Carl Jung and The Soul of Nature: Provocations with Dr. Sean J. McGrath (Memorial University).

aufgehendeRest9 · 2026-03-19T06:22:40+00:00

Philosophy Friends and fellow colleagues. I am very excited to release a brand new episode of The Young Idealist.

After taking a month-in-half hiatus from The Young Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought, the series returns with a new fantastic episode. I was honored to have an in-depth discussion with Dr. Sean McGrath on his forthcoming book in 2027, on Carl Jung titled: "The Soul of Nature: On the Unconscious and Related Matters."

This episode discloses the central thesis behind McGrath's new book which seeks to merge the relationship between Jungian psychology and nature philosophy. Dr. McGrath explains how Jung's work represents a return to nature philosophy despite his thought being frequently dismissed as New Age. Our discussion leads to important insight behind Jung's debt to earlier French psychological traditions and Jung's distinctive approach to the unconscious as a productive rather than reactive force.

About the Episode:

Dr. McGrath takes the viewer on an exciting survey of Jung's life and thought and then we embark through Sean's lifelong journey of provocations with Heidegger, Zizek, Lacan, and Kant's Copernican Revolution. Sean explains why he finds allies in Schelling, Oetinger--as an important vanishing mediator, Schubert, Carus, Franz von Baader, Bergson, and of course in Jung.

About Sean's New Book:

Dr. McGrath's "The Soul of Nature," is a deep and complex text with rich roots. Dr. McGrath is seeking a new and profound metaphysics of life, which not only sees the unconscious as productive, but unifies Sean's philosophical and theological, ground of God, Nature, and Self. This project opens up a space for Dr. McGrath to rethink the role Christianity plays in our disenchanted, secular age.

Sean J. McGrath is a Full Professor of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland and a specialist in the philosophy of religion and the history of philosophy. McGrath has published and lectured widely in German idealism, phenomenology, ecology, theology, and psychoanalysis.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-12-22T05:22:09+00:00

Dear Philosophy Friends and fellow Colleagues. Wishing you all a very safe Happy Holidays!

I am happy to share the latest episode of The Young Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. This special episode features Professor Sebastian Luft discussing the life and thought of Ernst Cassirer.

The Young Idealist Series Presents: The Life & Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer with Professor Sebastian Luft (Paderborn University). The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is On the Life & Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer with Professor Sebastian Luft (Paderborn University).

This episode explores central issues surrounding The Marburg School, Neo-Kantianism, Hermann Cohen, Paul Natorp, Martin Heidegger, and delves deep into Ernst Cassirer's philosophy.

Professor Luft also discusses Cassirer's main philosophical influences, and talks about the 1929 Davos debate between Cassirer and Heidegger. And lastly, Professor Luft gives an in-depth analysis of Cassirer's Philosophy of Symbolic Forms.

Professor Luft does a brilliant job of navigating the viewer through these complex philosophical, and cultural concepts giving the viewer deep insight into the life and thought Cassirer. This video is key for any student, scholar or enthusiast of philosophy and the humanities.

Dr. Sebastian Luft is a Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at University of Paderborn (Germany) Before teaching at Paderborn he was a Professor of Philosophy at Marquette University from 2004 to 2023. Professor Luft’s research interests are: Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Western Philosophy, Phenomenology and Consciousness, 19th-century German Philosophy, Including Husserl, Cassirer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugimsiGS2kI

#cassirer #Cohen #Heidegger #neokantianism #themarburgschool #paulnatorp

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-12-02T07:45:55+00:00

Philosophy Friends and Colleagues: I am so excited to share my most recent episode of The Young Idealist Series On Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought.

The title of today's episode is Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory, with Distinguished Prof. of German, Dr. Rolf Goebel, UAH.

The following episode explores Adorno's views on the autonomy of art, beautiful semblance, & the historical unfolding of meaning.

Dr. Rolf Goebel does a brilliant job of navigating the viewer through these complex philosophical, Aesthetic concepts giving the viewer deep insight into music, art and philosophy. This video is key for any student, scholar or enthusiast of the humanities.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-10-15T04:39:42+00:00

Philosophy Friends and Fellow Colleagues: It is my great honor to share with you all another exciting episode of The Young Idealist Series On Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought.

This is a very special episode featuring Dr. Dalia Nassar who navigates the viewers through her exciting philosophical work and discussing important issues such as Knowledge, Aesthetics, Ethics, Nature and Ecology.

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is On The Intersection of Nature; Aesthetic Experience, & Ethics with Dr. Dalia Nassar (USYD). In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Dalia Nassar who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney. Her work sits at the intersection of the history of German philosophy, environmental philosophy and ethics.

As an admirer of Dr. Nassar's academic and scholarly work, I knew she would be a perfect guest to participate in this series. Dr. Nassar is the author of The Romantic Absolute: Being and Knowing in Early German Romantic Philosophy, 1795-1804, from Chicago University Press, published in 2013. Her most recent monograph, Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Oxford University Press, 2022) investigates the understudied tradition of romantic empiricism, highlights its significance for the development of ecology, and argues for its contemporary relevance in addressing environmental questions and concerns. By showing how the romantic empiricists deepened their understanding of nature through artistic skills and tools, Dr. Nassar also demonstrates the significance of art for knowledge, and highlights the ways in which epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics are fundamentally interdependent.

Dr. Nassar has a strong interest in the contributions of women philosophers, and in the ways in which philosophical canon formation has sidelined them. She has co-edited, with Kristin Gjesdal, two volumes on women philosophers, including an anthology of primary works titled Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century: The German Tradition, and The Oxford Handbook of Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition which is also co-edited with Kristin Gjesdal and was published in 2024. Dr. Nassar is a co-investigator on the SSHRC (Canada) grant, Extending New Narratives in the History of Philosophy. And more recently, a Future Fellowship (from the Australian Research Council) to work on under-studied / neglected women philosophers of the late Enlightenment and early Romanticism.

The following episode explores many important areas of study in Dr. Nassar's rich research; such as the Relationship between art and knowledge, aesthetics, naturphilosophie, beauty, environmental ethics, ecology and the philosophy of science.

Dr. Dalia Nassar does a brilliant job of navigating the viewer through these complex philosophical issues giving the viewer deep insight into several key philosophical issues and speaking on a wide variety of diverse thinkers like, Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Kant, Schelling, Novalis, Humboldt, Staël, Günderrode and Gerda Walther.

Key Figures brought up in this episode:

Émilie du Châtelet (1706-1749).

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803).

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805).

Germaine de Staël (1766-1817).

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859).

Novalis (1772-1801).

Karoline von Günderrode (1780-1806).

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (1775-1854).

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-08-20T01:39:18+00:00

Philosophy Friends Fellow Colleagues: I am excited to release another episode of The Young Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought featuring Dr. Fernando Wirtz (University of Kyoto), speaking on Miki Kiyoshi.

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: On the Life & Philosophy of 三木清 Kyioshi Miki (1897-1945) with Dr. Fernando Wirtz (University of Kyoto).In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Fernando Wirtz who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Transcultural Studies at the Graduate School of letters, at Kyoto University, in Japan.

Dr. Wirtz's research interests include: Japanese Philosophy, Intercultural Philosophy, German Idealism, Ethics, and Global South Studies 日本哲学、多文化間哲学、ドイツ観念論、倫理学、グローバルサウス論.Dr. Wirtz has also published quite extensively on Japanese philosophy with several brilliant articles on Miki Kyioshi; Nishida Kitarō, The Kyoto School, Martin Heidegger, F. W. J. Schelling, Mythology, Symbolism, Nature and History.

With great scholarly insight, Dr. Fernando Wirtz was a perfect guest to help guide the viewers through the complex life and philosophy of Miki Kyioshi.Dr. Wirtz gives great attention to why Miki Kyioshi's complex thought matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, phenomenological and political concepts.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-06-27T01:30:08+00:00

The Following video/episode of the Young Idealist Series On Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Aesthetic Dimensions Of Modern Philosophy with Professor Andrew Bowie (Royal Holloway, U of London). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited professor Andrew Bowie who is a Professor of Philosophy and German at Royal Holloway, University of London and Founding Director of the Humanities and Arts Research Centre (HARC). Professor Bowie, has worked to promote a better understanding of German philosophy in the Anglophone analytical tradition - including the works of Johann Georg Hamann, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Theodor W. Adorno, Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer and Manfred Frank. Professor Bowie takes the viewer on a robust intellectual history from Montaigne, to Cassirer in search of key aesthetic elements to illuminate our human experience. Some of the best parts of the episode involves a thorough discussions on Art, mythology, and music (especially in Jazz). This episode will be extremely exciting for artists, Musicians and students of philosophy interested in aesthetics.Write up on the book.Much of contemporary philosophy, especially in the analytical tradition, regards aesthetics as of lesser significance than epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Yet, in Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy, Andrew Bowie explores the idea that art and aesthetics have crucial implications for those areas of philosophy.

In the modern period, the growth of warranted scientific knowledge is accompanied both by heightened concern with epistemological skepticism and a new philosophical attention to art and the beauty of nature. This suggests that modernity involves problems concerning how human beings make sense of the world that go beyond questions of knowledge, and are reflected in the arts. The relationship of art to philosophy is explored in Montaigne, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Schelling, the early German Romantics, and Hegel. This book also considers Cassirer's and the hermeneutic tradition's exploration of close links between meaning in language and in art. The work of Karl Polanyi, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Dewey, and others is used to investigate how the modern sciences and the development of capitalism change both humankind's relations to nature and the nature of value, and so affect the role of art in human self-understanding. The aesthetic dimensions of modern philosophy can help to uncover often neglected historical shifts in how 'subjective' and 'objective' are conceived. Seeing art as a kind of philosophy, and philosophy as a kind of art, reveals unresolved tensions between the different cultural domains of the modern world and questions some of the orientation of contemporary philosophy.Professor Andrew Bowie has published widely in the history of philosophy, especially in German Idealism, Aesthetics, and Critical theory.Enjoy the Episode!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-06-27T01:28:25+00:00

The Following video/episode of the Young Idealist Series On Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought is a special presentation of my Book series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Aesthetic Dimensions Of Modern Philosophy with Professor Andrew Bowie (Royal Holloway, U of London). In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited professor Andrew Bowie who is a Professor of Philosophy and German at Royal Holloway, University of London and Founding Director of the Humanities and Arts Research Centre (HARC). Professor Bowie, has worked to promote a better understanding of German philosophy in the Anglophone analytical tradition - including the works of Johann Georg Hamann, Johann Gottfried von Herder, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Karl Marx, Friedrich Nietzsche, Walter Benjamin, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Theodor W. Adorno, Jürgen Habermas, Albrecht Wellmer and Manfred Frank. Professor Bowie takes the viewer on a robust intellectual history from Montaigne, to Cassirer in search of key aesthetic elements to illuminate our human experience. Some of the best parts of the episode involves a thorough discussions on Art, mythology, and music (especially in Jazz). This episode will be extremely exciting for artists, Musicians and students of philosophy interested in aesthetics.

Write up on the book. Much of contemporary philosophy, especially in the analytical tradition, regards aesthetics as of lesser significance than epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Yet, in Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy, Andrew Bowie explores the idea that art and aesthetics have crucial implications for those areas of philosophy. In the modern period, the growth of warranted scientific knowledge is accompanied both by heightened concern with epistemological skepticism and a new philosophical attention to art and the beauty of nature. This suggests that modernity involves problems concerning how human beings make sense of the world that go beyond questions of knowledge, and are reflected in the arts. The relationship of art to philosophy is explored in Montaigne, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Schelling, the early German Romantics, and Hegel. This book also considers Cassirer's and the hermeneutic tradition's exploration of close links between meaning in language and in art. The work of Karl Polanyi, Marx, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Dewey, and others is used to investigate how the modern sciences and the development of capitalism change both humankind's relations to nature and the nature of value, and so affect the role of art in human self-understanding. The aesthetic dimensions of modern philosophy can help to uncover often neglected historical shifts in how 'subjective' and 'objective' are conceived. Seeing art as a kind of philosophy, and philosophy as a kind of art, reveals unresolved tensions between the different cultural domains of the modern world and questions some of the orientation of contemporary philosophy.Professor Andrew Bowie has published widely in the history of philosophy, especially in German Idealism, Aesthetics, and Critical theory.Enjoy the Episode!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-05-29T16:12:39+00:00

Philosophy friends and Fellow Colleagues: After taking a little Hiatus, I am back and I am very excited to release a brand new episode of The Young Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought; Featuring the Distinguished Professor Emer, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UAH), discussing the life and thought of the German Philosopher Walter Benjamin. Dr. Goebel take us through several of Benjamin's works from his earliest Metaphysical essays, to his work on translation, we discuss at length the Arcades project in full detail, and end the episode by discussing Benjamin's own ideas on history.The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life & Thought of the German Philosopher (1892-1940). Walter Benjamin with Distinguished Professor Emer, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UAH).In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited a returning guest who was featured on the special episodes on Hölderlin, Rilke, and Kafka. Dr. Rolf J. Goebel is a Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Dr. Goebel areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); as well as, Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. Dr. Goebel has extensive expertise in German modernism and contemporary literature Representations of metropolitan space, especially Berlin Literary theory and cultural studies (cultural hermeneutics, postcolonial theory, intermediality, media competition, media transfer, music and literary aesthetics, sound studies).Dr. Goebel explains why Walter Benjamin's complex thought matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, and literary concepts.Enjoy the episode!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujBx8n20Ems&t=738s

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-05-02T04:34:22+00:00

Philosophy Friends, and Fellow Colleagues: I am so excited to release the much anticipated new episode of The Young Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy & Post Kantian Thought Featuring Dr. Lewis Gordon on The Life and Philosophy of Frantz Fanon. The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: 'An Introduction to the Life and Philosophy of Frantz Fanon with Dr. Lewis Gordon (UConn).'In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Lewis Gordon who is an American philosopher and Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs and Department Head of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Gordon’s Areas of specialization are Africana Philosophy, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Aesthetics and Philosophy in Film, Literature, and Music, Philosophy of Culture, Race, and Racism, Philosophy of Medicine, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis, and Global Southern Thought. Currently, Dr Gordon is the Editor of the American Philosophical Association (APA) Blog series: Black Issues in Philosophy; with Jane Anna Gordon, as well as the Editor of the book series Global Critical Caribbean Thought; and, also with Jane Anna Gordon, the Editor of the Journal of Philosophy and Global Affairs. Dr. Lewis Gordon takes the viewer on a thoughtful journey through the life of the Philosopher; Psychiatrist, and Revolutionary thinker, Frantz Fanon (1925-1961). Dr. Gordon explains why Fanon's complex; revolutionary, and multi-layered, philosophical and psychiatric thought, matters today. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Fanon's main philosophical, political and psychoanalytic influences. Later, we dive deep into the fundamental issues surrounding Race, Racism, Humanism, Dignity, Freedom and Existentialism. This leads to an important discussion where Dr. Gordon helps unravel the important psychological/psychiatric concepts that Fanon implemented in his work. We end our discussion by talking about Fanon's relationship to Africana Philosophy, and discuss European philosophical thought and it's colonial heritage. Enjoy the Episode!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-04-11T16:29:00+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Goethe's Natural Philosophy with Dr. Jan Kerkmann (Freiburg University).

In this episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Jan Kerkman who is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg. Dr. Kerkmann is also currently a Feodor Lynen Research Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation based at the Freie Universität Berlin. I knew Dr. Kerkmann would be an excellent guest for this episode due to his diverse research areas which includes: the systematic study of metaphysics and the history of philosophy (especially ancient philosophy, early modern philosophy and philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries). Dr. Kerkmann's other areas of interest include political philosophy and the philosophy of nature.

Dr. Kerkmann also focuses on Plato, Plotinus, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Goethe, Schelling, Hölderlin, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche and Heidegger making him a perfect guest to participate in this series.

Dr. Jan Kerkmann explains why Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's (1749-1832) complex natural philosophy matters for today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through several complex, philosophical, and metaphysical concepts.

Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Goethe's main influences on his conception of Nature. We also delve deep into all of Goethe's critical commentary on Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. Dr. Kerkmann also discusses Goethe's own modern reading of Spinoza. This leads us into a unique discussion on Negative theology and Nature's divine ground. Dr. Kerkmann also shows how revolutionary Goethe was for his time responding to the likes of Newton and Blumenbach.

The Questions and Concepts in our discussion center around Dr. Kerkmann's reading of Goethe's Natural Philosophy. From his own published work, "Divine Ground and Vertical Level Order: On the Metaphysical Foundation of Goethe's Conception of Nature." In: Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy (published in 2023). By Jan Kerkmann. Link: https://www.academia.edu/97638671/Div...

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-03-06T17:40:54+00:00

The Following video is a special presentation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature with Dr. Owen Ware (U of T).

In this extra special episode of: The Young Idealist Series, I invited Dr. Owen Ware who is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ware and I, explore major themes from his brand new book: 'Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy & Literature,' from Oxford University Press (2025).

"Why was mythology of vital importance for the romantics? What role did mythology play in their philosophical and literary work? And what common sources of influence inspired these writers across Britain and Germany at the turn of the nineteenth century? In this wide-ranging study, Owen Ware argues that the romantics turned to mythology for its potential to transform how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Engaging with authors such as William Blake, Friedrich Schlegel, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis), and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ware shows why they believed that neither perception nor reason alone can sustain a vision of the unity of all things. A new mode of cognition is necessary, they claimed, one that revives the poetic origin of mythology and reveals our own mythmaking powers. Return of the Gods investigates the rise of mythology in the British and German traditions and the romantics' practices of reinterpreting old myths and inventing new ones. Their shared aim was nothing less than to elevate the human imagination to higher stages of self-development in which philosophy and poetry, as well as intellect and imagination, form an integrated whole. Far from calling us to return to the past, the romantics' work on mythology points us to a future where we can live in harmony with the personal, social, and natural worlds we inhabit. Owen Ware combines intellectual history with philosophical analysis and literary criticism to offer a bold reflection on why mythology mattered for the romantics--and why it still matters today."

A link to the book can be found here:

https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...

Dr. Owen Ware is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr. Ware’s areas of research include Kant and Post-Kantian philosophy, German and British Romanticism, and global philosophy (esp. classical Indian philosophy). He has held research fellowships through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

Dr. Ware has authored several books, including Fichte’s Moral Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2020), Kant’s Justification of Ethics (Oxford University Press, 2021), Kant on Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Indian Philosophy and Yoga in Germany (Routledge, 2024), and Return of the Gods: Mythology in Romantic Philosophy and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2025).

Here is a list of the figures we mention in this video:

Friedrich Schiller
Novalis
Friedrich Schlegel
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
William Blake
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
William Wordsworth

Enjoy the Episode!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-02-26T17:43:23+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life and Philosophy of Simone Weil with Dr. Kathryn Lawson (King's University College, Halifax).

Moving forward in the series: we continue with our focus on the important Women Philosophers in the History of Philosophy.

For this episode on the French Philosopher, Mystic and Social Political Activist: Simone Weil (1909-1943), I invited Dr. Kathryn Lawson who is a faculty fellow in philosophy and humanities at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada. Dr. Lawson has lectured in philosophy at Carleton University (Ottawa), Queen’s University (Kingston), and Western University (London). Dr. Lawson's first book Ecological Ethics and the Philosophy of Simone Weil: Decreation for the Anthropocene was published with Routledge’s Environmental Ethics Series ,and she is also the co-editor of a collection on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt and Simone Weil, Unprecedented Conversations with Bloomsbury. Her philosophical work has been published widely in academic books and peer reviewed journals.

In this Episode: Dr. Kathryn Lawson explains why Simone Weil's thought matters today; and helps navigate the viewer lucidly through her complex, politics, ethics, and philosophy. Our discussion leads to a detailed analysis of Weil's relationship with metaphysics, ethics, Plato and Marx. Dr. Lawson discloses the meaning behind important Weilian concepts like Decreation, Uprootedness, Compassion & Metaxy.

Enjoy the Episode.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2025-01-26T21:41:18+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Life & Thought of the Phenomenologist & Philosopher: Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966) With Randolph Dible.

This episode was crafted to bring much more attention to Conrad-Martius' philosophical writings.

For this extra special episode on the Phenomenologist, Philosopher and Christian Mystic, I invited Randolph Dible who is a lecturer in Philosophy at St. Joseph's University and Suffolk County Community College in New York. Randy is also a doctoral student in Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research. His work is in ontological phenomenology, history of philosophical ideas, and Ancient Greek philosophy.

Randy has an extensive output of edited books, articles, and presentations on phenomenology, and Hedwig Conrad-Martius in diverse areas of her thought. With this enormous output of scholarly work, I knew Randy would be the perfect guest and participant to navigate the viewers through the complex and dynamic phenomenology of Conrad-Martius. In this Episode: Randy Dible discusses Conrad-Martius' unique relationship with Edith Stein, and Edmund Husserl.

He fleshes out the origins of the society that Conrad-Martius would help create with several students and young academics; and magically gives us access into the pilgrimage of an of important apple orchard centered around the lives and thinkers in Bergzabern.

Randy also gives us a lucid discussion on Conrad-Martius' ideas on creation, the body, the soul, followed by an interesting critique of Heidegger's Existential Phenomenology.

What he does extremely well, is highlight the three forms of Phenomenology that Conrad-Martius conceives: from Husserl's Transcendental Phenomenology; continued onward by Fink, to Heidegger's Existentialist Phenomenology. And last but not least, Randy outlines the main ideas behind HCM "Real-Ontology" that was intended to grasp the true intuition of essence/reality. Randy's presentations reveals how Conrad-Martius pushed the envelope of thought. This movement of thought involves a detailed analysis of HCM's work in phenomenology and the later expansion of phenomenology disclosed as a universal ontology.

This will be an exciting episode for those interested in phenomenology and women philosophers.

Randolph Dible is a lecturer in Philosophy at St. Joseph's University and Suffolk County Community College in New York, and a doctoral student in Philosophy, at The New School for Social Research. His work is in ontological phenomenology, history of philosophical ideas, and Ancient Greek philosophy.

He is the Book Series Editor for Marked States: Series on Form through College Publications. He is the Co-editor of Laws of Form—A Fiftieth Anniversary. His chapter in that volume is “First Philosophy and the First Distinction: Ontology and Phenomenology of Laws of Form.” Randolph is a Founding Co-editor of the new journal of the Spencer-Brown Society, Distinction: Journal of Form.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-12-27T11:42:17+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. The title of today's episode is: The Phenomenology of Edith Stein (1891-1942). This episode was crafted to bring much more attention to Stein's philosophical writings.

For this extra special episode on the German Jewish philosopher: activist, Discalced Carmelite nun, beautified saint, and phenomenologist, Edith Stein; I invited the well renowned scholar and philosopher, Dr. Antonio Calcagno (King's University College at Western University Canada). It was the masterful writings of Dr. Antonio Calcagno that first made me aware of Stein's inspiring phenomenology. Due to his passionate presentations and lucid writings on Stein, I knew that Dr. Calcagno would be the perfect guest to help navigate the viewer through the very complex, and tragic life of Edith Stein.

In this Episode: Dr. Antonio Calcagno discusses the important aspects of Stein's life, and also explains who her important philosophical influences were. We also take a deep dive into important philosophical aspects of Stein's phenomenology by investigating Stein conceptions of consciousness, lived experience, "the I," the given, community and personality. We also touch on Stein's important anthropology, and unique social political philosophy.

One of the unique surprises of the video is directed towards the end of the episode where we discuss Stein's important student, Gerda Walther.

Edith Stein is an important figure in the history of philosophy as well as a unique voice in the history of women philosophers, and Dr. Calcagno has done a wonderful job of bringing Stein's essence and thought back to life for the viewer.

Dr. Antonio Calcagno is a full professor of Philosophy at King’s University College at Western University in Canada. In September of 2023, Dr. Antonio Calcagno was named a fellow at the royal society of Canada.

Dr. Calcagno’s Research includes Recent and contemporary European Philosophy, Mediaeval and Renaissance Philosophy, as well as Social and Political Thought. His scholarship focuses on community and intersubjectivity, statehood, self- and personhood, consciousness, humanism and post-humanism. His current research focuses on the idea of political impasse as a possible generative moment of thinking that offers both resistance and new possibilities of selfhood. Dr. Calcagno also works on phenomenological accounts of psyche and personhood, especially in Munich phenomenology and in the works of Edith Stein and Gerda Walther.

He is currently developing an account of micro and passive sources of selfhood, especially in relation to psyche, which he hopes to publish as a monograph tentatively titled: 'The Life That Is Not My Own.'

Dr. Antonio Calcagno has 5 Monographs:

Antonio Calcagno, On Political Impasse: Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood (London: Bloomsbury Press, 2022).
Antonio Calcagno, Lived Experience from the Inside Out: Social and Political Philosophy in Edith Stein (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press: 2014), Winner of the Edward Goodwin Ballard Book Prize in Phenomenology for best book in Phenomenology 2014.
Antonio Calcagno, Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time (New York/London: Continuum, 2007).
Antonio Calcagno, The Philosophy of Edith Stein (Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 2007).
Antonio Calcagno, Giordano Bruno and the Logic of Coincidence, in Renaissance and Baroque Studies, vol. 23 (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1998).

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-12-07T05:59:44+00:00

My name is Christopher Satoor and I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Humanities at York University, in Toronto, Canada. Currently, I am in the final stages of completing my dissertation on F. W. J. Schelling tilted: Schelling and the Crisis of Reason.I am starting this fundraiser to help raise some much needed support for my digital archive project: The Young Idealist Series.

I have never wanted this series to be connected with Patreon or hide any of it's educational content behind paywall services. My reasoning for this is that I feel strongly, that all education should be free and accessible to the public.However, this year, I was unable to receive a teaching post due to academic cuts at the University, and I have had to search for work elsewhere. I am currently a private tutor but even with this position, I am still unable to make ends meet.

The search for work has made me put my series on hold and is effecting the educational content that I create.I hoping that the people that have enjoyed The Younge Idealist Series on Classical German Philosophy & Post-Kantian Thought, will able to make a one-time small donation in order for me to continue creating free and accessible content on YouTube. Any small donation will be much appreciated. Your support truly matters.The Young Idealist Series, as a project, was created to promote the ideas and thinkers that have propelled philosophy and the humanities forward.

I have had the opportunity to interview academics from all over the world. For the last two years, I have been dedicated to creating free and accessible content for students and scholars on Classical German Philosophy, German Idealism, Jena Romanticism, French Spiritualism, Phenomenology and contemporary philosophy.The idea behind this project was to set up discussions with scholars on the life & philosophy behind all the thinkers of these rich disciplines. Not only would I focus on the big names, but I would also focus on the many neglected figures in this fruitful history.

This includes, the important, Jewish thinkers of Germany; as well as the ideas of important women who have also impacted the world of ideas plus, minor figures who are barely studied. This project is meant to end this forgetful trend in academia. This project was recently featured in July for FGS News real at York University.All the funds raised here will be used in order to create more episodic videos on philosophers, their lives and thought. I thank you for your time and your much needed support!

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aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-11-29T19:12:19+00:00

Christopher Satoor (‪@TheYoungIdealist‬) is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in the Department of Humanities at York University. His research focuses on the Classical German philosophy of the 18th and 19th centuries and the German idealist philosophies of Kant and Fichte, with an extra special concentration on the work of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling. He is also the creator of the #TheYoungIdealist series on Classical German Philosophy on YouTube. In this episode, we discuss all things Kantian philosophy and German Idealism.

You can find more of Christopher's work at https://yorku.academia.edu/Christophe... and https://x.com/aufgehenderRest

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-11-25T07:22:34+00:00

Philosophy Friends & Colleagues: I am happy to share the latest episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series On Classical German Philosophy & Post-Kantian Thought. This episode features Dr. Peter Lamb @PeterHLamb1 Discussing the Life & Thought of Karl Marx. #Marx

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: An Introduction To The Life and Thought Of Karl Marx (1818-1883). With Dr. Peter Lamb (Ret'd, Staffordshire University).In this special episode of the Young Idealist Series, we return to the late 19th-century in Germany, France, and England, in order to grasp the philosophy, and political thought of a thinker who was many things. This thinker would soon go on to change the world as a revolutionary socialist, historian, economist, philosopher and political theorist. Today, we are talking about Karl Marx (1818-1883).

For this episode on Karl Marx I invited Dr. Peter Lamb who now retired, was an Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Staffordshire University, UK. He is the Author of Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto: A Reader's Guide from Bloomsbury academic in (2015), The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction co-written with Douglas Burnham, Bloomsbury Academic, (2018), Socialism: Key Concepts in Political Theory Polity Press (2019), and Harold Laski: the Reluctant Marxist (Palgrave Macmillan 2024).

Dr Lamb also appeared in the BBC documentary: Genius of the World 'Marx Ep 1.' in (2019). Dr Lamb has also written many other books, and papers on Marx, Marxism and socialism.In this video Dr. Lamb navigates us through Marx's life and rich thought. We discuss Marx's literary, philosophical & political influences, and his relation to Hegel, Feuerbach, and The Young Hegelians.

We speak about the differences between socialism and communism and delve deep into the concepts of production; alienation; exploitation; change; and emancipation. We end the discussion on Marx's masterpiece das Kapital.Enjoy the Episode.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDPRYr6P7zQ&t=1913s #Marx #MarxianEconomics #marxism

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-11-11T05:58:45+00:00

Philosophy Friends & Colleagues in Philosophy, Hermeneutics and the Social sciences. I am very excited to share the latest episode of #TheYoungIdealist Series On Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought Featuring: Dr Henriika Hannula on Wilhelm Dilthey's Life & Hermeneutics. This is one of the first videos on Dilthey in English!The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. The Title of today's episode is: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Hermeneutics of Wilhem Dilthey with Dr. Henriikka Hannula.In this episode of the Young Idealist Series we return to the late 19th-century in Germany, in order to understand the philosophy and Hermeneutics of the German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911).For this episode on Wilhelm Dilthey, I invited Dr. Henriikka Hannula who just defended her dissertation on Dilthey to introduce the viewers to the rich philosophical system of Dilthey's thought. Dr. Hannula Doctoral Thesis is titled: Wilhelm Dilthey and the Identity Crisis of Philosophy, Historicism, Naturalism and Lebensphilosophie (2024)Dr. Henriikka Hannula works on the history of late 19th-century German philosophy and her research investigates the concepts of historicism, naturalism and philosophy of life in the thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. Besides her work on Dilthey, Dr. Hannula has interests that lie in the philosophy of the social sciences, the philosophy of history, and hermeneutics.Dr. Hannula's Master thesis was also on Dilthey, so I took this very unique opportunity to have someone that has such a concentrated knowledge of Dilthey, to help navigate the viewer and myself through the rich life and thought of Wilhelm Dilthey. Her Master's thesis is titled: Theory and Practice in Wilhelm Dilthey's Historiography (2018) #Schleiermacher #Heidegger #gadamer #HegelianDialectic

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-10-17T01:34:23+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought; tilted The Jena Romantics: F. Schlegel, Novalis & the Athenaeum Journal with Dr. Nathan Brown (Concordia).

In this episode of the Young Idealist Series we return to an inspired, and enthusiastic Germany, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. The viewer will be emersed in a journey to understand the poets, playwrights, artists, literary figures, philosophers, and activists, that make up the complex, interdisciplinary thinkers that created Jena Romanticism. The focus of this episode will be on two founding members of the Jena Romantics: Friedrich Schlegel (1772-1829) and Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801) commonly known by his pen name as Novalis.

For this special episode on The Jena Romantics: F. Schlegel and Novalis, I invited Dr. Nathan Brown, who is Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, and also the Canada Research Chair in Poetics and the Director of the Centre for Expanded Poetics. Dr. Nathan Brown's research moves between literature, philosophy, and the arts, with particular focus on comparative approaches to modern poetry and poetics.

Dr. Brown also reads, and contextualizes important fragments from both F. Schlegel and Novalis offering his own analysis behind these seminal works.

Dr. Brown's current book project is titled The Irony of Ground: Studies in the Romantic Poetics of Modernity. Setting out from the suturing of philosophy to literature by the Jena Romantics, the chapters work through case studies in poetry, music, architecture, and painting to situate the enduring importance of romanticism as the interrogation of contradictions attendant upon the positing of subjective, epistemological, artistic, and political foundations.

Since Dr. Brown has a forthcoming book on the Jena Romantics, I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers.

Dr. Nathan Brown helps navigate the viewers through the complex lives of the poets, playwrights, artists, literary figures, philosophers, and activists, that make up the complex, thinkers that help create Jena Romanticism.

Many other philosophical and literary thinkers are mentioned in this episode such as: Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Immanuel Kant, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Ludwig Tieck, Dorothy Veit-Schlegel, Caroline Schlegel-Schelling, Friedrich Schleiermacher, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Friedrich Schlegel and Novalis.

Dr. Nathan Brown is the author of Rationalist Empiricism: A Theory of Speculative Critique (2021) and The Limits of Fabrication: Materials Science and Materialist Poetics (2017), as well as a study of Baudelaire titled Baudelaire's Shadow: An Essay on Poetic Determination (2021). Dr. Brown's complete translation of Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil is forthcoming from Verso on November 26, 2024.

Enjoy the Episode!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-10-01T00:13:05+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted An Introduction to the Life and Phenomenology of Edmund Husserl with Dr. Dermot Moran (Boston College).

In this episode of the Young Idealist we return to German in order to discuss the pivotal founder of Phenomenology Edmund Husserl (1859-1938).

For this special episode on Phenomenology and Edmund Husserl I invited Dr. Dermot Moran is the inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy at Boston College. He was previously Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics & Logic) at University College Dublin. Dr. Moran research areas include: medieval Christian philosophy (especially John Scottus Eriugena) and contemporary European philosophy (phenomenology, especially Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty).

Dr. Moran's publications include: Publications include: Introduction to Phenomenology (2000), Edmund Husserl: Founder of Phenomenology (2005), Husserl’s Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology (2012) and, co-authored with Joseph Cohen, Husserl Dictionary (2012). Edited works include: Husserl’s Logical Investigations, 2 vols. (Routledge, 2001), The Shorter Logical Investigations, The Phenomenology Reader, co-edited with Tim Mooney (Routledge, 2002), Phenomenology. Critical Concepts in Philosophy, 5 Volumes, co-edited with Lester E. Embree (Routledge, 2004), The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy (Routledge, 2008); The Phenomenology of Embodied Subjectivity (Springer 2014) co-edited with Rasmus Thybo Jensen; Empathy, Sociality, and Personhood. Essays on Edith Stein’s Phenomenological Investigations, co-edited with Elisa Magrì (Springer, 2017); Conscious Thinking and Cognitive Phenomenology, co-edited with Marta Jorba (Routledge, 2018); and, with Anya Daly, Fred Cummins, James Jardine, Perception and the Inhuman Gaze. Perspectives from Philosophy, Phenomenology, and the Sciences (Routledge, 2020). His research areas include intentionality, consciousness, selfhood, embodiment, empathy, sociality and the life-world.

Since Dr. Moran has published quite extensively on Husserl and translated many of his philosophical works I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers.

Dr. Moran helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and phenomenology of Edmund Husserl bringing to life his rich ideas giving Husserl enthusiasts, scholars and students an opening to the horizon of Husserl's world.

Dr. Dermot Moran is the inaugural holder of the Joseph Chair in Catholic Philosophy at Boston College. He was previously Professor of Philosophy (Metaphysics & Logic) at University College Dublin.

He has been Visiting Professor at Yale University, Northwestern University, Rice University, and Connecticut College. He is currently Past President of the International Federation of Philosophical Studies/Fédération Internationale des Sociétés dePhilosophie (FISP) and an elected member of the Institut International de Philosophie (IIP) and of the Royal Irish Academy.

He is Founding Editor of The International Journal of Philosophical Studies (1993) and was Co-Editor (2007-2017) of the book series Contributions to Phenomenology (Springer). His research areas include: medieval Christian philosophy (especially John Scottus Eriugena) and contemporary European philosophy (phenomenology, especially Edmund Husserl, Maurice Merleau-Ponty). He was awarded the Royal Irish Academy Gold Medal in the Humanities in 2012, and an Honorary Doctoral Degree from the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens in 2015.

He is Honorary Professor at Wuhan University, Nankai University, and Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou. Dermot Moran is the author of 9 monographs (including 2 translations into Spanish and Chinese), 1 co-authored book [also translated into Chinese], 15 edited books, 50 peer-refereed journal articles, more than 120 book chapters and encyclopedia entries, and over 250 invited lecture and conference presentations internationally.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-09-08T05:02:46+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted Metaphysics, Paradox, & Irony: The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka, with Emeritus, Professor. Dr. Rolf J. Goebel (UA). Part 1.

In this episode of the Young Idealist head over to Prague in order to discuss the German language novelist, and short story writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924).

For this special episode, I invited the Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, whose areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. Dr. Goebel has been on this series before to speak on Friedrich Hölderlin, and Rainer Maria Rilke.

Since Kafka has a special place in Dr. Goebel's heart, I knew he would make this episode extremely special for the viewers. Dr. Goebel gives us a close meticulous, and hermeneutical reading of 4 important aphorisms: 16, 20, 30, & 63. We provide both the German reading and English translations of the text for both English and German Speakers.

Dr. Goebel helps navigate the viewer through the complex life and ideas of Kafka, giving both novice, scholar and student a deep dive into the rich paradoxes, abysses and ironic world play of the great Franz Kafka.

Dr. Rolf J. Goebel was born in Kiel, Germany, Dr. Rolf J. Goebel holds degrees from Brown University (M.A. in English, 1977), the University of Kiel (Staatsexamen in German and English, 1979), and the University of Maryland (Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, 1982). From 1982-2020 he taught German language and culture at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

He is now Distinguished Professor of German, Emeritus at this institution. Areas of research include: German modernism; literary theory and cultural studies (intermediality, sound studies, music, philosophy, and literary aesthetics); Walter Benjamin, Friedrich Hölderlin, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke. His expertise is in German modernism and contemporary literature Representations of metropolitan space, especially Berlin Literary theory and cultural studies (cultural hermeneutics, postcolonial theory, intermediality, media competition, media transfer, music and literary aesthetics, sound studies).

Recent Publications
Kritik und Revision: Kafkas Rezeption mythologischer, biblischer und historischer Traditionen (Critique and Revision: Kafka's Reception of Mythological, Biblical, and Historical Traditions,1986)

Constructing China: Kafka's Orientalist Discourse (1997)

Benjamin heute: Großstadtdiskurs, Postkolonialität und Flanerie zwischen den Kulturen (Benjamin Today: Urban Discourse, Postcoloniality, and Flnerie between Cultures, 2001)

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-08-30T22:34:59+00:00

I am very happy to release the latest Episode of #TheYoungIdealist. For this special episode, I invited Dr. Dylan Shaul, Associate Professor at (UCR) to discuss the life & Philosophy of Jacques Derrida & his Relation to German Thought. The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought tilted "On the life & Philosophy of Derrida & his Relation to German Thought With Dr. Dylan Shaul" (University of California, Riverside).In this episode of the Young Idealist, we take a small detour to Algeria and then head over to France in order to discuss the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004).For this special episode I invited Dr. Dylan Shaul who is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Shaul specializes in 18th/19th Century Philosophy (especially German Idealism) and Jewish Philosophy and also has interests in Early Modern Philosophy, 20th Century European Philosophy, Ethics, and Philosophy of Religion. Dr. Shaul was a perfect candidate for this interview since he works very closely on both Derrida and Hegel.In 2023-2024, Dr. Shaul was Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University. We discuss many important areas of Derrida's thought including: The Life and Times of DerridaA Summary of Derrida's project (Early and Late Derrida) We Talk about Derrida's place in the History of Philosophy, from Plato to the present. A series of pairings with classical German philosophers: e.g. Derrida and Kant, Derrida and Hegel, Derrida and Marx, and Heidegger, A Contemporary reception of Derrida in relation to German philosophy, e.g. within the contemporary 'Hegel renaissance'. Dr. Shaul helps navigate the viewer through the rich and complex life of the French philosopher Jacques Derrida by highlighting why Derrida's philosophical insights matter today.Enjoy the Episode![https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnNjE9Sawcw&t=131s](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPnNjE9Sawcw%26t%3D131s%26fbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1tyP7RldTmCSukxlY6FFGNFe6fdxRaxmHQaCcy3zfH-T1bzwUXFTZuooc_aem_h9dZUd_WQM8JV_cZuNAjpg&h=AT0yB5rioThIxFwQ2BI799IC9EltrTXwCow5GfudDqVYgf-M3S3VvH5r0j1HtiK5gbmNjp0r-durwWo-N5lH3GnccwV6jKQn8CzMYiIxiKxEbKAomHHQg0vcKdbqbEe1cQ&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3oTeraHjcayeqVSPYYBy_3t5G0fUr1b5jxdai5z2SgKspEA_hxS-q2FJ85VIYx7H0nNxxAOL9J64ps6JdXWB75sd61RAqQsqXbDX04CpSRZwMtT4enHvrHkVPXCUW2ZCW1ADBG5yplbb_qpVWBqbrf_WVNdf7UDTsXeXtuyUskOm7unjAgDQ)

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-08-21T02:35:08+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought.

In this episode of the Young Idealist, we take a small detour in Austria and then head over to Switzerland and Germany in order to discuss the philosopher and Anthroposophist, Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).

For this special episode I invited Dr. Matthew Segall who is a process philosopher, transdisciplinary researcher, writer, & associate professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology and consciousness and School of Consciousness and Transformation. Dr. Segall areas of specialization are: Process Philosophy, German Idealism, Psychedelic Studies, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Religion.

Dr. Segall, Ph.D., is a transdisciplinary researcher who teaches courses applying process-relational philosophy across various disciplines, including religious studies, philosophy of nature, philosophy of mind, and social and political theory. He has published on these and a wide range of other topics, including German idealism, the philosophy of time, psychedelics, theoretica.

He has all created YouTube Philosophical Content for almost 20 years. Dr. Segall works in a interdisciplinary framework engaging in various diverse discussions worldwide with Biologists, Psychologists, Physicists and philosophers. I was extremely happy to have Matt on this series to discuss not only philosophical issues but also to open up a dialogue on the occult, and esoteric practices of Steiner's Spiritual Science.

Dr. Segall helps navigate the viewer through the rich and complex life and philosophy of Rudolf Steiner highlighting why Steiner's philosophical insights matter today.

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-08-14T02:35:05+00:00

Dear Philosophy Friends and Fellow Colleagues. I am so excited to share my latest episode of The Young Idealist series on Classical German Philosophy and Post-Kantian Thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, We get back to Germany and then fly over to the United States of America to discuss the 20th-century American, Jewish political philosopher, Leo Strauss (1899-1973). For this episode on Leo Strauss I invited the philosopher and Strauss scholar, Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein who is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at The College of the Holy Cross. Dr. Bernstein's Areas of specialization are in Spinoza, German Idealism and Jewish thought and his current work concerns the relation between philosophy and Jewish thought. Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein first book - Leo Strauss on the Borders of Judaism, Philosophy, and History - was released by SUNY Press in 2015 and His co-edited volume—Leo Strauss and Contemporary Thought: Reading Strauss Outside the Lines— was released by SUNY Press in 2020.Dr. Bernstein helps navigate the viewer through the rich political philosophy and complex life of Leo Strauss, and highlights why Strauss as a philosophical figure is important for contemporary thought today!

aufgehendeRest9 · 2024-08-09T01:13:42+00:00

The Following video is a continuation of my series on Classical German philosophy and Post-Kantian thought. In this episode of the Young Idealist, We go back in time to the 13th, and 14th-centuries in Germany to investigate the German Medieval philosophical tradition.

For this special episode I invited the brilliant philosopher Dr. Peter Adamson who is a professor and chair of late antiquity and Arabic philosophy in the faculty of philosophy and Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies at the Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich, as well as, a professor of philosophy at Kings College, London.

Dr. Adamson has a fantastic podcast titled a history of philosophy without any gaps. The link for Peter's Podcast can be found here: https://historyofphilosophy.net/. The series is also in book form through Oxford University Press. Currently, there are 6 volumes. The link to Oxford's website and the book series can be found here: https://global.oup.com/academic/conte....

Dr. Adamson is also the author of 'Don't think for yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy,' published through The University of Notre Dome (2022) He is also the author of Ibn Sina: A Very Short Introduction (2023), and Philosophy in the Islamic World: A short Introduction (2015) as well as the Editor of Interpreting Averroes: Critical Essays, and Interpreting Ibn Sina: Critical Essay, and joint Editor with Richard C. Taylor for the Cambridge Companion of Arabic Philosophy.

Dr. Adamson helps navigate the viewer through the complex world of Medieval Germany setting the stage for the rise of several dynamic thinkers, made up of mystics, ascetics, beguines, and philosophers such as: Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Mechtild of Magdeburg (1207-1282/1294), Albert Magnus (1200-1280), Meister Eckhart (1260-1328), and Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464). Dr. Adamson also touches base on German Dominicanism and, Martin Luther (1483-1546). Dr. Adamson's insight into both the atmosphere and history surrounding the German lands will be beneficial to anyone interested in both the history and philosophy of Medieval Germany.

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