he choose to pursue philosophy and he kicked it to me simply as wanting to be involved in the conversation at the most abstract level. For example, Van Gogh can paint a picture and state that the picture is happiness. While we can ask him what he means the argument is in a way already over. The picture is simply his representation of happiness and that is all. But for the philosopher that will not suffice, the philosopher must qualify his or her statements, which ultimately will take us to that apex of abstraction. I believe philosophy is a beautiful mending of logic and poetry, it is art for art's sake on the surface, but below that there are an infinite number of moving parts.
If van gogh tells me that his picture is happiness then it is happiness. I don't have time to be over thinking bs. I don't have time to wonder around in my mind what it could mean. Some people just love to overthink and love wasting their time in their heads.
@@soa2444 I can't help but see the comedy of you having ended up in the in comments section of philosophy video.
@@soa2444 time is an illusion. Humans are powerless!
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@@wzg6206 wisdom is power
I’m studying nursing. After taking my philosophy requirement it made me realize how amazing critical thinking is. Super stimulating, mentally and physically!
People nowadays are trained to follow some sort of rulebook. Only a few consider to think about issues for themselves. I believe philosophy is a worthwhile endeavor, it's up to the person with the degree to determine his path in life. The degree shouldn't define you. You should define it for yourself. Nice video. Thank you for sharing.
This is why I love philosophy.
I'm in high school and I discovered last year that philosophy is my true passion in life. Hopefully can make it in to a career some day... fingers crossed.
Wonder what happened with your journey. Any updates? I'm currently studying Philosophy :)
Would love updates !
@@alejandrotellez2962 hey there! Are you majoring in Philosophy too? How’s it going for you, what do you plan on doing ahead?
Yo! How are you getting on after 2 years?
@@deadinfebruary just graduated from HS, got award for top student in philosophy yayy! I am doing a Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree at a local uni next year as I like those other two (less through) and it seems like a good compromise, but I'll see where it takes me.
I started out in college as a philosophy major but switcher to physics and astronomy. Here's why someone (me) who was a philosophy major would criticize someone's decision to major in philosophy at college. And yes, money is a factor.
I grew up feeling comfortable having long intellectual conversations with adults. I really enjoyed having talks that were philosophical in nature all throughout my life. Time came for college and I decided to go for what I enjoy: philosophy. But since day one a question lingered "what can I do with this?" "what job is going to take me with a philosophy degree?". Science always interested me, and as time went on it struck me that many philosophers were prominent scientists, mathematicians, psychologists, etc. I felt compelled to learn about reality, but not focus so much on philosophy to do it. So I switched my majors. And that's where I am now. I hope to work for NASA or Space X one day.
Now this is my critique of the decision to major in philosophy. Let me first connect to your video. The video starts out with the suggestion that, generally, people do not believe philosophy alone is a worthy major in college. The rest of the video is you explaining why you like philosophy, but I suspect part of the goal of this video is to defend the worth of philosophy as a choice of major. I will start out by asking what's the point of college? That question would probably have varying answers. Some would say 'to expand your mind; to learn' others would say 'to find a job'. I would say that the of all the reasons people would say why they went to college, the one ubiquitous goal of college was to be able to get a high paying job or a specialized job. With the reason to go to college in mind, it doesn't really make sense to just major in philosophy. One could say that the point of philosophy is not to make money, but to find out fundamental truths, the good, ultimate reality, but I would say why do you need to spend so much money to learn about a subject that is very easily learned and studied without college? I, personally, can't teach myself vector calculus and theoretical astrophysics to the extent college can with the same structure, direction, and level of mastery required to get a firm understanding of the subjects, but I can read Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and understand their ideas and form my own. I am simply arguing that the tools for learning philosophy and developing our own ideas are few and well defined. College is not necessary to be a philosopher. You don't need a degree to be one.
@Anthony Santana Well I think if you're not paying for college then you have a lot more liberty than many who do have to pay for their own college. The main difference is that there is no incentive to pursue something that will give you an adequate return on investment that is higher education. I worked with a guy who got a bachelor's in 2D-design and now he has his wages being garnished by the government because his education that he paid for is not something he is able to sell in the current market. So if you graduate college debt free, then I would say with certainty that a degree in anything is better than just a high school diploma. And especially if you do a stint in the military, then that will certainly boost your ability to get a decent job to support yourself, and someday, a family.
I would consider what you want to do as a career when deciding on a major. For me, when I started out as a philosophy major. I didn't foresee anything that inspiring ahead. I think philosophy is a fine minor to supplement a major, or a double major with something else, but philosophy alone just doesn't seem to open up a lot of avenues that interest me in particular. This sounds very subjective because it is. There are almost certainly successful people who have philosophy majors. I just think that philosophy as a major is a more precarious major than something else that is a lot more straightforward and directly applicable to a career. I just don't think a philosophy major ALONE is directly applicable to any job besides teaching. But as far as I am aware, most, if not, all public schools grades K-12 lack a philosophy program in any respectable capacity (which is a damn shame), so your options of teaching philosophy is limited to private schools and college level. Which honestly isn't that bad if you want to be a teacher and relocating isn't an issue.
All this said, you don't really have to worry as much as most people when it comes to making great money after college because you don't need to pay for it. You are free to consider what you want to study with impunity. And I think philosophy is a content rich topic. My opinions come from a belief that modern day higher education is more of a means to an end rather than something that is purely beneficial in and of itself. I think this not because I don't think college isn't invaluable to expand your mind in fantastic ways, but solely because of the price tag associated with higher education. Modern higher education is so accessible, but probably the most expensive its ever been. I, personally, believe that you cannot justify the cost unless you have plans to be able to afford the debt. That is where I come from in this whole topic.
Good luck in the army. It's okay if you don't know what you want to do with your life. It took me until I was 20 to feel comfortable with what I wanted to do long-term. I think a good gauge to determine if you're on the right track is if you start doing your major in your free-time outside of the requirements of the class. I am a physics major, so I like to learn mathematics in my free-time that has nothing to do with the requirements of my studies. Like I derived the quadratic formula for fun to just practice my math skills. So if you find yourself treating your studies like hobbies rather than just obligations, then you're making the right decision.
School really is for your CV (it’s a form of status). You can learn anything you want without it. Just adopt the pace of nature; patience, and all that you desire shall achieve itself. Anything beyond a middle income, almost anything beyond moderate poverty is unnecessary. Money starts to own you then
Whilst nobody else may be preventing you from learning about philosophy outside of college, some of us may need the structure of a college course and the study skills learnt therein in order to overcome our own personal obstacles in achieving that goal.
In philosophy this can be understood as the dichotomy between positive and negative freedom, which is itself something I learnt from a course and not from a book. Sure, I could have learnt it in a book but I didn't and I may never have.
I think they even wedge this content in psychology courses. The four stage proof process, oh shit, first principle was a reduction, we have to remake it for you and determine the cause of the reduction. Why would you want to be a philosopher like Fichte?
I would argue that school or degree isn’t a “status” but more of an academic evidence that you know what you know, that’s why exams are a thing too..
Great video. I'm currently majoring in Psychology and based on this video have now decided to minor in Philosophy
That's great! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)
I’m in my Junior year old high school and at the moment I’m questioning everything of why. Why these things are important. I love learning about deeper meanings whether it be literature or sciences of the universe. It all comes to philosophy. I question my existence and question others existence. I question if I have a purpose or if people have a purpose for me. I want to learn so that I can understand everything that help me know what everything in my life means. I hope that I achieve in getting a major in philosophy.
You should take a coursera philosophy course. It's free I think
I have considered going to university to study philosophy. If I had an unlimited amount of money I would do it in a heartbeat. But that's the thing, money is the barrier and if I went to university it would be my master. My simple life allows for plenty of free time to pursue my passions in life without any debt or work commitments. I feel sad for people who work long days and then bring their work home if that is not slavery I don't know what is.
Good luck with your career in law and I hope you still have enough time in the day for your love of philosophy!
Stem what career path did you choose ?
yeah what career path?
Please tell us what career oath you chose!
So lucky to live in Europe where education is for free.. and actually can choose philosophy and not care about money
La Lu i don’t know about you but here in the Netherlands (Europe) education is definetely not free.
I never thought my personal school of thought could resonate so much ! :) You really opened my eyes to something that I could truly potentially pursue, Thanks !
That's great, I'm glad you connected with it! Best of luck if you decide to pursue philosophy - I'm loving it so far :)
I've been mocked for my dreams and my philosophical and intellectual life style by those consumed by materialism, achieving greatness is what will show everyone their place.
yeah money is imaginary but my student loans are pretty real (not my comment just felt like it would fit here)
@@hamzashahare8134 money is real of course nobody argued otherwise.
This is an amazing video. Very enlightening to people who have not taken any philosophy courses and don't know what it's about. Thanks for making this :)
Philosophy is the most beautiful subject I have ever seen in life, it helps the person to see the whole of existence with full of wonder and beauty even amidst unending chaos and suffering. I pity so many people, who cannot see what philosophy offers no other discipline can, it offers redemption from miserable life of passivity where formal education, culture and religion fails.
Great Video, I have a passion for philosophy since six years ago reading nietzsche. And now I´m autodidact philosophy student.
Greetings from germany
I think basic philosophy should be required subject in High school and College as General Education. philosophy teaches you how to think (critically). And Thinking is required for ALL field of study. I think all field of studies more or less branched off from philosophy. But today more advanced philosophy are focusing only on language and the meaning of words. There really is not much else to it. Other fields such as Math, science, psychology, sociology has essentially replaced philosophy. I think philosophy as an subject of its own is dead.
Bob Chen we shall keep it up Bob
I couldn't agree more
There is more to philosophy than the scientific fields that have replaced some aspects of it. Take for example epistemology which is concerned with the theory of knowledge; what knowledge is, if knowledge of anything is at all possible, etc. Another subject is metaphysics, which questions reality on a level that goes beyond what can be questioned using the scientific method. These subjects are part of philosophy and have tons of unanswered questions. As long as there are no answers to these questions, philosophy as a subject is brimming with life.
In Italy we have it the last three years of liceo (high school)
Restricting philosophy to philosophy of language is not the current trend these days. This was the case in the 1950s and 1960s, especially in Analytic philosophy.
Applying to PhD programs in philosophy programs this year 😭😭 thank you for this video 💜💜💜 I love Philosophy but, nobody outside of academic life understands what it is or why I would dedicate my college years and then the foreseeable future to doing it.
Thanks for the thoughtful video! I resonated...
When I was in college, there were two things I wanted to understand deeply. The first was reality. The second was myself. I couldn't imagine anything more important. Without a thought as to how to make money after school, I double majored: Philosophy and psychology. Many of my classmates may today have more lucrative careers, but I have never regretted my choices.
BTW, it is true that we cannot, with absolute certainty, know that we are not living in a matrix. But it would be perverse, and unhelpful, to think so. ;)
Honestly, I find insulting how modern humans dare to say that a Philosophy degree is useless when something so important in modern times known as politics, law and ethics would never exist as we know it without Philosophy. Also, without Philosophy we wouldn't even know about critical thinking, the scientific method, research, analysis, interpretation, argumentation and without these things how could the students from the so-called "useful degrees" write their so called "useful" dissertations?
In fact, our civilization would be radically different if humans didn't start asking and discussing the right questions, the very fundamental questions that brought us all here. Through Philosophy our world evolved dramatically, and it is quite concerning to realize that according to many this represents something useless. If this isn't the representation of the death of human intellect, then I don't know what is....
Loved the video. Greetings from Stockholm!
Disgusting materialistic american mindset. Thankfully i'm an european and its no concern here, cant wait to study it. Greetings from Poland.
I will start studying philosophy this semester, and I am super excited for it! Thanks for the great video!
I don't think there was a single argument in this video for majoring in philosophy. At most, there are arguments to study philosophy. That is not the same thing.
It's so interesting but interesting things doesn't make money
I mean the worthless money paper
That we gave a value
I like his statement about first principles. I've been thinking about getting a degree in physics, but to me, philosophy deals with the tacit first principles behind stuff like physics more than physics and other scientific fields do. Anyway, this is a decent video.
Why not study both? That would be a awesome combo!
Physics and philosophy would be a DEADLY combo
Growing up I was taught to not learn philosophy growing up in a religious household, until 2014 I read the REPUBLIC by Plato and my eyes opened and realize I found my true interest of study. I am definitely going to learn philosophy in college. Thank you
did you family explicitly restrict you from learning philosophy? or was it implied by suggesting that everything you could ever need to learn was contained within your religion? congrats on breaking free of those chains btw ♥
I JUST READ MARX’S CAPITAL AND IT WORKS SO PERFECTLY WITH THIS VIDEO
you ended that vid perfectly man encouraging the disagreement really helped complete the message. i’m going into philosophy and higher education. i wanna go to law school and spend some time with that area and then later in life i really wanna be a professor of philosophy at richmond. i’m def going for it
All I can say is, thank you for this video.
Now, about the reality and Descartes. The phrase is really famous but criminally underquoted to the extant that it loses its power. The missing part in the quote is: "I doubt, therefore I think." And then the rest of the phrase. And that can be principally used to prove that one exists. And the most beautiful thing about that argument is that you can do it yourself and prove to yourself that you indeed exist. Try it:
You can doubt anything, but you can't doubt that you doubt. The very moment you doubt that you doubt, you begin to doubt. So the act that you doubt is undoubted. But what is an act of doubting. It is an act of thinking. When you doubt, you basically think. And can you think while you don't exist. No, and that undoubtedly proves that you exist.
At the most haman level it means that it doesn't mater whether you are in a simulation or in somebody's dream. You exist and that means you are real, and therefore you have a true value.
yea man! i really love philosophy as you do, and i definitely will show this video to someone when they ask me why i want to go into philosophy. (If they can understand it).
Heres my thoughts on going into philosophy]
I thought of going into philosophy because i said f-it…because i thought and asked myself…what if..i actually go to University for something i love…not something i need to do..because you need to take these courses because you need that job…No…what if i actually go and study something i love…. I, like you probably..love to learn..i love knowledge…I love wisdom… In University, you can take all these amazing courses and learn so much..but..you go as far as your wallet takes you…and that i find is the saddest part..because people like you…like me….philosophical people….who have the love for knowledge…people who think outside the box..they are left to fend for themselves….**What is valued is the mindless worker, smart enough to do your job..but nothing else**…I think to myself…i don't want to look back at my life and regret, so i go forth…but i really can see that..ultimately there is so much more to life..than what is in front of me.
Can i afford to go study in a field that i love? slightly no..Nor can my wallet take me as much as i desire.
You said a line about your Generation in the video. I don't know about you, but I'm fairly young, and as i look around me, and as i look to the world and the future…I only see the great need for people who can think.
So if not for myself then for others...
C'mon man we all waiting for a new vid. Loved this one
Love this, I’m a philosopher major myself 💖
Hi...I need u,,can we get in touch on social media..im thinking to pursue philosophy..I need tips from any philosophy major
Seilenchon Kipgen sure. My Instagram is: notleesly
Hi Steven! Fellow philosophy major here! First of all I LOVE your profile picture, I'm wearing the shirt version as I type this.Second, I thought this was an great video that did a wonderful job at portraying the value of philosophy. I think instead of trying to answer those "why philosophy?" questions I'll just show them this instead. Philosophy has forced me to take a good hard look at what I believe and why I believe it. It's made me more honest with myself, and has showed me how live intentionally rather than going with how society has told me is right. Philosophy has truly shaped who I am in ways I never could've imagined and I believe it's made me a much better person. So honestly if I don't decide to pursue this after my undergrad I know I won't have any regrets because this major taught me more about myself and humanity than I think any other could have.
AHHHH you like PTX?? I'm actually obsessed with them lol. And thank you, I'm really glad you liked it. The personal honesty/authenticity you mentioned is something that I've started to think about more and more over the past couple of years; growing as an individual and finding out who you are seem to be particularly difficult nowadays (as if it wasn't hard enough before). It sounds like you value them quite a bit, which I really appreciate; in my opinion they're often too easily forgotten.
Pentatonix is amazing! In April I traveled to the Berkeley to see them in the Greek theater. I even paid extra in order to meet them and get my picture taken with them.
No way! I'm so jealous lol. I saw them on the east coast at Temple University when they came, but didn't get VIP tickets; I'd totally kill to see them though, they seem like the greatest people. Also they did Light in the Hallway off mic and it was incredible.
Interesting, to be honest I haven't talked to many philosophy majors about that, but yes I would agree. I certainly am closer to the internally minded side too, though for me a large part of that is the critical reasoning aspect; logical and creative ideas are such an important part of who I am that I also get a certain fulfillment from those parts of philosophy.
Omg Avi's voice when they went off mic for that song.... gives me chills.
All of their songs do! When they did Aha, I melted. The notes Mitch's voice hits... I can't handle it lol.Of course! I think that's a really great idea.
Thank you sir. That was truly beautiful!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Great vid, I agree and love Philosophy for the same reasons.
Thankfully in my country higher education is accessible and not expensive.
I'm planning on getting a masters degree in Engineering Physics or just Physics and later a masters or just a bachelors degree in Philosophy.
In my opinion they both are the fundemental things that drive our world, even if most don't know that.
I'm not that great of a student, in fact, my philosphy classes ended for highschool this year and I ended both this year and last year with a score of 14/20, which is low. I even had a test with a negative score.
I didn't value it enough, but strangely enough PewDiePie made me like and read Philosphy.
Hope I can achieve this, maybe it's a lot but I'll strive for it.
If I can't make it, no problem at least I tried and I can find something else to do (we live 80 years, there's plenty of time to find out something else), that's how life goes, right?
If I can make it, then I'll strive to make great things and be a great person with the knowledge I'll have.
PP mentality. Physics and Philosophy.
You can also include a third P, for your physical health, and a fourth, for you psychological health.
Huh! Physics, philosophy, physical health, psychological health. Hard to think of many things as worthy of our thought. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing......its like summer winds....clear and refreshing
Great video and presentation Steven. Knowledge of nature, morals, and truth is powerful in the way that it empowers individual people to recognize, appreciate, and practice the good life; one which is beneficial to oneself and to others.
I find myself wanting to get a degree in philosophy.. in my thirties..
I found myself in the crisis state trying to tackle my own principles. I'll offer up a thought that was worth following for me: "Everyone seemingly disagrees on what is True or Real that coming to a cohesive agreement has no end in sight, so, maybe what's true, fact, or reality doesn't really matter all that much. I can't decide what answer is best, but i can stay directed and concretely work towards 'better' "
fun sentences: "Im a human BEing, not a human DOing"
"Before was was was, was was is."
I'm a big fan of food for thought, the world is starving.
I didn't know others asked these questions too.
Thank you for making this video! Hope you can make some more! :)
this is the most underrated of all time😂😂this was beautiful wow
Wow I never thought about that nice to show me another perspective
An amazing video , thank youu💜
Still haven't watched The Matrix :P
Watch Serial Experiments Lain instead, goes much more in depth and is ultimately denser and more interesting. The Matrix is more of an action blockbuster.
Excellent video, friend. Your attitudes are rare. One small detail to correct, it took Russell and Whitehead much longer than 300 pages to get to "1+1=2".
Interesting, I had always heard it was "only" a few hundred - always happy to learn something new, so thank you!
Steven, I stand corrected. I was under a misapprehension.
The mother of all disciplines. Philosophers are problem solvers. Thinkers. Am so happy when I read from Martin Luther king the sole purpose of education. To teach to think critically and intensively. To solve problems. Not getting money. Money is just a reward for that. The best reward a philosopher can have is "Sir the world is heading in the right direction " until then the rest is just useless to serve as a reason to major in a certain direction
i m a philosophy student
The observation that we trade money for things of "actual" value is itself an example of how "truth" is subjective.
It's a useful illusion. Like free will, or love, or god.
Aristotle was the first disquotationalist. And here I was defining it in terms of the truth-maker, when deflation has been vogue for over 2 millennia.
Nah, more correspondence / coherence theory.
Excellent post. I enjoyed this very much. Thank you!
Wow, I think I know what I'm going to be majoring in...
this video is very deep and interesting, I would love to see more
absolutely love this video⭐
Wow- I just found my new major. Thank you!!
philosopher are just a bunch people that are really good making topics for conversation, we should have one guy atleast in our squad, lmao. btw Good video!!
Haha you've got me pegged - I've always been one to spark unnecessarily deep conversations. And thank you!
@@stevenhayes1844 @074_Rayyan Eka Putra literally me! i need to find people who appreciate that part of me. Just imagine having a group full of people who think like us😌>>
This is awesome, man
Why don't you have more views!? This is so impotent!
Yes.
Extremely "impotent"
Idempotent
Inpodent
Idampotent
😂
It’s the difference between going to school for money or going to school for knowledge
Im very afraid and at the same time very intrigued how taking a degree in philosophy would not give you certainty. I am not smart, however, I am very interested in Philosophy since I was young. I never excelled at anything in school but this certain discipline really drives me to be smart somehow.
@@goromajima2435 No you won't build one this way. Study mathematics as much as you can. The rest will follow
You cannot feed yourself with ‘what is truth’. That ‘facade’ will.
Awesome video. Please make more.
I'd love to hear you talk more a bout this! I've been studyibg this question of ontoly and epistemology abd there isn't enough talking about it
Cognitive dissonance is claiming to love animals while still eating meat, best example ever
It may have even appeared as a will to truth-an certain adventurous pluck, a metaphysicians ambition of the forlorn hope-that which in the end has always ended up as a will to certainty. Indeed there may even be puritanical fanatics of conscience, whom would rather place their certainty in a sure nothing than a whole cart of beautiful uncertainties.
Decartes said it and made the quote popular but Augustine said it before him. I like decartes quote, “we do not describe the world we see, we see the world that we can describe.” the enlightenment wasn’t really what people make it out to be, first principles goes back to ancient Greek philosophy and people in the middle age renaissance’s weren’t as dumb as people make them out to be
Who narrated this video? It reminds me of Puck out of The Dead Poet's Society. It is like listening to a beautiful monologue and the musical accompaniment is a great background to add emotion.
Haha that'd be me - some random guy. Glad you liked it!
Wonderfully made video!
"You know what I love more about money? Knowledge"
Summary of this vid
I suggest doing a double major - a major which can make you money and a major you feel passionate about.
I like that method a lot! Meanwhile I double majored but my second major was Political Science, so maybe I missed the mark on the whole "practical/money-making" second major, haha.
Steven "you don't have to be Einstein to know that Earth pulls object towards it"
*Flat earthers entered the chat
Ahaha
To me( subjective) philosophy, as described by Steve, is the study and search of objective reality, some ask the question, if no humans existed would the statement "there are no humans" be a true statement?
Such a beautiful video
Great video...You forgot there are people who deny the existence of gravity though...
I love philosophy but the job opportunities are so limited that I have to go with engineering...
Our current society is built by doing rather than thinking.
From my experience with other people, I find a lot of misconceptions with the words, "Truth", "True", "Right", "Wrong", "Good", "Bad", "Correct" and "Incorrect". I find often times people not understanding the meaning of what the say and mistaking one concept for the other. To me and from my understanding, "Right and Wrong" are not the same as "Good and Bad", which often times leaves me feeling fustrated when people think that by doing the "Right" thing according whatever standards they have ascribed to, that they believe they are doing something "Good", which in all actuallity or most times they are doing something really really "Bad" by doing what they thing is "Good", because they have good mistaken for "Right". Killing in the name of...
A great point, and one that I'm sure can be difficult to communicate to those same people. Thanks for sharing!
I'm starting uni as a freshman in a month. Let's see where philosophy will bring me :D
Very exciting, I'm sure you will enjoy it!
I liked this video a lot, but a few comments:
1. I do not see how the matrix scenario or the dream argument would affect our knowledge of 2 + 2 = 4. The truths of logic and mathematics are not affected by our senses, which is what the matrix/dream arguments are supposed to make us skeptical about.
2. Obviously this video is not supposed to be comprehensive, but it is possible for me to still hold common sense truths such as I know that my mother exists, yet deny that I know I am not in the matrix if I take a tracking theory of knowledge, but I would have to deny the closure principle which most people would not do (especially not the target audience of your video who would not study philosophy)
Point #1 is the main thing I wanted to point out because it would make your ending argument unsound for how we know that we are not in the matrix. But you could hold other common sense beliefs to do the same, just it would have to be a common sense belief which is obtained through sense data.
Anyway, I enjoyed your video!
Hey, thanks for the comments, they're very insightful. Here's what my thoughts on these topics are:
1. You're right, it is entirely possible that the matrix would have the truths such as logic or mathematics in it, but I am running under the assumption that we discover even these through our senses, meaning that it is not necessary for the matrix to accurately portray them to us. That being said, this response does not fully answer your follow-up about point #1, namely that so long as it is *possible* that we correctly intuit 2+2=4 while still having *other* aspects of our reality altered by the matrix, my point about inferring we are not in the matrix based on that knowledge would no longer be valid. Indeed, you could go further and say that no knowledge could confirm we are not in the matrix then, because individual bits of truth could be maintained in the matrix while others were altered. And to this I would say yes, it is a completely valid concern; the way my logic circumvents it is by saying that really knowing something to be true implies we have a capacity to discern what is really true, but this by no means is a perfect work-around.
2. Yep! As you said, the video isn't quite comprehensive enough to go into this, but I did take for granted the closure principle without any arguments for it.
Interesting response! The reason I am not concerned about the matrix affecting our knowledge of the laws of logic and mathematics is because I take them to be necessary and a priori truths which, if true, would mean that the matrix would have no effect on our knowledge of them.
I just finished my class on epistemology and found it very intriguing, definitely one of the more punctilious areas in analytic philosophy.
Also, I should mention I that I found the beginning of your video very humorous. I am in the same situation (I am a philosophy major planning on attending law school after graduation), and I get the exact same responses. I get very strange, somewhat judging looks when initially I tell people that I am a philosophy major followed almost always with the question, "what are you going to do with that major?" When I answer their question with law school their look changes from concern or confusion over my major to a look of approval, if not admiration (since law is associated with $$$ and intelligence, even though the law market is not very good currently).
Are you still in undergrad?
Timothy D.
How's it going my man? Still on the same path?
Nietzsche suggested that we should seek to understand the world in terms of mathematics NOT so that we could arrive at truths but in order to have a better understanding of human beings.
Really enjoyed your video
Its my undergraduate double major.
No more videos 😟
awesome video!
i'm alsoooo studying philosophy i wish i can finish it 😭🙏
"When someone asks "what's the use of philosophy?" the reply must be aggressive, since the question tries to be ironic and caustic. Philosophy does not serve the state or the church, who have other concerns. It serves no established power. The use of philosophy is to sadden. A philosophy that saddens no one, that annoys no one, is not a philosophy. It is useful for harming stupidity, for turning stupidity into something shameful."
- Gilles Delueze. An excellent quote to put here. Though, I don’t agree with the sentiments of Delueze; I believe Philosophy can be constructive and reveal mystery. On the other hand, perhaps in a sense Delueze did as well, and his statements to the contrary reflect the fact that he did not agree with the dominant constructions of his time. Thanks for posting!
Wonderful video. Thank you.
I think the notion that any simulation excludes objectivity is a bit arbitrary. If you take a pond as an analogy for a simulated environment. A pond can be designed, devised and created or constructed by a human being, and then populated with flora and fauna.
We can study that pond, are master and maker thereof, but to the fish or bacteria or algae growing in that environment it is absolute reality.
I think the simulation hypothesis itself is based on false premises. It’s the result of magical thinking where an imaginary place completely bereft of consequences exists.
There is no such place. Therefore all realities are true.
edit: What exists is without perceptible boundaries. What we define as real or reality are the things that lie inside specific boundaries we establish.
Thank you for the video. It really peaks my interest, as I'm deciding whether to pursue Philosophy for my graduate degree. What are your thoughts regarding the Philosophy Major now?
Sadly money is a virtue I'm a philosophy major and I'm confused with what job I'm gonna take after.
So like the guy making this video I'm going to proceed to law.
Because a career in law a pretty good Career it's stable and provides good money.
I wanted to have something that i wanted myself a degree in philosophy makes me understand things more intricately.
The world becomes a more intricate and fragile Balance of interactions who are unrelated to each other but somehow at the same time related.
What i want is knowledge not money.
It's a selfish request from me. To myself.
Talking about philosophy major as a philosophy, but not as a major...
You know, when someone thinks to do a major (of any kind), they want to work in some related domain...
Not like studying philosophy, having debts, and keeps working in McDonald's, because they like working in McDonald's... unless they did management or alimentation majors, and wanna keep working in McDonald's or even advance...
So, a video about philosophy major, as a major for career opportunities, that would be cool...
Hi, there! I have completed my Bachelor & Master's degree in Philosophy from a Public University here in Bangladesh. Aiming to go for a Master's program in US or Europe.. Can anyone suggest me a demanding Master's-subject for my career ahead???
Thanks in advance. Looking forward to hearing from U.💝
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spoken like a true philosopher, you stopped making sense when you came to the most relevent information.
Once he said "what IS 'truth' 🤔?"
He lost most humans.
philosophy is amazing but how do i pay my rent with it?
this video made me cry
Neo: We're in the Matrix.
Keanu Reeves: That was just a green screen and some special fx.
John Wick: Has anyone seen my dog?
A. I have to criticize Aristotle here. Truth isn't just SAYING that something is correct, it actually means that that thing exists or occurs in nature or reality. For instance, truth isn't SAYING that the sky is blue, as Aristotle says, but truth is that the sky IS ACTUALLY blue. Ok, this is a bad example because the color blue is a subjective experience of a human mind, that is, a person's mind takes wavelengths of an approximate wavelength, say around 600 nanometers, and creates a blue sensation somehow to the person looking. But it is STILL true that there are wavelengths at 600 nanometers of electromagnetic radiation blasting around space.
B. Even if we are in a matrix, or rather I am in a matrix (and no one else exists in my matrix, like a dream), then 1+1 should still equal 2. This is called an "A priori" fact, according to Locke, because saying "1+1=2" is really no more than a language, that is, we are naming concepts of one object and another object and calling these together "two", just as someone looked out and named a big dangerous cat out on the grasslands a "tiger."
Also, Descartes said, "I exist, therefore I am." This meant that even if he exists in a matrix, and nothing that he sees and experiences in the world is true, he still knows that HE exists. I would add to that that yes, he may know that he exists, but I think it's possible that he EXISTED, that is, he existed once in the past, and is somehow experiencing reality, even though he may be dead at the PRESENT, he is experiencing the matrix, and it seems like the present, but the actual person called Descartes may be long gone, and he is experiencing a matrix that seems like the present. So "I think, therefore I am...or were."
I like philosophy because it just takes thinking a bit further lol
Haha it does! And perhaps in some cases it distills it down to its most pure form when we talk about logic or very abstract concepts
Bro, not knowing if we're in the Matrix and thus questioning all our "true" beliefs is skepticism, not relativism.
This video is a joke
great video, I'm studying Philosophy at UW Madison right now, I love it so much. Whats the music you have in the background? It's a great choice.
Thanks! Enjoy your time studying philosophy :) The music is called music for manatees by Kevin MacLeod th-cam.com/video/4U95MUItObw/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=KevinMacLeod