Been watching on YouTube the Yale lecture courses and I have to say this guy is pretty interesting. I figure he must be a good professor; heck if he can make people think while watching him on youtube imagine the students in his class. I wonder if he teaches other areas other than Death and related topics etc.
Professor Kagan introduces the course and the material that will be covered during the semester. He aims to clarify what the class will focus on in particular and which subjects it will steer away from. The emphasis will be placed on philosophical questions that arise when one contemplates the nature of death. The first half of the course will address metaphysical questions while the second half will focus on value theory.
The lecture begins with a continued discussion of the Cartesian argument and its weaknesses. The lecture then turns to Plato's metaphysical views in the context of his work, Phaedo. The key point in the discussion is the idea that in addition to the ordinary empirical world that we are familiar with, we posit the existence of a second realm in which the Platonic forms exist. These forms are the abstract properties that we attribute to physical objects, such as beauty, justice, goodness and so on. Since it is the soul that conceives of these Platonic forms and ideas, Plato argues that the soul not only outlives the body but lasts forever. It is perfect, immaterial and indestructible.
i don't mean to be out of line here but maybe this is something byrstmar should take a gander at considering recent events, maybe a mod, or someone who is close to him may link this to him, or not.
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i am going to spend a whole lot of time in this channel, thank you, and damn you stealthblue.
On September 15 2009 15:55 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: I think he must be a good professor heck if he can make people think who watch just a fraction of his courses that are posted on the internet imagine the students that take his class.
I cannot even begin to wrap my mind around this sentence. It blows my mind.
I get what the sentence is saying but its just fucking wow.
On September 15 2009 18:49 Mah Buckit! wrote: hahah. They really "teach" this in University. Everybody can think! I thought death throughout when I was 12.
clearly. . . also i would like to point out that being a professor at yale must entail he is in all ways inferior to you and through years of study has thought his course out about as thoroughly as you when you were 12. But of course no philosophical retard is without his trusty ancient imbeciles, such as Plato, a poor excuse for a man, much less a thinker.
really. . .
I have not seen all, or even 90% of his videos but i will, because even though i am intelligent, i am not stupid enough to think that in my spare time with no real work ethic or rigor i could have thought this out as thoroughly as him, and as such he may have reached certain aspects of death and existence that may have not even entered my mind, but then again maybe not.
On September 15 2009 18:49 Mah Buckit! wrote: hahah. They really "teach" this in University. Everybody can think! I thought death throughout when I was 12.
clearly. . . also i would like to point out that being a professor at yale must entail he is in all ways inferior to you and through years of study has thought his course out about as thoroughly as you when you were 12. But of course no philosophical retard is without his trusty ancient imbeciles, such as Plato, a poor excuse for a man, much less a thinker.
really. . .
I have not seen all, or even 90% of his videos but i will, because even though i am intelligent, i am not stupid enough to think that in my spare time with no real work ethic or rigor i could have thought this out as thoroughly as him, and as such he may have reached certain aspects of death and existence that may have not even entered my mind, but then again maybe not.
anywho while your swinging your E penis here Mah Buckit here is my IQ whats your? + Show Spoiler +
I never took his class when I was at Yale but it was indeed very popular and people raved about it. Perhaps I'll look into it someday; I do sometimes regret taking so many classes in my major and so few outside.
thanks CCStealthBlue, this was a great find, i think I could use this kind of material for personal growth right now. Already saw introduction, now 2. The nature of persons: dualism vs. physicalism
On September 15 2009 18:49 Mah Buckit! wrote: hahah. They really "teach" this in University. Everybody can think! I thought death throughout when I was 12.
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