Thank you Sir for such an excellent analysis of the Categories, as presented by Aristotle. With your presentation you manage to make a difficult subject fun, enjoyable and understandable.
That happens on occasion. Usually, I get stares. Every once in a while people will pause and ask questions. Thus far, no one has followed me around. One student claimed she was going to visit all the parks in the area to find me. I found that prospect . . . unsettling. Thanks for watching and spread the word!
5:02 Quantity 6:18 Place & Date/Time 7:56 Posture 8:57 Action 10:28 Passivity 11:20 Relation 13:36 Possession 15:00 Quality 17:09 Use of Subject as a Predicate 18:38 Subject as a Substance
Thanks for the "Table of Contents" as it were. I actually do not know how to do this myself. Is there a video or website you might suggest as instruction?
I don't understand. I watched the video in its entirety, noting the timestamps as I went along. I then finalized my comment. Have I misunderstood your question?
I meant I do not know how to create a Table of Contents--a list of timestamps as I introduce a new topic. I apologize if my comment came across as sarcastic. I was hoping for some online instruction or something like that to tell me how to create a list of timestamps.
When i discovered your channel, you became my second philosophy teacher this year since we cannot cover it all through online school (i am in high school btw). Shared your videos to my class, we were all prepared to talk about Aristotle this week. Big thanks! Best videos on this topic! I will surely dive into your other videos, I hope that more people will have luck to discover and watch your amazing videos!
I appreciate the compliment. It is good to know other students are using this material. Thanks for watching and spread the word. By the way, which High School? I’m just curious.
Another great video. You have a talent for simplifying things. Watched many videos on this topic, some hours long but yours is the best by far. I'm on a mission to go through all your philosophy videos. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us.
I’m glad you like it. One piece of advice I give my students: read and take notes first. Then, compare one’s own efforts to the videos. Just a suggestion. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
"To Have" and "Having" You "have (probably) many shirts," and for this discussion, you "are having your red shirt." "Habit" - "Having" (using) the possessions habitually at the right time.
Can accidents turn into substences? For example in this statment: Blue is a specter of light.Blue seems to take the place of subtance. Anyway i am very gratful to you for this kind of contents.
Good question. I am not enough of a historian to tell you whether Aristotle thought “blue” could be a substance-indeed, much of his original work is gone. I also am not enough of a historian to tell you whether Aristotleans thought so. I can say this: Blue can be a substance only it has both Form and Matter. The first would be a genus and a species; e.g., “The color between Purple and Red”. The second would be a description from each of the Categories. Matter, I would think, would be the more difficult task.
@@haugenmetaphilosophy yes , A was so biological , empirical , correspondence and all that , that he was really anti philosophical at least with metaphysics ...alright by me:)
In the ex of " I am wearing a hat for shade", Is this correct? SUBJECT: I ACTION: Wearing POSSESSION: Hat SHADE: PASSIVITY If we were to continue and say the hat is providing shade for cooling... would for cooling be a quality because it appeals to the senses?
Good approach at trying to understand the material, but there is a little mistake. The Categories are applied to each substance-not merely to a sentence. So, the hat would have a description from each of the categories, as would I. “Used for cooling” would likely be one of the four causes; specifically a final cause (the four causes are discussed in the next video). So, if I am the substance we are discussing, I am possessing the hat, and we could say that wearing the hat is an action I am taking. If we are discussing the hat, and we are being somewhat loose with the language, we might be able to say that “blocking the sun” or “casting a shadow” would be an action of the hat. Qualities of the hat would include “stiff” (to a degree), “light” (as in not heavy), and “tan”. Not too bad. Keep working on this and you will understand Aristotle.
Substance isn't the least useless predicate dependent upon date. Unless nothingness has properties and predicates... I guess the skies black... A cloudy night in the forest from the perspective of the observer.
My initial thought is “no”. Even as you use the phrase, “steepness” describes the hill; thus, it is a predicate. Steepness is not subject that has predicates; thus, it is only a predicate. In order for steepness to be a subject, it would have to have predicates that describe it from all the categories.
Very good video, I finally understand some of the concepts that I've been trying to understand with some videos. The thing is, you said green is a predicate, but green can also be a subject isn't it? I think every word can potentially be a subject, isn't it? Also, some of the videos are explaining, in a subject and predicate of a subject which I entirely didn't understand, hope you can shed some light, thank you!
There are certainly cases where Aristotle and others have used Predicates as Subjects-English certainly allows for it. I am not an expert nor proficient in Greek, but I imagine the same is true for Greek. Now, if we are merely looking at a grammatical point, it does not seem that there would be a further problem. However, if we make an additional metaphysical point, e.g., all subjects are substances, then we likely have a problem. If “Green” is a Subject, and consequently a substance, then it has form and matter. The form of Green likely does not pose a terrific problem (though, I challenge you to define it in terms of a genus and species). The matter of Green would pose a significant problem.
![Lp. Сердце Вселенной #60 РОЖДЕНИЕ ЛОЛОЛОШКИ [Финал] • Майнкрафт](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YoR0pAV9FVQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Thank you Sir for such an excellent analysis of the Categories, as presented by Aristotle. With your presentation you manage to make a difficult subject fun, enjoyable and understandable.
I appreciate the compliment. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
Very good video, I just imagine someone hiking and coming across a guy talking to a camera about philosophy in the middle of nowhere haha
That happens on occasion. Usually, I get stares. Every once in a while people will pause and ask questions. Thus far, no one has followed me around. One student claimed she was going to visit all the parks in the area to find me. I found that prospect . . . unsettling.
Thanks for watching and spread the word!
5:02 Quantity
6:18 Place & Date/Time
7:56 Posture
8:57 Action
10:28 Passivity
11:20 Relation
13:36 Possession
15:00 Quality
17:09 Use of Subject as a Predicate
18:38 Subject as a Substance
Thanks for the "Table of Contents" as it were. I actually do not know how to do this myself. Is there a video or website you might suggest as instruction?
I don't understand. I watched the video in its entirety, noting the timestamps as I went along. I then finalized my comment. Have I misunderstood your question?
I meant I do not know how to create a Table of Contents--a list of timestamps as I introduce a new topic. I apologize if my comment came across as sarcastic. I was hoping for some online instruction or something like that to tell me how to create a list of timestamps.
ua-cam.com/video/tBiPumGnVT4/v-deo.html
Best lecture on this topic I’ve been searching for something like this. Wish somebody would’ve told me this in the third grade.
I appreciate the compliment and I am glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
That’s so funny! I’m in Boerne, TX watching this video for my online class and learned that you filmed this near by. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome. You are not one of my online students. Out of curiosity, whose online class are you taking?
When i discovered your channel, you became my second philosophy teacher this year since we cannot cover it all through online school (i am in high school btw). Shared your videos to my class, we were all prepared to talk about Aristotle this week. Big thanks! Best videos on this topic! I will surely dive into your other videos, I hope that more people will have luck to discover and watch your amazing videos!
I appreciate the compliment. It is good to know other students are using this material. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
By the way, which High School? I’m just curious.
This is the best UA-cam video on this subject
Thanks for the compliment; that’s very kind of you to say. Keep watching and spread the word.
Very helpful breakdown of the categories! Thank you.
Another great video. You have a talent for simplifying things. Watched many videos on this topic, some hours long but yours is the best by far. I'm on a mission to go through all your philosophy videos. Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us.
Thank you for the heartfelt compliment. Keep watching and spread the word!
Great lecture...maybe you can discuss Paulo Freire as well
I appreciate the compliment. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
Good job sir, thank you
I appreciate the compliment, and you are welcome. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
Nice video sir, I’m reading the article and watching your explication simultaneously
I’m glad you like it. One piece of advice I give my students: read and take notes first. Then, compare one’s own efforts to the videos. Just a suggestion. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
Thank you for your advice sir! I’m a student in UCLA, May I ask where are you teaching by any chances?
@@wayneding3504 San Antonio College in San Antonio, TX.
"To Have" and "Having"
You "have (probably) many shirts," and for this discussion, you "are having your red shirt."
"Habit" - "Having" (using) the possessions habitually at the right time.
Can accidents turn into substences? For example in this statment: Blue is a specter of light.Blue seems to take the place of subtance.
Anyway i am very gratful to you for this kind of contents.
Good question. I am not enough of a historian to tell you whether Aristotle thought “blue” could be a substance-indeed, much of his original work is gone. I also am not enough of a historian to tell you whether Aristotleans thought so. I can say this: Blue can be a substance only it has both Form and Matter. The first would be a genus and a species; e.g., “The color between Purple and Red”. The second would be a description from each of the Categories. Matter, I would think, would be the more difficult task.
v good...thnx
I appreciate the compliment. Thanks for watching and spread the word.
@@haugenmetaphilosophy yes , A was so biological , empirical , correspondence and all that , that he was really anti philosophical at least with metaphysics ...alright by me:)
In the ex of " I am wearing a hat for shade", Is this correct?
SUBJECT: I
ACTION: Wearing
POSSESSION: Hat
SHADE: PASSIVITY
If we were to continue and say the hat is providing shade for cooling... would for cooling be a quality because it appeals to the senses?
Good approach at trying to understand the material, but there is a little mistake. The Categories are applied to each substance-not merely to a sentence. So, the hat would have a description from each of the categories, as would I. “Used for cooling” would likely be one of the four causes; specifically a final cause (the four causes are discussed in the next video).
So, if I am the substance we are discussing, I am possessing the hat, and we could say that wearing the hat is an action I am taking. If we are discussing the hat, and we are being somewhat loose with the language, we might be able to say that “blocking the sun” or “casting a shadow” would be an action of the hat. Qualities of the hat would include “stiff” (to a degree), “light” (as in not heavy), and “tan”.
Not too bad. Keep working on this and you will understand Aristotle.
Substance isn't the least useless predicate dependent upon date. Unless nothingness has properties and predicates... I guess the skies black... A cloudy night in the forest from the perspective of the observer.
can the steepness of the hill itself be considered a subject
My initial thought is “no”. Even as you use the phrase, “steepness” describes the hill; thus, it is a predicate. Steepness is not subject that has predicates; thus, it is only a predicate. In order for steepness to be a subject, it would have to have predicates that describe it from all the categories.
Referencias por favor
Well, the text I use is not Aristotle’s Categories; so, I have no references from Aristotle’s works.
Very good video, I finally understand some of the concepts that I've been trying to understand with some videos.
The thing is, you said green is a predicate, but green can also be a subject isn't it? I think every word can potentially be a subject, isn't it?
Also, some of the videos are explaining, in a subject and predicate of a subject which I entirely didn't understand, hope you can shed some light, thank you!
There are certainly cases where Aristotle and others have used Predicates as Subjects-English certainly allows for it. I am not an expert nor proficient in Greek, but I imagine the same is true for Greek. Now, if we are merely looking at a grammatical point, it does not seem that there would be a further problem. However, if we make an additional metaphysical point, e.g., all subjects are substances, then we likely have a problem. If “Green” is a Subject, and consequently a substance, then it has form and matter. The form of Green likely does not pose a terrific problem (though, I challenge you to define it in terms of a genus and species). The matter of Green would pose a significant problem.