The Nature of Our Values | Markus Gabriel | TEDxBerlinSalon

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Prof. Dr. Markus Gabriel is the Chair for Epistemology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy and Director of the International Centre for Philosophy at the University of Bonn. Born in 1980, Gabriel studied philosophy and Ancient Greek in Bonn and Heidelberg. Previous to his current position, he was appointed assistant professor at the New School of Social Research in New York. Gabriel has held visiting professorships at Aarhus University, PUC Porto Alegre, PUC Rio de Janeiro and UC Berkeley. His research interests include epistemology, philosophy of religion and aesthetics, ancient philosophy, Post-Kantian Idealism, and contemporary analytical and post-analytical philosophy. He is the author of several books including Subjectivity, Madness and Laughter: Mythology, Madness, and Laughter: Subjectivity in German Idealism (2009), co-authored with Slavoj Zizek; Transcendental Ontology: Essays on German Idealism (2011), Skepticism and Idealism in Ancient Philosophy (2013, forthcoming), Warum es die Welt nicht gibt (2013), has been a SPIEGEL bestseller. His most recent books are Fields of Sense. A New Realist Ontology.(2015) and Ich ist nicht Gehirn (2015).
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[@Thisguysgoinplaces]

Very well said.

[@bobrolander4344]

What exactly? Why am I (besides Gabriel) always the only one making concrete arguments?

[@tomasdesouza2847]

What was the argument against the relativist? there was one?

[@The_Accuser]

5:37
If you think otherwise, your a criminal psychopath, and I will call the police immediatly.

[@koffeeblack5717]

Experience is inherently value-laden and unintelligible without values. We already walk into every situation of our live in recognition and response to values, whether we acknowledge them or not. It's not possible for a human to actually be a nihilist, therefore (even if they make vain assertions to the contrary).

[@albeatle17]

"The others (people from other cultures) are super different, but they're really not...". It's true: I'm looking at a unitedstatesian comedian born in Germany.

[@fezzitta]

I'd call that personality, which has got nothing to do with nationality.

[@Gerardemful]

Lange Zeit habe ich Herrn Gabriel bewundert, doch seitdem ich Primin Stekeler las und Gabriels Corono-Verblödung... Danke, Volldepp!!!

[@fedor755]

Haben Sie denn auch Argumente gegen Gabriels Thesen oder nur diese Erklärung, mit der niemand außer Ihnen etwas anfangen kann? Dessen Sie sich sich doch hoffentlich bewusst, oder? Wenn ich Ihnen erzähle, dass ich an Gott glaube, weil seit letzter Woche jeden Tag zu mir spricht, dann ist das noch lange kein Argument für Gott.

[@abuzittinnetekimcumbuslugi3678]

Yazarın, `Dünyanın Neden Var Olmadığı Üzerine` adlı kitabının Türkçe çevirisini (çev. Vedat Çorlu) okuyorum şu aralar. Ya çevirinin (ki kuvvetle muhtemel olan bu seçenektir) berbat bir çeviri olması ya da Markus Gabriel`in felsefeci değil, Bonn Üniversitesi`nde güvenlik görevlisi olması söz konusudur, diye düşünüyorum.

[@geotyr3868]

351 likes.
nearly unicorns

[@hood1148]

so his conclusion is that values have value and thats why democracy is important...? underwhelming to say the least. Hyperbole!

[@bobrolander4344]

Not if you read at least one of his books. In "Fields of Sense: A New Realist Ontology" (University level), (Split up in two more popular/undergraduate level books), he has freed 1) Realism from Materialism, 2) Idealism from Absolutism, 3) Ontology from Metaphysics.
He did that in such great detail, that it is understandable why he became a professor at such young age. He can not only _read,_ Shoppenhauer, Hegel and Kant, but actually _explain_ it in modern language, i.e. _translate_ it into thought processes we young people can understand. And because he 1) gives the original citations and 2) admits that his interpretations/translations can differ from others (whose he also often provides) can have his subjective mark on them, I find his analysis to be quite trustworthy.
And he is now preparing to use his basic analytic, tools of ontology & epistemology as a foundation for the three pillars of his future ethics. You will be quite surprised how profound such a simple little book like "Why the World does Not Exist" can be. It makes both Idealism and Nihilism appear like Galileo's description of Saturns Rings compared with Hubblescope images of Saturn.
This is post postmodern. The second era of modern. This post everything.

[@elultimorock]

Dave also somethings the interest in philosophy is to understand completely concepts not to say new super mega interesting things that are super fun and suit your consumer curiosity

[@JuanPabloSelvaje]

Flashiness is not indicative of good philosophy.

[@joufaxerxes7966]

@@bobrolander4344 I'm surprised to see how many Gabriel fans aren't German. I honestly thought there was no one . Cheers.

[@thechadeuropeanfederalist893]

+Bob Rolander
Great comment. I see you know a lot about Markus Gabriel's philosophy.
Do you know by any chance whether his philosophy also has an answer to the question why there is something rather than nothing?
Because i wonder, if there are infinitely many fields of senses, whether those simply always existed or somehow came into existence.