I studied philosophy as both an undergrad and for a Master's, with a focus on metaphysics, and the core of it ended up being Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. It took the better part of 3 years for me to get my head around what I was reading, but it fascinated me enough to keep trying. It felt like a major accomplishment to understand it, even if only enough to articulate it without butchering its real meaning too badly. In some sense, I am glad not to have had such a clear and focused description as you provide here, since the gratification of figuring it out myself was a profoundly important part of the development of my capacity to understand the complex/obscure; but I wonder now, 30+ years later, if a sprinkling of your hand-holding wouldn't have made me a much better thinker still. In any event, kudos to you for boiling it down so well.
Wow Daniel that is very high praise I'm genuinely humbled. And I can definitely see where you're coming from about getting there yourself I still remember the buzz I got from figuring out how calculus worked as a teenager and having this beautiful clean eureka moment where everything became clear. Wading through the weeds and coming to clarity is definitely one of life's most fulfilling experiences
@Mephistopheles MERLEAU-PONTY: A GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED by ERIC MATTHEWS helped me get a foothold on understanding his work. Good luck on your intellectual odyssey.
I am ridiculously gratified by your articulation and perspective. 🤓 I just love human beings being human beings at their seeking, communicating best. 🙏
I have a perspective of the Great Thinkers, in my concept, these tend to be Philosophers, and Quantum Physicists. I believe those whom are truly adept at these two subjects overwhelmingly are using "Whole Brain Thought" = generally using both lobes in tandem. These two subjects literally exercise the mind, such that one can almost feel the expansion, the stretching, pushing the Critical Mind forward. I wonder, what would be experienced when engaging in this level of Thought just after a daily practice of Meditation. The purpose/intention of the Meditation be specifically the Quieting the Mind for Alignment with the Higher Self/Soul/Inner Being. For there exists nothing that can't be achieved with our: *"Thoughts + Feelings X Beliefs"* = *"Our Vibrational Frequency"* This, as defined by the "Universal Law of Attraction" is the formula for our "attracting the like Vibe Frequency" ie: Manifesting our Reality. The Human Physical Mind is a Receiver, a Receiver of Thoughts from the Field of Consciousness, and it has what is necessary for Critical Thinking, and Cognitive Thought. On the point that "our brains are Receivers", I shall quickly mention that I have come to understand, the larger part of our Soul/Higher Self/Inner Being, remains in Nonphysical (other side of the veil, another plane, and Higher Plane/Higher Dimension.) It is focused on us at all times, and routinely is sending us signals, thoughts, ideas, directions, etc. We assume they are our ideas. While in alignment the ideas flow with ease. There are some actually good short tests that can gauge ones tendency to apply more left, right, or whole brain thought. My score routinely is at 51 - 49 which is obviously in the whole brain thought zone. My degrees are in Sociology, History, and Journalism, with post grad studies, including some General Quantum Physics. Math lacks interest for me and was never my fav class. I prefer to study their Findings! Matter of fact I took Logic and Philosophy to avoid Calculus, and those were 2 of the best value classes that have served me throughout my career. They should be Required for all Degrees! Best Thoughts and Wellbeing ! PS: Are you familiar with Dr Raymond Moody? An MD, PhD, I adore that man! (Philosophy and Psychiatrist) Another of my fav is Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD (Metaphysics) A mind can be taught to avoid fear and all the Lower Mind negative energies. (Why this isn't practiced is beyond me.)
You have a gift for teaching. Many people may know a subject but ramble in a disjointed, chaotic manner. You have an ability to summarize an essence, organize and present it.
"They [Chakras] are maps of the first person's experience of subjective energy in the body". Fascinating mix of Western & Eastern Philosophy. Deeply enjoyed the video!
Thanks Eternalised! Yeah that was a continuing on from my own explorations in previous episodes. It's just lovely when the lights go on and the dots connect and you get that juicy aha moment!
@@TheLivingPhilosophy 9:42 "Anatomically speaking, there is no heart chakra or third eye chakra to be found." Of course there is. Yes, those are first person labels, which begs the question, what then are the third person structures? The nervous and endocrine systems. Great video, thanks.
The chakra system is - ancient meditational knowledge - ancient. And modern meditators - know this - all to well. Try it - for other experiences - than just stringing words together. Fare thee well.@@bonpsy
Extremely well-made video. The information is presented clearly without any unnecessary details, yet it's really detailed. I love how informative it is without being too long or missing the key points in phenomenology
I've been looking into phenomenology for WEEKS and had not found a concise *example* of the phenomenological method being used until this video. That feature, as well as the broad history through Kant to Husserl to Heidegger, the concise distinction made between transcendental vs existential phenomenology, and the connection to Eastern traditions were very well executed. Thank you!
That's brilliant to hear Nottt! I felt the same and was wading through weeds of confusion when doing the research so I'm glad this makes it a little clearer for someone else as well
"Science is just one way of knowing. Philosophy goes a layer deeper, it is prior to science and provides it with its foundation. [...] Phenomenology is not a science, it is something more fundamental, it is an investigation into Being itself." (Heidegger's view) - Love how you put this.
Phenomenology represents a fascinating - albeit speculative - concept that requires significant additional analysis, so that one may, hopefully, reach the point when a given observer might actually divorce his senses from objective reality. Yet such undertaking is scarcely accomplished without extreme determination, for it is exceedingly challenging to "let everything go...
Hi thank you for this excellent summary. I have followed a Vipassana 10 day retreat and yes it is about observing without judging and I am a Family constellations practitioner and the main root of this practice is phenomenology or observing with the awareness that just by observing we change the experience.
Oh really that's really interesting. I feel like I've heard of family constellations but certainly have no depth. Sounds great to have something that overlaps with the vipassana as well
This partially explains the enthusiasm of some of the best Japanese philosophers about phenomenology and its prolific development in Japan throughout the years. There is a good introductory article to the theme, called "Japanese Phenomenology", by Taru Tani (2015).
Your delivery of such a deep truth is spoken at a level for the subconscious to grasp. Thank you. Believing that phenomenology is the root to pure consciousness. Looking within, facing fear and insecurities that were created from external influences in childhood, lifting away, peeling away at what was never ours to begin with. Beneath our fears we will discover our greatest strengths.
Kudos for having grasped the the multi-faceted essence of phenomenology, explaining it clearly and concisely - and doing so in an inviting, humble manner. You could teach other educators your process to everyone’s benefit.
9:55 I loved your story about vipassana & your ideas about how vipassana involves bracketing. This section of the video was truly a shining gem. I really hope you explore these ideas in-depth someday. I’d watch the heck outta that 🙏🏽
As a professor of South Asian Studies, I'll add to the discussion that, while certain phenomenological thinkers drew on 'Eastern' philosophies (largely Buddhism), the relations are rather surface level. Canonic phenomenology includes a Westerner's perspective on what Eastern religions are. Anthropologists and historians of South Asian religions have shown that those religions (for example, Theravada Buddhism and Hinduism) are quite concerned with ritual action. Think of the efficacy of mantras, or rituals for deities in Theravada Buddhism (for example, Sri Lanka). The Western perspective is commonly to treat them religions as belief systems about 'the self', understood from subjective experience alone. But what you find when you actually engage with real Buddhists and Hindus (for example) are lots of rituals that have to do with offerings to non-human beings. Phenomenology is thus an exoticist, rationalist, Western take on Eastern philosophies. This does not mean it's bad; just that you should equate it with "philosophy" not religion, ritual, or belief about what exists (ontology) in those traditions. Off the top of my head, you can read the works of Buddhist Studies scholars John Holt and Justin McDaniel, for starters.
I thought heidegger was grasbable of course you're not allowed to understand it ? You can reverse the ontological structure of reality, the nature of being, in existential phenomology that's what "they' do and they have rules, their ontological difference is in a form of being-toward-death in an ontic structuring system, that means it is transforming reality in a constant format, heidegger doesn't seem to like it, you take all these courses so they don't do it again, that's a transcdental philosophy. And we just wanted to do it again to see how the ontic system of being-towards-death would reduce reality. You shouldn't have to constantly format reality in phenomological methods.
The capacity for error here is huge. It's an interesting theory and explanation for some of the mental constructs used even in psychology, such as ego, but huge capacity for error. The thing to remember is that phenomenology doesn't discover, it invents.
I am currently writing a masters using phenomenology as a basis and this video has helped me so much. I find articulating the the reversal/rejection of positivism very difficult so your video helped a lot in that regard. Your thoughts on bridging western and eastern philosophies relating to the body was beyond helpful, and makes a solid case of why phenomenology is important for the future (with a global increased awareness of meditation/mindfullness and psychological well-being)
That's so epic Daniel! Makes me so happy that this has been so helpful for you! Also delighted you found the link in with the Eastern traditions to be helpful
Thanks Drew! It was certainly a challenging one to wrap my head around but delighted to have made it through with some clarity. Thanks for the support!
Indeed there is a massive correlation between buddhist vipassana meditation and phenomenology. In vipassana you try to experience what is called 'ultimate reality', which is 'the experience as it is'. Basically you observe your subjective experience of this moment in an objective way, if that makes any sense. There is a specific goal here, which is to recognise 3 specific marks or truths of worldly existence , which is that all wordly experiences are impermanent, cause suffering and are devoid of 'self'. The ultimate goal is to see that non clinging to the idea of a self or soul leads to nirwana, or non suffering.
Thank you. Your channel popped up and I guess the algorithm nailed it. Having listened to John Verveike’s Awakening From the Meaning Crisis series which opened up new ways of thinking and an interest in philosophy, your channel is a perfect continuation of my current journey. Looking forward to more!
The links - between East and West - thoughts and experience - is realised best (without words even) - through the shared - mystical practice - in all cultures. All participants - are humans - seeking to experience subtler forms and feelings - of being precisely human - at a deeper level - than just form and function - but at an essenceful - level. It is one of the treasures -of this kind of enquiry - that we are very akin - to each other . There are however - much deeper experiences - say of love - that all mystics - again, share. The apotheosis of this quest - is the reward of love - the Beloved, alone. May it be so. Fare thee well.
The shared mystical experience - is not just chatting/writing - but a series of meditational practices - from the shamanic to martial arts or formalised methods - like yoga, etc.
Thank you so much for this wonderful and concise introduction to Phenomenology. Very well done and explained in clear terminology with excellent examples.
Serendipitous that this popped up in my feed. This is a winsome, illuminating survey of the movement. Thank you very much! I'm obliged to also offer my perpetual lament that these modern, Enlightenment/post-Enlightenment schools would have found more purchase, coherence and depth (while avoiding their tragic pitfalls) had they more faithfully received the intellectual inheritance of Platonic/Neo-Platonic thought, which is far too often caricatured or simply not comprehended in its radical and dynamic fullness.
Thank you for this! It is gold. I have been part of many conversations and presentations about this topic and yours has been by far THE MOST clear and organized one I've seen. Thank you! Congratulations!
I enjoyed this, thank you! This is just my personal taste but I think I'd enjoy this more if you talked slower, adding little pauses. It always sounds as if you had very little time and needed to convey all information in two minutes if possible. At the same time, there is a quiet background music that seems to want to calm me down :) but by all means, do this series the way you like it!
Haha thanks velooopity y'know you're not the first person to say it and when I reflected on it it's a bit of feedback I'm really grateful for receiving. This sunday's video is much slower I'd love to get your thoughts on it when it comes out whether it's too slow or still too fast. Always trying to improve and this is a solid bit of advice that's come up again and again so it's much appreciated!
@@TheLivingPhilosophy I think the problem is not in your presentation, but in the speed of individual minds. It was at a pace that suited me. I think it would be better for certain folk to slow the video down using that facility. I find that if this stuff is spoken too slowly, it becomes soporific. It Is important to keep apace because there is certainly a rhythm to the process of contemplating ideas of this kind. But don't listen to me, 35,676 other viewings would suggest that it is working. Interesting how we all experience things differently. Consciousness is uniquely individualistic. Tee hee.
I found it a good pace. In other videos, I sometimes stop and replay the bit I wasn't clear about because the voice was garbled or I drifted off into a dream. Use all the tools at hand!
“And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.” -Edith Stein
10:09 I like this quote, "The work of meditation is to observe the body non-judgmentally and not to generate aversion to negative sensations or craving for positive sensations. The goal is just to observe to look at the experience objectively and experience the impermanence of sensations."
Fascinating and insightful, best explanation of the foundation of phenomenology I have heard. but the real question is: Do you worship the shadow of Einstein?
Haha I don't think so. I mean Einstein was a smart cookie there's no doubt but I find his enshrinement on the cultural pedestal to be more psychological curious than compelling
Apologies Gabriel I'll try and get that sorted it normally does it automatically but someone said the same to me last week so I'll have to look into it and see
No matter how many different takes I hear about phenomenology it always ends up sounding suspicious. Yet I always want to know more about it because I think I must be missing something. Maybe the best justification for it I’ve heard is that it solves the problem of the external world. Yet it does so by simply bracketing the question of its existence. Then it borrows from Descartes the realization that our experience itself cannot be doubted to produce an odd kind of subjectivism.
I wish someone had taken up this comment and responded. Apart from praise for the excellent video presentation, the phrase "odd kind of subjectivism" seems to imply a criticism of the basic thesis, no? 😮
THANK YOU!😭 I'm writing a research paper and am using phenomenology as part of my theoretical framework. You've made it so much easier to understand. God bless.
Thank you very much for this video. I’ve been studying phenomenology since my university days in the 1980s. I always thought that it is very similar with Buddhism & Taoism. But I can’t find books that discuss the similarities. Do you have any recommendations?
the very essence of watching this video was a quench to my thirst of understanding what and how of the process undergoing. In addition to this aboutness of my consciousness (quenched), my heart fills up with gratitude to you for this wonderful presentation.
Great video! It's great to have you suddenly recommended by youtube. I've a personal question: I'm currently writing a 600,000 book regarding my ideas on phenomenology and ontology. My major inspiration is Heidegger. However, I'm an autodidact in terms of philosophy and pure mathematics. I've attended lectures in mathematics and philosophy. I've an unfinished course in mathematics though I've generated a ton of theses on it. But I'm not connected with any academia in my country, Philippines. Is there a possibility that I can gain any correspondence or anything from anyone? do you have any advice from me? it will be a self-publish book.
Check out Chad Haag- regardless of your take on his ideas, you might find him a valuable voice given that he’s self-published a few books on philosophy and has put out videos on how to do so, as well as how to write philosophical work. Best of luck to you!
Thank you very much! As for your question I am also not in academia so I couldn't say for certain but my advice would be to find people out there who are close to your message and reach out to them read their work and connect the dots for them. I would suggest that if you want to break through someone's wall of busyness you gotta make it as easy as possible and reading their work shows that it's an effortful reach out. That would be my take anyway for what it's worth
@@TheLivingPhilosophy @The Living Philosophy Thanks a lot! That really makes sense. It's difficult though given my location. But yes, that's the best way. I'd send you a copy when I'm finished. Thanks again.
Returning to das source is returning to tranquility because there is no happiness higher than rest. Break the flower tipped arrows of Mara And death will never touch me again.
I feel that excitement awaking in my body. This part of philosophy is pushing me deeper and deeper into strange and unknown places in my mind. And I enjoy that.
Good 🙏 The real basis of Phenomenology is Hegel. Read phenomenology of spirit of Hegel 100 times and philosophy of right for 50 times. Then realise that both Husserel and Hiedager are intrepreting Hegel 🙏
This takes me back to my undergrad years, when I was into reading a lot of Husserl and Heidegger (because I'm a nerd, and I was seriously considering an academic career, which turned out to be short lived). My take is that though Husserl's and Heidegger's approaches may seem on the surface contradictory, both should be given full play for all practical purposes. One example of this is in nursing. In the late 2000s I was an intern at the local VA hospital library, and I ran across hundreds of articles on phenomenology in nursing, with case histories of the application of transcendental and existential aporoaches for, e.g., physical therapy for trauma patients, psychotherapy for victims of abuse, etc., and which approach was best depending on circumstance. Phenomenology is not just out-there abstract philosophy; it can and has made a positive contribution to people's lives!
@@muellermade4857 From what I remember, qualitative surveys in which respondents (patients) were asked to describe their experience with regard to the trauma, that would be given at regular intervals. Though I would have liked to read these articles in depth, I couldn't because of various library duties (document delivery, etc.), so this is what I picked up from the abstracts.
Want to support the channel? Now you can: Patreon: www.patreon.com/thelivingphilosophy Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/thelivingphilosophy ⌛ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:42 History of Phenomenology 1:46 What is Phenomenology 5:59 Husserl’s Phenomenological Method 7:52 Heidegger’s Ontological Twist 9:17 Phenomenology and Eastern Philosophy
The core concept of Vipassana is what allowed me to detach myself from my obsessive thoughts..a six week retreat by a Guru name Dhiravamsa led me to realizing that words and beliefs prevent my 'third' eye to rise above that and be more in the physical moment. I enjoyed how you tied these ideas together.
I tried on my own to familiarize myself and understand Husserl's approach. Everything about it, especially the idea of "Lebenswelt," was appealing to me. I was stymied, however, by the same tic that needlessly burdens Philosophy generally, something about language and it's misuse that I believe impairs the entire discipline. And that is a willful obtuseness, an abuse of syntax and neologistic terminology that almost seems gratuitously aimed at obstructing the access to the message. This deliberate fog confronts even the educated, the curious, the motivated, the ostensibly intelligent readers who long to enter new realms of thought and thinking, amongst whom, on my best days and with the kindest writers, I count myself. Wittgenstein and Heidegger may share first prize in that contest to elude the student. I have never before expressed this complaint publicly, for fear of contributing to the ambient atmosphere of anti-intellectualism, particularly in America. The aversion to complexity or counter-intuitive facts or ironic burnish are dangers infecting all of American education, and I really want to be part of the solution, not the problem. So I have strong but conflicting reasons to thank the presenter for reversing this obfuscation with clear, sequential logic and limpid descriptions. You have explained the basics of this appealing school with a muscular, no-nonsense straightforwardness. I really appreciate this service! I was hoping you would also "decipher" Husserl's use of the word "horizons," which, again, is suffused with intriguing value in his own words yet veiled in the usual haze of philosophical circuitry. Incidentally, as appealing were Husserl's original ideas, I haven't felt the same draw to Heidegger's work. Even after trying to winnow his scholarly work from his taint of Nazi approval, I find him arbitrary, anti-empirical and fatuous.
Youth Without Youth is a 1979 novella by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. Set in and around Bucharest starting in 1938 it follows the life of Dominic Matei, an elderly Romanian intellectual who experiences a cataclysmic event that allows him to live a new life with startling intellectual capacity. His life's work was meant to be the discovery of the origin of human language. There are several different philosophies discussed though out the story, but this was the first time I had encountered it. There is also heavy emphasis on the eastern philosophies connection. It was adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 2007 (so post decade of studio debts) also titled Youth Without Youth; It is an incredibly beautiful and complex piece of cinema and was a bit of a passion project for Coppola; staring Tim Roth along side Alexandra Maria Lara, it's wildly underrated I would love to hear what a PHD-Brain would have to say about it.
Very well described, and great introduction. I’m impressed! I have been reading Cicero, and some Epicureans also looked to find a perspective beyond rationality and stoicism, disregarded for centuries until Von Neumann and Heisenberg.
I am currently a physics student and despite it's incompatibility with empiricism and maybe even science, Phenomenology has helped me deal with inner turmoil, and I think it is a worthwhile philosophy to study. In terms of dealing with the spiritual side of your personhood, I think western philosophy is mostly inadequate, with its ultimate conclusions being that there is likely no god and that consciousness and even identity is illusory. I think phenomenology helps you think about consciousness in a way that doesn't ask you to absurdly deny your own internal feelings. The fact that this is starting to bridge the gap between western and eastern philosophy is reassuring for me as well.
Thank You Very Much - I enjoyed your explication. When I first learned Phenomenology, I instantly recognized its value for Village Designers: i.e. "bracketing" presuppositions so that one may perceive the essence of a landscape. My dissertation ended up being entitled "Designing for Consciousness: Towards a Theory of Environmental Design Using Neurophenomenology as Methodology." I became fascinated with Francisco Varela's attempt to link 1st and 3rd person methods. Thanks again - Well Done!!!
Best short explanation of the topic I've ever seen. Also: I did a ten day Vipassana retreat in Ireland some time ago. I like the idea of vipassana, but in practice I hated it. I got sick the second day and could never get to sleep in my creaky bunk bed in that drafty old school. Utter misery.
@@TheLivingPhilosophy It was in 2008 and I haven't been to Ireland since, so my memory's a bit fuzzy. It was an old school, and I thought it was somewhere in the midlands. So probably not Drogheda, but I'm not sure.
@@colonelweird Ah yes that'll have been the one near Ennis I've never been to that one although I have heard the walking route was quite grim whereas Drogheda has a lot more fields and stuff so a little bit more engaging in that way maybe.
Excellent introduction to phenomenology. Thank you. As a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, i would add that meditation can be much more than simply observing what arises in our experience. It can also include distinguishing between which patterns of thought and emotion give rise to suffering and mental obscuration, and which give rise to well-being and clear insight into truth, then intentionally reducing the former and increasing the later.
This is indeed a brilliantly succinct talk. Thank you for your response, as you say, surely meditation is Potentially far more than just being released from suffering, it is a path to divine consciousness where the individual seeks unity with God, the universe, the source of all being. And it is an interior experience that can never be fully expressed in words however eloquent. As a follower of John Todd Ferrier, a modern mystic of great profundity, it’s good to know that a Buddhist is on a similar path.
This is wonderful, will have to listen to it when I am not so tired. The path of philosophers in this is a path of readings and thoughts dating way back for me...
To add my voice to the chorus of previous commenters, wonderful video! The growing interest in phenomenology gets me so excited as there are so many intersections with Eastern philosophical traditions as well as Eastern and ancient Christian thought (Maximos the Confessor and Ephraim the Syrian for example); there’s so much potential for opening new gateways to the Beautiful and the Other. If you haven’t ever watched any of Terrence Malick’s films, definitely worth checking out the Tree of Life or A Hidden Life, Heidegger has had a huge influence on him.
You have just blown my mind. I did not know Heidgegger influenced Tree of life. I've also never watched A Hidden Life so gotta get on that but Tree of Life is my all time favourite movie well if you call it a movie it's not exactly the same category as movies it's more a work of art I've watched it a half dozen times and still feel like I've yet to cut into its depths it's just god I love that movie. Anyway thank you for the kind words and the thought provoking insight and of course for pointing a way to further enrich my favourite movie
I have maintained a daily practice of meditation over the last two years. At the beginning of last month, I began reading Heidegger for the first time. I immediately apprehended the deep connection between the two. It’s wonderful to see this pointed out explicitly. Thank you for the great video.
I can not add any new adjectives to describe your excellent efforts and contribution to making the internet a place where Marshall McLuhan and so many others thought and hoped it would be. A place to share knowledge. Thank you sir.
Nicely done. First time viewer, so I don't know if OSHO is taboo for/to you, but words come to mind. "...The Philosopher knows nothing of life. He watches it; he is bystander. In order to know about life, one must experience it..." For me, this video describes exactly why Zen Buddhism, if one spoke of schools of philosophy, would be whacked with a stick. It would seem that any non-Phenomologists would eventually "empty their/our cup", after meditation entrenchment. OSHO once more: "The Catholic Priest and the Christian Priest agree about nothing. The Catholic Monk and Christian Monk agree about everything. Inspiring too! I'm a trying- to-leave-it alone philosopher myself, so please don't be offended.
The way that a species expirences reality is specific to that species. This is relevant because the closer to actual reality, the expirence of the species, the faster have gone extinct. I think it's wonderful that we are not experiencing absolute reality, plus my mind is built to understand this perception of reality fairly well most of the time
interesting (buddhist practitioner for over 40 years and retired psychologist). many psychologists have been influenced by this work. We keep rediscovering this. And yes, the presentation is a little breathless.
This video is AMAZING. You are a great teacher. PS: there is so much information to absorb and I think IMO it would help if it were with a slower delivery. Watching it twice wont hurt!
Thank you so much Olympia! And the feedback is most welcome I've tried to slow down in more recent videos so hopefully you'll find them a more digestible cadence!
I guess I think both ways. There's a core essence and immanations of those spirits or natures. I lov the whole essentialism, it's egregore, the zeitgeists and the individual's take as the rhetorical experience over time really creates internal dialectics among the basic logic. What a very helpful video!
I too struggled with understanding, phenomenology as an undergraduate for two years at the University of Leuven where Husserl’s notes and manuscripts have been stored since the last war. I too found this video to be a most succinct and clear 10 minute summary of Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. As Husserl himself claimed, however, the field of phenomenology extends to horizons beyond horizons and is thus infinite. Maybe the video can stimulate interest of more budding scholars and researchers - especially in economics, social sciences , ecology - and other fields sorely needing new approaches to addressing modern problems. Kudos to the speaker!
Umm,.as a neophyte in the study of phenomenology, thank you very much, it seems to reverberate in the works of C. C. Castaneda. Specifically with regard to what his teacher called the 'tonal, the 'nagual', and the 'assemblage point' - (ie.the apriori modus. operandi of perception and awareness as it forms the relativity and gestalt of what we (knowingly or unknowingly) call reality, the world, or weltanchauung. My point is this view is derived from the ancient Toltecs. One need not look only to eastern philosophy for an introduction into what Castaneda calls : 'energetic facts' sans mere theory. Thanks for the upload.
I studied philosophy as both an undergrad and for a Master's, with a focus on metaphysics, and the core of it ended up being Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty. It took the better part of 3 years for me to get my head around what I was reading, but it fascinated me enough to keep trying. It felt like a major accomplishment to understand it, even if only enough to articulate it without butchering its real meaning too badly. In some sense, I am glad not to have had such a clear and focused description as you provide here, since the gratification of figuring it out myself was a profoundly important part of the development of my capacity to understand the complex/obscure; but I wonder now, 30+ years later, if a sprinkling of your hand-holding wouldn't have made me a much better thinker still. In any event, kudos to you for boiling it down so well.
Wow Daniel that is very high praise I'm genuinely humbled. And I can definitely see where you're coming from about getting there yourself I still remember the buzz I got from figuring out how calculus worked as a teenager and having this beautiful clean eureka moment where everything became clear. Wading through the weeds and coming to clarity is definitely one of life's most fulfilling experiences
@Mephistopheles MERLEAU-PONTY: A GUIDE
FOR THE PERPLEXED by ERIC MATTHEWS helped me get a foothold on understanding his work. Good luck on your intellectual odyssey.
If I could teleport you to the top of Mt. Everest it wouldn't feel as good as if you had climbed it yourself.
I am ridiculously gratified by your articulation and perspective. 🤓 I just love human beings being human beings at their seeking, communicating best. 🙏
I have a perspective of the Great Thinkers, in my concept, these tend to be Philosophers, and Quantum Physicists.
I believe those whom are truly adept at these two subjects overwhelmingly are using "Whole Brain Thought" = generally using both lobes in tandem.
These two subjects literally exercise the mind, such that one can almost feel the expansion, the stretching, pushing the Critical Mind forward.
I wonder, what would be experienced when engaging in this level of Thought just after a daily practice of Meditation. The purpose/intention of the Meditation be specifically the Quieting the Mind for Alignment with the Higher Self/Soul/Inner Being.
For there exists nothing that can't be achieved with our:
*"Thoughts + Feelings X Beliefs"*
= *"Our Vibrational Frequency"*
This, as defined by the "Universal Law of Attraction" is the formula for our "attracting the like Vibe Frequency" ie: Manifesting our Reality.
The Human Physical Mind is a Receiver, a Receiver of Thoughts from the Field of Consciousness, and it has what is necessary for Critical Thinking, and Cognitive Thought.
On the point that "our brains are Receivers", I shall quickly mention that I have come to understand, the larger part of our Soul/Higher Self/Inner Being, remains in Nonphysical (other side of the veil, another plane, and Higher Plane/Higher Dimension.)
It is focused on us at all times, and routinely is sending us signals, thoughts, ideas, directions, etc. We assume they are our ideas.
While in alignment the ideas flow with ease.
There are some actually good short tests that can gauge ones tendency to apply more left, right, or whole brain thought.
My score routinely is at 51 - 49 which is obviously in the whole brain thought zone.
My degrees are in Sociology, History, and Journalism, with post grad studies, including some General Quantum Physics.
Math lacks interest for me and was never my fav class. I prefer to study their Findings! Matter of fact I took Logic and Philosophy to avoid Calculus, and those were 2 of the best value classes that have served me throughout my career.
They should be Required for all Degrees!
Best Thoughts and Wellbeing !
PS: Are you familiar with Dr Raymond Moody? An MD, PhD, I adore that man! (Philosophy and Psychiatrist)
Another of my fav is Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD (Metaphysics)
A mind can be taught to avoid fear and all the Lower Mind negative energies. (Why this isn't practiced is beyond me.)
You have a gift for teaching. Many people may know a subject but ramble in a disjointed, chaotic manner. You have an ability to summarize an essence, organize and present it.
Thank you so much!
After listening I have found, that my knowledge of the the essence of all things always has been and I am tuning into it.
Thanks.
Hes prepared, and its felt
The clearest distinction between the two philosophers I’ve heard. Great explanation.
Ah wow thanks James that's great to hear!
Agreed. A great explanation.
"They [Chakras] are maps of the first person's experience of subjective energy in the body". Fascinating mix of Western & Eastern Philosophy. Deeply enjoyed the video!
Thanks Eternalised! Yeah that was a continuing on from my own explorations in previous episodes. It's just lovely when the lights go on and the dots connect and you get that juicy aha moment!
@@TheLivingPhilosophy 9:42 "Anatomically speaking, there is no heart chakra or third eye chakra to be found." Of course there is. Yes, those are first person labels, which begs the question, what then are the third person structures? The nervous and endocrine systems. Great video, thanks.
The chakra system is - ancient meditational knowledge - ancient.
And modern meditators - know this - all to well.
Try it - for other experiences - than just stringing words together.
Fare thee well.@@bonpsy
Extremely well-made video. The information is presented clearly without any unnecessary details, yet it's really detailed. I love how informative it is without being too long or missing the key points in phenomenology
Thank you Martin that's high praise! Couldn't ask for a better reception!
You are rapaz in Twitter ?
@@pedromontilva9975 no lol
I've been looking into phenomenology for WEEKS and had not found a concise *example* of the phenomenological method being used until this video. That feature, as well as the broad history through Kant to Husserl to Heidegger, the concise distinction made between transcendental vs existential phenomenology, and the connection to Eastern traditions were very well executed. Thank you!
That's brilliant to hear Nottt! I felt the same and was wading through weeds of confusion when doing the research so I'm glad this makes it a little clearer for someone else as well
@@TheLivingPhilosophy Question. How would one know if one were naturally inclined toward a phenomenological bent of mind?
I just sat in a three hour lecture about this and was more confused when I left than when it started. Now its crystal clear! Thank you!
Haha wow that makes me so happy (not the three hour lecture part of course) I'm delighted something I did made it somewhat easier to understand!
"Science is just one way of knowing. Philosophy goes a layer deeper, it is prior to science and provides it with its foundation. [...] Phenomenology is not a science, it is something more fundamental, it is an investigation into Being itself." (Heidegger's view) - Love how you put this.
Amazing explanation, you should do this with other philosophical movements as well. It would give everyone a great oversight of philosophy as a whole!
Thanks Lenie! That's a great idea. Daunting as hell but that could be a really cool project
My very thoughts .
Phenomenology represents a fascinating - albeit speculative - concept that requires significant additional analysis, so that one may, hopefully, reach the point when a given observer might actually divorce his senses from objective reality. Yet such undertaking is scarcely accomplished without extreme determination, for it is exceedingly challenging to "let everything go...
Hi thank you for this excellent summary. I have followed a Vipassana 10 day retreat and yes it is about observing without judging and I am a Family constellations practitioner and the main root of this practice is phenomenology or observing with the awareness that just by observing we change the experience.
Oh really that's really interesting. I feel like I've heard of family constellations but certainly have no depth. Sounds great to have something that overlaps with the vipassana as well
This partially explains the enthusiasm of some of the best Japanese philosophers about phenomenology and its prolific development in Japan throughout the years. There is a good introductory article to the theme, called "Japanese Phenomenology", by Taru Tani (2015).
Wow thanks for the recommendation Danilo that makes a lot of sense.
Its quite popular here in china as well
Your delivery of such a deep truth is spoken at a level for the subconscious to grasp. Thank you. Believing that phenomenology is the root to pure consciousness. Looking within, facing fear and insecurities that were created from external influences in childhood, lifting away, peeling away at what was never ours to begin with. Beneath our fears we will discover our greatest strengths.
Kudos for having grasped the the multi-faceted essence of phenomenology, explaining it clearly and concisely - and doing so in an inviting, humble manner.
You could teach other educators your process to everyone’s benefit.
Thanks Stephen those are some kind words
I studied phenomenology for about four decades, on and off, and could not have stated the subject better. What a phenomenal lecture!
Oh wow that's high praise thank you for the kind words!!
9:55 I loved your story about vipassana & your ideas about how vipassana involves bracketing. This section of the video was truly a shining gem.
I really hope you explore these ideas in-depth someday. I’d watch the heck outta that 🙏🏽
OMG, this is easily the best explanation! You saved me from dropping a course in Phenomenology!
There’s just so much content on this but no one has done justice to it the way that you have!
Thanks Nikita! I really appreciate that!
As a professor of South Asian Studies, I'll add to the discussion that, while certain phenomenological thinkers drew on 'Eastern' philosophies (largely Buddhism), the relations are rather surface level. Canonic phenomenology includes a Westerner's perspective on what Eastern religions are. Anthropologists and historians of South Asian religions have shown that those religions (for example, Theravada Buddhism and Hinduism) are quite concerned with ritual action. Think of the efficacy of mantras, or rituals for deities in Theravada Buddhism (for example, Sri Lanka). The Western perspective is commonly to treat them religions as belief systems about 'the self', understood from subjective experience alone. But what you find when you actually engage with real Buddhists and Hindus (for example) are lots of rituals that have to do with offerings to non-human beings. Phenomenology is thus an exoticist, rationalist, Western take on Eastern philosophies. This does not mean it's bad; just that you should equate it with "philosophy" not religion, ritual, or belief about what exists (ontology) in those traditions. Off the top of my head, you can read the works of Buddhist Studies scholars John Holt and Justin McDaniel, for starters.
Thank you James, if only the husserls and heideggers could have an ounce of your clarity in explanation
Hahaha the way I think of it they were too busy pushing the boundaries; it's a lot easier to make sense when the frontier has been made more conscious
I thought heidegger was grasbable of course you're not allowed to understand it ? You can reverse the ontological structure of reality, the nature of being, in existential phenomology that's what "they' do and they have rules, their ontological difference is in a form of being-toward-death in an ontic structuring system, that means it is transforming reality in a constant format, heidegger doesn't seem to like it, you take all these courses so they don't do it again, that's a transcdental philosophy. And we just wanted to do it again to see how the ontic system of being-towards-death would reduce reality. You shouldn't have to constantly format reality in phenomological methods.
The capacity for error here is huge. It's an interesting theory and explanation for some of the mental constructs used even in psychology, such as ego, but huge capacity for error. The thing to remember is that phenomenology doesn't discover, it invents.
Invents then deconstructs it's awfully terrible school of thought, you have to do that yourself.
I am currently writing a masters using phenomenology as a basis and this video has helped me so much. I find articulating the the reversal/rejection of positivism very difficult so your video helped a lot in that regard. Your thoughts on bridging western and eastern philosophies relating to the body was beyond helpful, and makes a solid case of why phenomenology is important for the future (with a global increased awareness of meditation/mindfullness and psychological well-being)
That's so epic Daniel! Makes me so happy that this has been so helpful for you! Also delighted you found the link in with the Eastern traditions to be helpful
start again, start with a calm and quiet mind... i knew there was a reason i kept coming back to your vids :)
Hahaha start at the tip of the head michael 😆
Wow, killed it again. This is a hugely difficult topic to understand, if not the most difficult in philosophy. Excellent videos.
Thanks Drew! It was certainly a challenging one to wrap my head around but delighted to have made it through with some clarity. Thanks for the support!
Thank you for the outstanding job of putting phenomenology in a nutshell!
I must confess that it is indeed very clear and fine presentation of the philosophical schools of thought . Great production ! Thank you 👏
Indeed there is a massive correlation between buddhist vipassana meditation and phenomenology. In vipassana you try to experience what is called 'ultimate reality', which is 'the experience as it is'. Basically you observe your subjective experience of this moment in an objective way, if that makes any sense. There is a specific goal here, which is to recognise 3 specific marks or truths of worldly existence , which is that all wordly experiences are impermanent, cause suffering and are devoid of 'self'. The ultimate goal is to see that non clinging to the idea of a self or soul leads to nirwana, or non suffering.
Thank you. Your channel popped up and I guess the algorithm nailed it. Having listened to John Verveike’s Awakening From the Meaning Crisis series which opened up new ways of thinking and an interest in philosophy, your channel is a perfect continuation of my current journey. Looking forward to more!
I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed the video and I consider a great honour to be put in the same category as John Vervaeke so thank you for that!
As a literature student, right now, im blessed to find ur vds ❤. Thanks a lot, pal! Keep going ! Itz really helps.
Amazing. The video has ignited my interest in phenomenology. Thank you.
Delighted to hear it Samir! Couldn't ask for anything more
The links - between East and West - thoughts and experience - is realised best (without words even) - through the shared - mystical practice - in all cultures.
All participants - are humans - seeking to experience subtler forms and feelings - of being precisely human - at a deeper level - than just form and function - but at an essenceful - level.
It is one of the treasures -of this kind of enquiry - that we are very akin - to each other .
There are however - much deeper experiences - say of love - that all mystics - again, share.
The apotheosis of this quest - is the reward of love - the Beloved, alone.
May it be so. Fare thee well.
The shared mystical experience - is not just chatting/writing - but a series of meditational practices - from the shamanic to martial arts or formalised methods - like yoga, etc.
Thank you so much for this wonderful and concise introduction to Phenomenology. Very well done and explained in clear terminology with excellent examples.
Ah I'm glad you enjoyed it so much E.J! And thank you for the kind words
Serendipitous that this popped up in my feed. This is a winsome, illuminating survey of the movement. Thank you very much! I'm obliged to also offer my perpetual lament that these modern, Enlightenment/post-Enlightenment schools would have found more purchase, coherence and depth (while avoiding their tragic pitfalls) had they more faithfully received the intellectual inheritance of Platonic/Neo-Platonic thought, which is far too often caricatured or simply not comprehended in its radical and dynamic fullness.
Thank you for this! It is gold. I have been part of many conversations and presentations about this topic and yours has been by far THE MOST clear and organized one I've seen.
Thank you! Congratulations!
I enjoyed this, thank you!
This is just my personal taste but I think I'd enjoy this more if you talked slower, adding little pauses. It always sounds as if you had very little time and needed to convey all information in two minutes if possible. At the same time, there is a quiet background music that seems to want to calm me down :) but by all means, do this series the way you like it!
Haha thanks velooopity y'know you're not the first person to say it and when I reflected on it it's a bit of feedback I'm really grateful for receiving. This sunday's video is much slower I'd love to get your thoughts on it when it comes out whether it's too slow or still too fast. Always trying to improve and this is a solid bit of advice that's come up again and again so it's much appreciated!
@@TheLivingPhilosophy I think the problem is not in your presentation, but in the speed of individual minds. It was at a pace that suited me. I think it would be better for certain folk to slow the video down using that facility. I find that if this stuff is spoken too slowly, it becomes soporific. It Is important to keep apace because there is certainly a rhythm to the process of contemplating ideas of this kind. But don't listen to me, 35,676 other viewings would suggest that it is working. Interesting how we all experience things differently. Consciousness is uniquely individualistic. Tee hee.
I found it a good pace. In other videos, I sometimes stop and replay the bit I wasn't clear about because the voice was garbled or I drifted off into a dream. Use all the tools at hand!
Came here from Anathem, thanks for the explanation!
You're a phenomenal phenomenologist! Outstanding presentation.
Haha thanks Lyle
Im falling in love with ur lectures...living FOR philosophy 💝 from these videos
“And when night comes, and you look back over the day and see how fragmentary everything has been, and how much you planned that has gone undone, and all the reasons you have to be embarrassed and ashamed: just take everything exactly as it is, put it in God's hands and leave it with Him.”
-Edith Stein
Studied this in college in one of the subject. But your video made me realize I used to love phenomenology, thanks for great explanation. Subscribed!
Phenomenology has always been tough for me to understand so thank you for this video.
Thanks Amygdala! I'd be the same so it was a joy to take a deep dive and try to consolidate my confused learnings
10:09 I like this quote, "The work of meditation is to observe the body non-judgmentally and not to generate aversion to negative sensations or craving for positive sensations. The goal is just to observe to look at the experience objectively and experience the impermanence of sensations."
Fascinating and insightful, best explanation of the foundation of phenomenology I have heard.
but the real question is: Do you worship the shadow of Einstein?
Haha I don't think so. I mean Einstein was a smart cookie there's no doubt but I find his enshrinement on the cultural pedestal to be more psychological curious than compelling
One of the best tutorials on Phenomenology...
Thank you!
great content, i apreciate your work. the western-eastern connection reminds me of ken wilber
Yeah absolutely! Another man who was a great bridge. I'm a big fan
So helpful. Amazing how much you manage to explain in just a few minutes. Fantastic video. Thanks!
Behind every situation there’s another situation that peeps through.
Layers and meandering?
I have just tried numerous podcasts, articles and books about phenomenology and this is the only one that made sense!
if the videos had English subtitles it would be better, anyway excellent video.
Apologies Gabriel I'll try and get that sorted it normally does it automatically but someone said the same to me last week so I'll have to look into it and see
To be fair , if u turn on cc ,caption sync well with his words...
No matter how many different takes I hear about phenomenology it always ends up sounding suspicious. Yet I always want to know more about it because I think I must be missing something. Maybe the best justification for it I’ve heard is that it solves the problem of the external world. Yet it does so by simply bracketing the question of its existence. Then it borrows from Descartes the realization that our experience itself cannot be doubted to produce an odd kind of subjectivism.
I wish someone had taken up this comment and responded. Apart from praise for the excellent video presentation, the phrase "odd kind of subjectivism" seems to imply a criticism of the basic thesis, no? 😮
Me and the boys when Fornite is loading:
THANK YOU!😭
I'm writing a research paper and am using phenomenology as part of my theoretical framework. You've made it so much easier to understand. God bless.
Haha delighted to hear it Joseph!
Thank you very much for this video. I’ve been studying phenomenology since my university days in the 1980s. I always thought that it is very similar with Buddhism & Taoism. But I can’t find books that discuss the similarities. Do you have any recommendations?
It seems not.
the very essence of watching this video was a quench to my thirst of understanding what and how of the process undergoing. In addition to this aboutness of my consciousness (quenched), my heart fills up with gratitude to you for this wonderful presentation.
Thank you so much Nikhil! Delighted to hear you enjoyed it so much!
Great video! It's great to have you suddenly recommended by youtube. I've a personal question: I'm currently writing a 600,000 book regarding my ideas on phenomenology and ontology. My major inspiration is Heidegger. However, I'm an autodidact in terms of philosophy and pure mathematics. I've attended lectures in mathematics and philosophy. I've an unfinished course in mathematics though I've generated a ton of theses on it. But I'm not connected with any academia in my country, Philippines. Is there a possibility that I can gain any correspondence or anything from anyone? do you have any advice from me? it will be a self-publish book.
Check out Chad Haag- regardless of your take on his ideas, you might find him a valuable voice given that he’s self-published a few books on philosophy and has put out videos on how to do so, as well as how to write philosophical work. Best of luck to you!
Thank you very much! As for your question I am also not in academia so I couldn't say for certain but my advice would be to find people out there who are close to your message and reach out to them read their work and connect the dots for them. I would suggest that if you want to break through someone's wall of busyness you gotta make it as easy as possible and reading their work shows that it's an effortful reach out. That would be my take anyway for what it's worth
@@samuelneville3150 Thanks Samuel for the suggestion! I'll do that.
@@TheLivingPhilosophy @The Living Philosophy Thanks a lot! That really makes sense. It's difficult though given my location. But yes, that's the best way. I'd send you a copy when I'm finished. Thanks again.
I had attended a course on phenomenology, still couldn’t make out what it was doing actually. Thank you for your crystal clear essay.
Phenomenology it means beack to the origin....✍️🙏
Does it? It seems to me... That it means coming back to the present. And that becomes the origin.
Returning to das source is returning to tranquility because there is no happiness higher than rest.
Break the flower tipped arrows of Mara
And death will never touch me again.
I feel that excitement awaking in my body. This part of philosophy is pushing me deeper and deeper into strange and unknown places in my mind. And I enjoy that.
Good 🙏 The real basis of Phenomenology is Hegel. Read phenomenology of spirit of Hegel 100 times and philosophy of right for 50 times. Then realise that both Husserel and Hiedager are intrepreting Hegel 🙏
This takes me back to my undergrad years, when I was into reading a lot of Husserl and Heidegger (because I'm a nerd, and I was seriously considering an academic career, which turned out to be short lived). My take is that though Husserl's and Heidegger's approaches may seem on the surface contradictory, both should be given full play for all practical purposes. One example of this is in nursing. In the late 2000s I was an intern at the local VA hospital library, and I ran across hundreds of articles on phenomenology in nursing, with case histories of the application of transcendental and existential aporoaches for, e.g., physical therapy for trauma patients, psychotherapy for victims of abuse, etc., and which approach was best depending on circumstance. Phenomenology is not just out-there abstract philosophy; it can and has made a positive contribution to people's lives!
Do you remember examples of what some of the actual practices were recommended?
@@muellermade4857 From what I remember, qualitative surveys in which respondents (patients) were asked to describe their experience with regard to the trauma, that would be given at regular intervals. Though I would have liked to read these articles in depth, I couldn't because of various library duties (document delivery, etc.), so this is what I picked up from the abstracts.
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⌛ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:42 History of Phenomenology
1:46 What is Phenomenology
5:59 Husserl’s Phenomenological Method
7:52 Heidegger’s Ontological Twist
9:17 Phenomenology and Eastern Philosophy
The core concept of Vipassana is what allowed me to detach myself from my obsessive thoughts..a six week retreat by a Guru name Dhiravamsa led me to realizing that words and beliefs prevent my 'third' eye to rise above that and be more in the physical moment. I enjoyed how you tied these ideas together.
I tried on my own to familiarize myself and understand Husserl's approach. Everything about it, especially the idea of "Lebenswelt," was appealing to me. I was stymied, however, by the same tic that needlessly burdens Philosophy generally, something about language and it's misuse that I believe impairs the entire discipline. And that is a willful obtuseness, an abuse of syntax and neologistic terminology that almost seems gratuitously aimed at obstructing the access to the message. This deliberate fog confronts even the educated, the curious, the motivated, the ostensibly intelligent readers who long to enter new realms of thought and thinking, amongst whom, on my best days and with the kindest writers, I count myself. Wittgenstein and Heidegger may share first prize in that contest to elude the student. I have never before expressed this complaint publicly, for fear of contributing to the ambient atmosphere of anti-intellectualism, particularly in America. The aversion to complexity or counter-intuitive facts or ironic burnish are dangers infecting all of American education, and I really want to be part of the solution, not the problem.
So I have strong but conflicting reasons to thank the presenter for reversing this obfuscation with clear, sequential logic and limpid descriptions. You have explained the basics of this appealing school with a muscular, no-nonsense straightforwardness. I really appreciate this service!
I was hoping you would also "decipher" Husserl's use of the word "horizons," which, again, is suffused with intriguing value in his own words yet veiled in the usual haze of philosophical circuitry. Incidentally, as appealing were Husserl's original ideas, I haven't felt the same draw to Heidegger's work. Even after trying to winnow his scholarly work from his taint of Nazi approval, I find him arbitrary, anti-empirical and fatuous.
Youth Without Youth is a 1979 novella by Romanian author Mircea Eliade. Set in and around Bucharest starting in 1938 it follows the life of Dominic Matei, an elderly Romanian intellectual who experiences a cataclysmic event that allows him to live a new life with startling intellectual capacity. His life's work was meant to be the discovery of the origin of human language. There are several different philosophies discussed though out the story, but this was the first time I had encountered it. There is also heavy emphasis on the eastern philosophies connection.
It was adapted into a film by Francis Ford Coppola in 2007 (so post decade of studio debts) also titled Youth Without Youth; It is an incredibly beautiful and complex piece of cinema and was a bit of a passion project for Coppola; staring Tim Roth along side Alexandra Maria Lara, it's wildly underrated I would love to hear what a PHD-Brain would have to say about it.
This video just 🤯my mind. Can not wait to relisten to it. A bridging philosophy, that's beautiful to me.
Really good explanation. Thank you very much. I am working my way through the philosophers.
Delighted this helped with your journey Nancy
Very well described, and great introduction. I’m impressed! I have been reading Cicero, and some Epicureans also looked to find a perspective beyond rationality and stoicism, disregarded for centuries until Von Neumann and Heisenberg.
I am currently a physics student and despite it's incompatibility with empiricism and maybe even science, Phenomenology has helped me deal with inner turmoil, and I think it is a worthwhile philosophy to study. In terms of dealing with the spiritual side of your personhood, I think western philosophy is mostly inadequate, with its ultimate conclusions being that there is likely no god and that consciousness and even identity is illusory. I think phenomenology helps you think about consciousness in a way that doesn't ask you to absurdly deny your own internal feelings. The fact that this is starting to bridge the gap between western and eastern philosophy is reassuring for me as well.
Hands down the clearest explanation of phenomenology I found (and, well, the first one I fully understood), you are amazing. Subscribed.
Thank You Very Much - I enjoyed your explication. When I first learned Phenomenology, I instantly recognized its value for Village Designers: i.e. "bracketing" presuppositions so that one may perceive the essence of a landscape. My dissertation ended up being entitled "Designing for Consciousness: Towards a Theory of Environmental Design Using Neurophenomenology as Methodology." I became fascinated with Francisco Varela's attempt to link 1st and 3rd person methods. Thanks again - Well Done!!!
Best short explanation of the topic I've ever seen. Also: I did a ten day Vipassana retreat in Ireland some time ago. I like the idea of vipassana, but in practice I hated it. I got sick the second day and could never get to sleep in my creaky bunk bed in that drafty old school. Utter misery.
Hahaha its not easy for sure. Was it the school in ennis or the one in Drogheda?
@@TheLivingPhilosophy It was in 2008 and I haven't been to Ireland since, so my memory's a bit fuzzy. It was an old school, and I thought it was somewhere in the midlands. So probably not Drogheda, but I'm not sure.
@@colonelweird Ah yes that'll have been the one near Ennis I've never been to that one although I have heard the walking route was quite grim whereas Drogheda has a lot more fields and stuff so a little bit more engaging in that way maybe.
Excellent introduction to phenomenology. Thank you. As a monk in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, i would add that meditation can be much more than simply observing what arises in our experience. It can also include distinguishing between which patterns of thought and emotion give rise to suffering and mental obscuration, and which give rise to well-being and clear insight into truth, then intentionally reducing the former and increasing the later.
This is indeed a brilliantly succinct talk.
Thank you for your response, as you say, surely meditation is Potentially far more than just being released from suffering, it is a path to divine consciousness where the individual seeks unity with God, the universe, the source of all being. And it is an interior experience that can never be fully expressed in words however eloquent. As a follower of John Todd Ferrier, a modern mystic of great profundity, it’s good to know that a Buddhist is on a similar path.
This is wonderful, will have to listen to it when I am not so tired. The path of philosophers in this is a path of readings and thoughts dating way back for me...
That was brilliant. If you have anything to say about other subjects, say, psychoanalysis, I'm all ears. Great channel.
To add my voice to the chorus of previous commenters, wonderful video! The growing interest in phenomenology gets me so excited as there are so many intersections with Eastern philosophical traditions as well as Eastern and ancient Christian thought (Maximos the Confessor and Ephraim the Syrian for example); there’s so much potential for opening new gateways to the Beautiful and the Other. If you haven’t ever watched any of Terrence Malick’s films, definitely worth checking out the Tree of Life or A Hidden Life, Heidegger has had a huge influence on him.
You have just blown my mind. I did not know Heidgegger influenced Tree of life. I've also never watched A Hidden Life so gotta get on that but Tree of Life is my all time favourite movie well if you call it a movie it's not exactly the same category as movies it's more a work of art I've watched it a half dozen times and still feel like I've yet to cut into its depths it's just god I love that movie. Anyway thank you for the kind words and the thought provoking insight and of course for pointing a way to further enrich my favourite movie
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Wow- thank you. This really helps with my understanding of Heidegger and more.
Thank you for this really great and accessible way into understanding phenomenology!
Brilliantly explained!
Thes best explanation i have ever heard about this topic. Thank you
Thanks a million Carlos! Glad you enjoyed it!
I have maintained a daily practice of meditation over the last two years. At the beginning of last month, I began reading Heidegger for the first time. I immediately apprehended the deep connection between the two. It’s wonderful to see this pointed out explicitly. Thank you for the great video.
Eye opening for a programmer like me who knows little about philosophy. Thanks!
This is a brilliant overview. That you managed to communicate complex topics clearly with such insight, depth & clarity is very impressive. Thanks.
I can not add any new adjectives to describe your excellent efforts and contribution to making the internet a place where Marshall McLuhan and so many others thought and hoped it would be. A place to share knowledge. Thank you sir.
Thanks a million Glen!
Nicely done. First time viewer, so I don't know if OSHO is taboo for/to you, but words come to mind.
"...The Philosopher knows nothing of life. He watches it; he is bystander. In order to know about life, one must experience it..."
For me, this video describes exactly why Zen Buddhism, if one spoke of schools of philosophy, would be whacked with a stick. It would seem that any non-Phenomologists would eventually "empty their/our cup", after meditation entrenchment.
OSHO once more:
"The Catholic Priest and the Christian Priest agree about nothing. The Catholic Monk and Christian Monk agree about everything.
Inspiring too!
I'm a trying- to-leave-it alone philosopher myself, so please don't be offended.
The way that a species expirences reality is specific to that species. This is relevant because the closer to actual reality, the expirence of the species, the faster have gone extinct. I think it's wonderful that we are not experiencing absolute reality, plus my mind is built to understand this perception of reality fairly well most of the time
Thank you for the clear and methodical exposition. It gets interesting with the Eastern connection made towards the end.
interesting (buddhist practitioner for over 40 years and retired psychologist). many psychologists have been influenced by this work. We keep rediscovering this.
And yes, the presentation is a little breathless.
This is the best summary of Phenomenology I ever saw. Thanks!
Thanks for the introduction. You explained it well.
thanks you so much for this explaination, i have always struggled with understanding phenomenology and your video made me understand it much clearer
This video is AMAZING. You are a great teacher.
PS: there is so much information to absorb and I think IMO it would help if it were with a slower delivery. Watching it twice wont hurt!
Thank you so much Olympia! And the feedback is most welcome I've tried to slow down in more recent videos so hopefully you'll find them a more digestible cadence!
I guess I think both ways. There's a core essence and immanations of those spirits or natures. I lov the whole essentialism, it's egregore, the zeitgeists and the individual's take as the rhetorical experience over time really creates internal dialectics among the basic logic. What a very helpful video!
Thanks for the support yqa and the creative insights as ever!
The last couple of minutes blew me away, glad I listened to this episode!
Delighted to hear it Mattia!
I too struggled with understanding, phenomenology as an undergraduate for two years at the University of Leuven where Husserl’s notes and manuscripts have been stored since the last war. I too found this video to be a most succinct and clear 10 minute summary of Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology. As Husserl himself claimed, however, the field of phenomenology extends to horizons beyond horizons and is thus infinite. Maybe the video can stimulate interest of more budding scholars and researchers - especially in economics, social sciences , ecology - and other fields sorely needing new approaches to addressing modern problems. Kudos to the speaker!
@Das Peck Leuven is a place where academics refer to Husserl, not Heidegger.
very short and very good summary of phenomenology.
very accurate choice of words to explain the concepts as clearly as possible.
good job!
An excellent presentation that repays several auditions. Great clarity and accessibility.
Thanks Peter!
Why in the world this channel doesnt have millions of subscribers? The content is amazing and great quality! Keep doing the good job!
Haha! Thanks mosawer! Hopefully someday it will! I really appreciate the support and the belief it makes life so much easier!
Umm,.as a neophyte in the study of phenomenology, thank you very much, it seems to reverberate in the works of C. C. Castaneda. Specifically with regard to what his teacher called the 'tonal, the 'nagual', and the 'assemblage point' - (ie.the apriori modus. operandi of perception and awareness as it forms the relativity and gestalt of what we (knowingly or unknowingly) call reality, the world, or weltanchauung. My point is this view is derived from the ancient Toltecs. One need not look only to eastern philosophy for an introduction into what Castaneda calls : 'energetic facts' sans mere theory. Thanks for the upload.
can't imagine a video of phenomenology get over 120k views, nailed it
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