Rene Descartes - Reconstructing Foundations of Knowledge (Discourse pt. 2) - Philosophy Core Concept

Check out the 8-Week Rene Descartes' Meditations, Objections, & Replies class - reasonio.teachable.com/p/rene...
Get Descartes' Discourse on Method - amzn.to/2JpMP7i
Support my work here - / sadler
Philosophy tutorials - reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori...
This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.
This Core Concept video focuses on Rene Descartes' work The Discourse on Method, specifically on his discussion in part 2 of the work, where he sets out to reconstruct reliable foundations that will support his project of progressively developing genuine knowledge.
If you'd like to support my work producing videos like this, become a Patreon supporter! Here's the link to find out more - including the rewards I offer backers: / sadler
You can also make a direct contribution to help fund my ongoing educational projects, by clicking here: www.paypal.me/ReasonIO
If you're interested in philosophy tutorial sessions with me - especially on Cicero or Stoicism more generally! - click here: reasonio.wordpress.com/tutori...
You can find the copy of the text I am using for this sequence on Descartes' Discourse on Method here - amzn.to/2JpMP7i

[@eqwinn]

thanks for all the great work! It's always a pleasure to watch.

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@farshidshateri2833]

I am an optics engineer. Until now, I had been mostly studying mathematics and physics. But I happened to perceive the importance of wielding humanities pieces of knowledge, chief among them philosophy, not only to become more intellectually multidimensional but in order to become a better person, to find a better institutional course in my life, simply speaking. Why I found Professor Sadler's youtube channel on philosophy superior to other channels was its pure goal; to teach philosophy. This is in contrast with other channels where you can very easily observe that they obviously tend to increase their subscribers at the cost of reducing the quality of teachings. For instance, many of those channels produce short videos, say, less than 2 minutes. For someone like me who is a novice in philosophy, it could be at most of the times quite frustrating to see that you did not understand Descartes philosophy in a very short time. In these situations, it is probable to put the blame not on the video maker but on ourselves.

[@GregoryBSadler]

I suppose that might indeed be the case - that the viewer blames themself for not understanding a complex text, thinker, topic, etc. because they only get too-short or simplistic treatments, and then take them as accurate. The same thing happens, by the way, with textbooks and intro to philosophy classes, sometimes

[@farshidshateri2833]

Professor Sadler's way of teaching is quite amazingly both pedantic and plain, at the same time as well as his way of speaking which is both voluble and simple.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Hahahah! Generally, being "pedantic" is not a good thing

[@farshidshateri2833]

@@GregoryBSadler LOL. I am not a native English speaker but you are right. :))
In fact, now I learned a subtle difference between pedantic and pedagogical.

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@farshidshateri2833 Hahahaha! Yes, it seemed slightly out of place

[@mesmeiskender8193]

Hello could u pls explain me why descartes criticize previous education system?

[@GregoryBSadler]

It’s right there in the text and video

[@mesmeiskender8193]

@@GregoryBSadler do you have a written information about it?

[@GregoryBSadler]

@@mesmeiskender8193 th-cam.com/video/OV_T8Emyf6I/w-d-xo.html

[@aminahaniboudah9915]

Thank you so much

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome!