@dhakharai, thank you for your comment. There's always room for improvement in video quality and production. At the same time, it's important for me to remember that everyone is at a different level. Maybe I cannot produce super high quality videos that look super professional at the moment, but that's OK. I can be me and do my best. It's my hope, though, that my videos are "good enough" that people can benefit from them and enjoy them. Traditional logic, which is so sadly neglected today, is needed more than ever.
What books would you recommend to know your self, develop sophisticated reasoning, develop your own life lessons and over all have a more philosophical way of thinking and how you interact with the world. Sorry if this sounds weird, I’m new to philosophy.
Howdy, @crispywings9066! That’s a difficult question to answer here because it’s so wide-open with hundreds of choices. Check out: amateurlogician.com/trivium-logic/ and amateurlogician.com/philosophy/ I love philosophy, though I think a good way to get into it is to develop a strong foundation in logic. Reading good philosophy will help anyone develop critical thinking skills and logic simply through osmosis. Consider getting at least one good logic book. That can be Peter Kreeft’s textbook! You might also consider checking into Mortimer J. Adler. He has the famous text “How to Read a Book.” Then get one general philosophy book that overlaps into an interest you have. So, that might be “The Problems of Philosophy” by Russell Bertrand especially if you have an interest in epistemology. Or that might be “Aquinas” by Edward Feser, especially if you have an interest in traditional metaphysics. Thanks for the question and interest! I hope to see you around "here" more!
@@AmateurLogicianyes I will look into these, thanks for giving a well thought out reply not many UA-camrs do that. You have definitely earned a sub from me
@@AmateurLogicianI have one more question and that is which books do you recommend for solving hard and abstract problems fast and a book to develop your reasoning skills?
@@crispywings9066 It really depends upon your precise goals. It's a wide question. Since this UA-cam video deals with traditional logic, not mathematical logic, I would suggest getting Dr. Kreeft's textbook. There are good exercises, including the informal diagramming of relatively complex arguments. Another book that deals with, and includes exercises on, the informal nature of complex arguments is "The Logic of Real Arguments" by Alec Fisher. A very old book to look into is "Studies and Exercises In Formal Logic: Including A Generalization Of Logical Processes In Their Application To Complex Inferences" by John Neville Keynes. Reasoning skills are, no doubt, very broad in scope! We're talking about something that’s multifaceted. Some of the recommendations on my website take a broad approach. You'll find introductory textbooks that will at least preview basic statistical reasoning, for example. Someone can always later go very deep into inductive statistical reasoning. These are huge topics. While my online tutorial doesn't yet have a lot of exercises, it at least gives the formal structures (of traditional logic) to master to then apply. Another thing I suggest is just to read good philosophy books. Through osmosis someone can "pick up" good reasoning habits. That's what I've done and continue to try to do. It's a skill that always needs to be worked on. Follow your interests! There's no exact linear path, in my mind.
Yes, "passion" is undergoing or being affected. For example, Socrates being bruised after a punch in the arm is a "passion." Passion is among the ten categories of Aristotle. They are also called the predicaments. Video: ua-cam.com/video/ZU0TLItdJnk/v-deo.html Article: amateurlogician.com/categories/
. @AmateurLogician I was quoting what you wrote with the question mark at end. Hmm .... this is first time I've encountered "passion" in the philo/logic context. Maybe it is Kreeft ... or something getting lost in the ancient Greek translation of what Socrates/Arist. actually wrote. Try to cover logic in the context of English grammar (nouns, verbs, prepositions, adj. adverbs, etc) -- as an alternative to those 10 cats
No apologies necessary…this is absolute gold for those seeking a fertile mind
@dhakharai, thank you for your comment. There's always room for improvement in video quality and production. At the same time, it's important for me to remember that everyone is at a different level. Maybe I cannot produce super high quality videos that look super professional at the moment, but that's OK. I can be me and do my best. It's my hope, though, that my videos are "good enough" that people can benefit from them and enjoy them. Traditional logic, which is so sadly neglected today, is needed more than ever.
Thanks! I love your channel!
What books would you recommend to know your self, develop sophisticated reasoning, develop your own life lessons and over all have a more philosophical way of thinking and how you interact with the world. Sorry if this sounds weird, I’m new to philosophy.
Howdy, @crispywings9066! That’s a difficult question to answer here because it’s so wide-open with hundreds of choices.
Check out: amateurlogician.com/trivium-logic/
and amateurlogician.com/philosophy/
I love philosophy, though I think a good way to get into it is to develop a strong foundation in logic. Reading good philosophy will help anyone develop critical thinking skills and logic simply through osmosis. Consider getting at least one good logic book. That can be Peter Kreeft’s textbook! You might also consider checking into Mortimer J. Adler. He has the famous text “How to Read a Book.” Then get one general philosophy book that overlaps into an interest you have.
So, that might be “The Problems of Philosophy” by Russell Bertrand especially if you have an interest in epistemology. Or that might be “Aquinas” by Edward Feser, especially if you have an interest in traditional metaphysics.
Thanks for the question and interest! I hope to see you around "here" more!
@@AmateurLogicianyes I will look into these, thanks for giving a well thought out reply not many UA-camrs do that. You have definitely earned a sub from me
@@crispywings9066 Thank you. Glad to help!
@@AmateurLogicianI have one more question and that is which books do you recommend for solving hard and abstract problems fast and a book to develop your reasoning skills?
@@crispywings9066 It really depends upon your precise goals. It's a wide question. Since this UA-cam video deals with traditional logic, not mathematical logic, I would suggest getting Dr. Kreeft's textbook. There are good exercises, including the informal diagramming of relatively complex arguments. Another book that deals with, and includes exercises on, the informal nature of complex arguments is "The Logic of Real Arguments" by Alec Fisher. A very old book to look into is "Studies and Exercises In Formal Logic: Including A Generalization Of Logical Processes In Their Application To Complex Inferences" by John Neville Keynes.
Reasoning skills are, no doubt, very broad in scope! We're talking about something that’s multifaceted. Some of the recommendations on my website take a broad approach. You'll find introductory textbooks that will at least preview basic statistical reasoning, for example. Someone can always later go very deep into inductive statistical reasoning. These are huge topics.
While my online tutorial doesn't yet have a lot of exercises, it at least gives the formal structures (of traditional logic) to master to then apply.
Another thing I suggest is just to read good philosophy books. Through osmosis someone can "pick up" good reasoning habits. That's what I've done and continue to try to do. It's a skill that always needs to be worked on. Follow your interests! There's no exact linear path, in my mind.
Passion is undergoing?
Yes, "passion" is undergoing or being affected. For example, Socrates being bruised after a punch in the arm is a "passion."
Passion is among the ten categories of Aristotle. They are also called the predicaments.
Video: ua-cam.com/video/ZU0TLItdJnk/v-deo.html
Article: amateurlogician.com/categories/
. @AmateurLogician I was quoting what you wrote with the question mark at end. Hmm .... this is first time I've encountered "passion" in the philo/logic context. Maybe it is Kreeft ... or something getting lost in the ancient Greek translation of what Socrates/Arist. actually wrote. Try to cover logic in the context of English grammar (nouns, verbs, prepositions, adj. adverbs, etc) -- as an alternative to those 10 cats
Can you please do a “start to finish: self learn logic books to master” video please. The ones for maths and physics have been received well