Noam Chomsky on Jung, Wittgenstein, and Gödel (Ask Me Anything)
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- Noam Chomsky in his only Ask Me Anything in years. Links to what's been mentioned in the video are below (scroll).
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:03 What do Gödel's incompleteness theorems say about mathematical realism / linguistics? (Prof. Rebecca Goldstein)
00:04:25 Progress on the science of consciousness? (Prof. Anil Seth)
00:09:52 Modern Ptolemaic models in science
00:11:29 Analyzing infinitival phrases (Prof. Daniel Bonevac)
00:14:38 Are there units of culture, like memes? (Prof. JT Velikovsky)
00:21:55 Extralinguistic experiences being fathomed only through linguistics? (Andres Zuleta)
00:25:16 Can you perceive a thought even if you don't verbally express it? (Rivulet)
00:27:37 Is there a Chomskyan pre-grammar for religion like Eric Weinstein suggests? (Aro Own)
00:33:52 On Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations and its influence on Chomsky (Jack McGreevy)
00:39:51 Conscious volition vs. unconscious "wiring" in relation to free will (Joel Suro)
00:44:51 Is mathematics itself the domain of all languages? (Boris Costello)
00:46:33 Is language created from the top down (enforcement from authorities) or bottom up ("the people")?
00:49:47 Social constructionism vs. Chomsky
00:51:47 Jung's archetypes' relationship to Chomskyan grammar
00:54:02 Bakunin, freedom, language, and human nature
00:57:51 What revolutionary words / phrases have we forgotten that we should re-learn?
00:58:39 How has Chomsky's views on universal grammar changed since he conceived it?
01:08:13 Change vs. Evolution (variation, replication, selection)
01:10:40 Unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics
01:10:59 Advice for Curt, who's developing a Theory of Everything
01:15:12 The invention of terms like LatinX and BIPOC, etc. Is there something different about them?
01:17:14 The Sapir Whorf hypothesis
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Rebecca Goldstein's interview: • Rebecca Goldstein: Göd...
Anil Seth's interview: • Anil Seth: Neuroscienc...
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Good news. Chomsky is thrilled with the reception of this AMA and would like to do another. Keep it related to cog. sci. / psychology / linguistics / philosophy. I won't take political questions. You can write your questions here: www.reddit.com/r/TheoriesOfEverything/comments/kvbk1l/noam_chomsky_confirmed_for_a_second_ama_on_cog/
Adding the SUBTITLE increases the viewer Worldwide. THANKS 4 that!! -- I am from abroad, the SUB helps GREATLY understand this GREAT Legend at its fullest. KEEP the SUBs coming!!
I am watching this show over and over and over again and still many things to take away. REALLY Great One!
Sidenote: PETER J. GLINOS needs to change his Microphone-Headset Gear greatly. On divers Devices it is VERY Hard to understand him/his questions. Since Noams THOUGHTS are VERY Important Peter should appreciate that …;-))
@@martinezlopez4699 Thanks for the love and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on the channel as well. - Curt
@@TheoriesofEverything can I help you with the spanish subtitles for this video? let me know and I can work in this, thanks!
It is remarkable that Chomsky at 94 can reference publications from decades ago and their researchers by name without hesitating, without blocking, and apparently without making mistakes.
92!
Ouch! I had completely forgotten that little piece of bio data.
I remember 3000 plus years of REAL history not the simulated stories we were fed Indigo Child Awakening The Final Detox ua-cam.com/video/aITXoatshpI/v-deo.html
"When examining Comrade Chomsky, like other radicals, it is important to not only examine what he says (though what he says is often wrong), but what he is not saying. Utopian revolutionaries butchered millions of people in the 1900s, and the United States of America, a creature of the Enlightenment, did the heavy lifting to stop them before the socialist cancer killed human civilization in its entirety. Now that the evils of socialism have become manifest, all Chomsky can provide is nihilism. But the genius of Chomsky’s nihilism resides in this- his ability to combine cynicism and idealism to argue that everything that exists deserves to be destroyed. The idealism - Chomsky’s vague notion of anarchism - functions as an impossible standard to condemn the West- no matter how much good we do, since we can always to better, we’re bad. That’s all it is; it is not a program, and Chomsky has been more than willing to support dictatorships when they are against free enterprise and/or the United States. The cynicism steps in when Chomsky implies that everything is equally bad, as if the crimes of the United States are comparable, if not worse, than those of Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, and Mao’s China. The goal is not self-affirmation, but self-destruction, and Chomsky’s meeting with the Party of God (the Hezb’Allah) symbolizes everything this man is about. If no model of the revolutionary future exists, then revolution *is* destructive suicide and nothing else."
@@carmelaalbanese124 PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE...
Chomsky is gradually turning into Gandalf. I have no problem with that.
@Andre Tucker he acknowledges that publicly and openly
@Andre Tucker yeah I couldn't care less either, was just stating some facts. Happy Xmas
@Sessaly Think again. Preferably after consulting a calendar.
Facts have no reason without feelings. Reason holds an emotional aspect.
@@mrroberts9230 No excuse to put feelings over reason, and facts.
I celebrate Noam Chomsky day with my family! He is a great human being!! Love from Sweden!
Captain fantastic
You must have a wonderful family! X
You looking to adopt an alcoholic philsopher with a foul mouth? Hit me up.
Pfft. Fukn amateur I can't even spell philsopher properly.
@@tomiantenna7279 That's probably because you're an alcoholic.
We are truly blessed to live in the same time as Chomsky.
We have so many giants. Still. Chomsky, Attenborough, Charlie Brooker...
@@tomiantenna7279 Much love and respect to Charlie Brooker, from an American. I’ve been watching his “news-wipes” and “screen-wipes” for years, now (it’s how in stay up on UK news, besides The Guardian. I also enjoyed Black Mirror quite a bit.
I’m glad that I live in the same time as Adam Curtis, too.
Yeah it blows my mind to have been able to interact with someone who just might be the overall smartest man in the world, definitely one of the brightest in history. The spider at the center of our civilization's entire web of thought. You might find it interesting that there were a few things we discussed that he just couldn't seem to get tho... scope and limits, scope and limits.
I hope I'm blessed enough to live to be 92 years old, and at 92 years old, I'm capable of being asked highly technical questions across many domains of learning, and give better answers than 99.9% of 20-something PhD's.
Heck, I'd be thrilled to be able to be able to do that at age 50.
How rare to find such a fine balance of intelligence, professional scope and depth, moral commitment, openness and humility 🤗
One might imagine these a whole, divided without habitual integrity.
@@shameonisrael One might, might one not indeed?
Chomsky's current existence is why socrates waited so long to reincarnate. After 2500 years, he was finally like "Yes, now is my time. The world needs me" and then chomsky was born
Nonsense. You have been deceived. Chomsky has done nothing but talk about the corruption of the ruling class as he cashed his MIT paychecks his whole life. He is a total gatekeeper with no conscience. Noam's role was to keep the norm.
@@nalahhuru9915 Generally, when people like Mr. Chomsky here make a claim, they understand that they must endure the burden of proof, and so they do. They also try to refrain from using logical fallacies. Maybe look into it; you could find yourself to become a more informed, content, and happy person
92 yrs old and still passionate and lucid, to current affairs. We are in debt to Chomsky's intellect and insight.
I was introduced to Noam Chomsky by my theology professor way back in the 1980's, and I'm back listening to him in 2020! He's a breath of fresh air in today's toxic dehumanizing environment. Thank you for your program!
Professor Chomsky has been so active lately. No family gatherings this year, but a whole day of listening to this genius is just as good. Merry Christmas everybody.
He is active for a reason.
"When examining Comrade Chomsky, like other radicals, it is important to not only examine what he says (though what he says is often wrong), but what he is not saying. Utopian revolutionaries butchered millions of people in the 1900s, and the United States of America, a creature of the Enlightenment, did the heavy lifting to stop them before the socialist cancer killed human civilization in its entirety. Now that the evils of socialism have become manifest, all Chomsky can provide is nihilism. But the genius of Chomsky’s nihilism resides in this- his ability to combine cynicism and idealism to argue that everything that exists deserves to be destroyed. The idealism - Chomsky’s vague notion of anarchism - functions as an impossible standard to condemn the West- no matter how much good we do, since we can always to better, we’re bad. That’s all it is; it is not a program, and Chomsky has been more than willing to support dictatorships when they are against free enterprise and/or the United States. The cynicism steps in when Chomsky implies that everything is equally bad, as if the crimes of the United States are comparable, if not worse, than those of Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, and Mao’s China. The goal is not self-affirmation, but self-destruction, and Chomsky’s meeting with the Party of God (the Hezb’Allah) symbolizes everything this man is about. If no model of the revolutionary future exists, then revolution *is* destructive suicide and nothing else."
@@carmelaalbanese124 I thought the conversation this time was Non political.But one can feel the heat of hatred against the ideas of probable betterment of humanity in diatribes like this. Of course the only redeeming vestiges of socialism, which gave birth to annihilators of their own people, can be discerned in some measure in some Scandinavian countries. The welfare states were all gobbled up by the likes of Teachers ans Reagans. But one has only to forget the foundational genocides and slavery, coup D tas all around the world, and the Cosy comfort derived under the benign Lordship of Donald Trump and his Ku Klux Klan etc etc , by a sizable number of Americans ...Then of course Hitlers, Stalins, Maos and even Churchills would loom up as far greater demons... The non white world is however aghast at the Greatness mania. And confused. Capitalism and Socialism, both in their centuries long duets, were given to the rest of the world by the West. And time and again ,the west keeps ensnaring the poor lot.Where does this kind of hatred lead us? hatred towards the 99,burning in the eyes of 1 per cent?
@@carmelaalbanese124 What a waste of space that post was.
@@africanhistory Do you mean he's going to die soon?
It's crazy how Noam can shift between topics that are so different and complex. He is like the last living polymath. A true intellect of our time.
he's incredible. definitely not the last living polymath though, the rest of them are just tucked away in academia. i really like mark bickhard's work: ua-cam.com/video/Dg5hdlhA-L8/v-deo.html
@@ohanhominis413 Thanks! I will definitely check him out.
Noam is my number one intellectual of all time. His ideas and books changed my worldview. A true hero!!!
This man doesn't even get 1% of the attention he absolutely deserves, whereas idiots drown the airwaves everywhere. He's a modern day prophet, and if anyone needed a role model it should be Noam, his entire being devoted to pursuing the truth in all things.
Polymath? nonsense. He has rode a MIT desk and wrote many rubbish books being a gatekeeper of imperialism his whole life indoctrinating the masses with an all talk-no action mindset.
“Spending most of your waking hours being directed by a Master is intolerable”. Right on, Bro!
thats why im vegan bro
Noam is talking about himself. His Master is the ruling class (MIT=cia) who he has protected his whole life with his controlled opposition rhetoric. Noam's role is to keep the norm.
@@wyattknowles8885 no, that's not why. It's because you're starved for attention
Noam may be one of the most sublime, quietly-ferocious intellects of our time, yet humble as dirt. How many dimensions can this guy see into? The Gandalf-look is quite apropos; such an ethereal, penetrating intelligence.
Yes, he’s like someone who comes home with an IKEA package and takes 40 years to read the instructions while saying “there’s something corrupt and wrong here, but I need more time to figure this out.”
@@johnjulian88 Rather spurious of you. IKEA furniture is _far_ more complicated than human affairs. Nothing a flame-thrower can't fix...
@@johnjulian88 Don't we all do that with IKEA?
@@yiasemide I don’t know, I’ve never purchased anything by IKEA.
I prefer Mark Fisher and Gilles Deleuze. Unfortunately, they both died by suicide (Deleuze in 1994, Fisher in 2016, I believe). I’m currently reading _PostCapitalist Desire,_ Fisher’s first posthumous Published Text (It’s a lightly edited collection of his final 6 lectures, immediately before his death).
Also, I think that _Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?_ is probably the most important book to come out in the last 10-20 years. I just really am saddened and frustrated that Fisher didn’t finish _Acid Communism_ before he negated himself.
I admire Chomsky very much. He's very smart and knowing and still never look down on people. He truly believes in the capacity of every human to think for themselves and reach the right decisions. I always hear a tone of arrogance from intellectual figures no matter how hard they try to hide it but I've been following Chomsky for years and he's never disappointing.
"When examining Comrade Chomsky, like other radicals, it is important to not only examine what he says (though what he says is often wrong), but what he is not saying. Utopian revolutionaries butchered millions of people in the 1900s, and the United States of America, a creature of the Enlightenment, did the heavy lifting to stop them before the socialist cancer killed human civilization in its entirety. Now that the evils of socialism have become manifest, all Chomsky can provide is nihilism. But the genius of Chomsky’s nihilism resides in this- his ability to combine cynicism and idealism to argue that everything that exists deserves to be destroyed. The idealism - Chomsky’s vague notion of anarchism - functions as an impossible standard to condemn the West- no matter how much good we do, since we can always to better, we’re bad. That’s all it is; it is not a program, and Chomsky has been more than willing to support dictatorships when they are against free enterprise and/or the United States. The cynicism steps in when Chomsky implies that everything is equally bad, as if the crimes of the United States are comparable, if not worse, than those of Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia, and Mao’s China. The goal is not self-affirmation, but self-destruction, and Chomsky’s meeting with the Party of God (the Hezb’Allah) symbolizes everything this man is about. If no model of the revolutionary future exists, then revolution *is* destructive suicide and nothing else."
@@carmelaalbanese124 I don't get where exactly the cynicism/nihilism is . how can he be cynical when he believes that change is attainable by political activism? this incremental progressive view is the opposite of giving up (nihilism) and not caring (cynicism) and it's way softer than what "utopian revolutionaries" want .
@@carmelaalbanese124 You put that in quotes, does that mean you are quoting someone else? Can you provide the reference for who you are quoting?
@@carmelaalbanese124 Just to address some of the quote above: 1) "Comrade Chomsky" This implies that Chomsky was a supporter of the USSR. That is clearly false. Just look on UA-cam for where Chomsky discusses Lenninism. As someone who has been on the far left all my adult life I've seen many people from the far left who did support the USSR attack Chomsky back before the fall of the Berlin wall. 2) "Utopian revolutionaries butchered millions of people in the 1900s, and the United States of America, a creature of the Enlightenment, did the heavy lifting to stop them before the socialist cancer killed human civilization in its entirety" Chomsky addresses this argument in his discussions of Lenin. He points out that both the USSR and the US wanted the word "socialism" to be equivalent to Stalinism. For the USSR because socialism had (and still has for rational people) such a rational compasionate view of politics and for the US because they wanted to tarnish the concept of socialism by (quite incorrectly) equating it with Stalinism and totalitarianism. One can want the world to change for the better, to increase justice, equality, access to education and healthcare, without being a utopian.
Unless you consider people like Martin Luther King to also be a butchering utopian socialist. Chomsky is as far from a nihlist as you can be. A nilhilist doesn't spend much of his life working to end wars, to raise awareness of the rights of indigenous and oppressed people across the world as Chomsky has.
3) " Chomsky has been more than willing to support dictatorships when they are against free enterprise and/or the United States" Name one dictator that Chomsky has supported. You can't unless you make up or distort his quotes. For example, he is often claimed to have "supported" Pol Pot but if you look at the actual quotes what Chomsky said is that the secret, illegal, and immoral bombing of the Cambodian population by the US probably provided the chaotic environment that let a madman like Pol Pot sieze power. That is not at all the same as supporting him.
@@carmelaalbanese124 Give it up with the cut and paste. Have some respect.
I deeply admire Noam Chomsky. Unlike many public intellectuals, Chomsky is so credible in what he says. His positions on these topics are still consistent with 50 years ago. What's more, he strives for what he believes right. Thanks for sharing this!
He is extraordinarily! One of my greatest teachers and truth tellers. My hero. We are blessed to still have him with us at 92 and still wanting to share his wisdom knowledge and thoughts with us!
No one asked Chomsky what his favorite food is. Probably would have led to a 12 minute answer. “Even the earliest forms of sandwiches, say pre-Newtonian meals, were a concoction of...”
🤣 (it's actually cheese and Turkey on rye)
He's actually talked about how he's basically uninterested in food. He's like me in the sense that food is just that thing he needs to consume so he doesn't die. I'm sure he goes through at least a little effort to ensure he's getting the micronutrients he needs since, you know, he's healthy and living. But still, he just doesn't really care
I'm fairly sure the *Earl of Sandwich* would've cropped up in that discussion, somewhere.
@@aunaprendo9957 If I could only say the same, I'd be a less fatter man..
Every time I feel sad, I listen, read or watch a video of Mr Chomsky and I cry rivers of tears with Joy, gratitude and above all hope:)
It works like therapy for me too
Noam Chomsky is genuine and cares about humanity he is a soft spoken gentleman genius.
I am enthralled by the richness of Dr Chomsky's answers because they lift me from my simple ordinary thought.
57:20 '' hegemonic common sense captures people and imprisons them and gets them to not comprehend their own natural instincts and desires "
This struck me too; a "common sense" belonging to the ideology that propogates itself. A circular prison.
@mod_IFID antiseed_int SC-AN-ASMR the word for this is “ideology”. Mark Fishers book called “Capitalist Realism” explores this. As does of course Chomsky’s own work on “Manufacturing Consent”.
@mod_IFID antiseed_int SC-AN-ASMR hegemony is the word. Gramsci is the theorist Chomsky cites. Italian Marxist died in prison fighting mussolini, wrote extensively on the topic of how fascism became common sense. Hegemony was the word Gramsci used to describe the process by which an ideology became common sense. Chomsky essentially takes Gramsci's idea up and gives it a more detailed expression and focus in manufacturing consent.
It’s always a pleasure, intellectual as well as appreciative, to listen to Prof. Chomsky. I did take a course in linguistics in University as an elective for my philosophy degree and it is difficult to follow all his talks about linguistics but the great depth of his learning and the connection to our human/political history, predicament is outstanding and invaluable.
A living legend.
Noam's role was/is to keep the norm. He is a total gatekeeper who has been on the payroll of MIT (cia) his whole miserable life. You all have been fooled. His words are meant to distract you from taking direct action.
@@nalahhuru9915
😂😂Utter gibberish
@@nalahhuru9915 Ahahahaha
@@edwardjones2202🤣 The national debt clock proves your belief system is gibberish.
This man is an absolutely genius. Amazing how recalls every name, date or reference with out hesitation. Is like an AI supercomputer which has a premeditated answer to every question.
it's interesting because i've noticed his answers often time contain entire sentences that he spoke in his talks from years prior. like associate with many of these subjects he has entire passages
There was so much to take in here, I'll need to watch this several times. Great work again Curt.
Merry Christmas
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Thank you so much.
If cryogenics really worked then we'd have to preserve Chomsky for the future.
Watch Monty Python : Greek philosophers vs German philosophers at football.
check out Alain Connes noncommutative phase music.
Gotta love this guy -- infinite patience -- humble -- always ready to teach and learn -- he's a hero of our time.
1:12:33 Anything that yields scope, also yields limit.. Spoken like a true Gandalf. Wonderful!
This is so wonderful. I must tell you i am overwhelmed by how knowledgeable this man is. To me his intellect almost seems superhuman. We are so lucky that he is also the kind of personality that likes to talk to people. There have been many geniuses that simply don't like to reach out to the outside world very much. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the love and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on the channel as well. - Curt
One of the most beloved man I have never met in person.
Hoping that Noam lives many more inspiring years in this trying time for humanity. He is a treasure.
Wow this is amazing. Thank you guys for this opportunity. Thanks Curt.
Thank you Dan. - Curt
I love the comments here...a bunch of intelligent folks sharing their sentiments without insults and aggression...very refreshing to see on UA-cam, for sure 🔥
Amazing mind, amazing memory, Prof Chomsky!
Thanks to this video, I just discovered that Chomsky is even more intelligent and knowledgeable than I thought. Absolutely crazy.
At 92, he can still find an intelligent and clearly explained answer to these highly technical questions, some of which that, if I'm not mistaken, are outside of the scope of his own core scientific discipline, than I, at 42, can remember what I hate yesterday.
Just discovering this channel with this very video. What a fantastic set of questions, clearly tickling Chomsky and animating him to put on that classic Chomskian Tour de force of biting clarity. Again, every one of these questions was deeply exciting to me.
Bravo from Berlin, Germany
Thank you
I hope someone really live with our dear Dr Chomsky to take care of his very very well . God bless him Amen
Very good interview. I wrote to him back in the 80’s about language when I was an undergrad. He is always enlightening. It’s very cool to see his mind so sharp, when he looks so much older. 🥰 He does indeed give a Gandalf vibe. ❤️
I’ll just be honest... this made me get tears. Nearly 100 years old and still doing his thing. What a gift.
Thanks for the love and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on the channel as well. - Curt
Same. Edward Said said it best 40 years ago: "there is something deeply moving about a mind of such noble ideas repeatedly stirred on behalf of human suffering and injustice" 😥😥
This video is a great holiday gift. Thanks for doing this!
Phenomenal- so rewarding and edifying- the clarity of thinking that is Noam Chomsky’s forte, is profoundly appreciated, and wonderfully enjoyable. Thanks so much!
Thanks for the love and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on the channel as well. - Curt
I love this. I especially liked that you asked the Jung question, I would like to know more of his thoughts on the topic. I often use Chomsky as a defense for Jung's basic ideas. So it's nice to know he affirms the legitimacy as well and has considered it.
As far as his response it's actually interesting what he chose to focus on "things not accessible to consciousness".
Jung believed only the outward manifestation of an archetype was accessible to consciousness and not the archetypes themselves. Which is one of the most confused aspects of the theory.
Because people often believe the outward manifestation IS the archetype.
Which would be like saying English IS innate universal grammar.
This over-universalization of the specific manifestations of archetypes is why it's very often delegitimized as a theory, people don't get this nuance.
@Matthew Kopp: Perhaps that is why 'dream interpretation' using archetypes is rather unreliable?
Monique Burchell Jung saw dreams as a compensation to a person's conscious ego attitude and in sense contained images of a person's personal myth. So just like religion the symbols are "universal" only in a broad way every individual would have a dream language that would have a personal, cultural, and universal layer.
The problem with an archetype is it has multiple meanings without changing its basic form. As Heraclitus the road uphill and the road downhill are the same. The same with an archetype it is experienced from a perspective unique to the individual.
You therefore can't write a universal dream symbol dictionary, Jung would find the idea absurd because things have different contextual meanings.
And we know this with language. For example certain cultures like the Aborigines of Australia saw women culturally associated with Fire and the sun and Men with the the Moon while the opposite idea has been dominant in near east Mediterranean religious cultural associations.
The actual archetype would be more like "the potential image of woman" or "the potential image of man."
Therefore Jung approached it hermeneutical how can the images be expanded and amplified til the individual finds an interpretation of their own unconscious.
common common do you know of a single psychotherapy that is falsifiable? If so please name One. There aren't any. should we then conclude that we should not treat mental distress?
Chomsky's universal grammar theory has received the same criticism of unfalsifiable BTW.
But I think that is too dismissive. The entirety of psychiatry and psychology that uses subjective reports could fit in that category. Does that mean we don't investigate things? And does that mean all investigation that can't fit that criteria be dismissed completely?
In Jung's case there is a theoretical aspect and a therapeutic aspect. I can touch on both.
But also that Jung considered his ideas as a Wissenschaft that was scientifically informed, outlined some ways to test, but in the end considered his approach an empirical phenomenology rather than a pure science.
Both Jung and Chomsky used a Kantian a priori conceptualization which typically have falsifiability problems. But that does not mean that the theory as a whole doesn't have elements that are unfalsifiable. And it is reasonable to assume that human beings have a cognitive nature with built in parameters. That we have the cognitive system of a human that is not the same as octopus. So if we start with the basic premise as a theory is "do we have an innate a priori cognitive system or do we of a tabula Rasa brain with out an innate a priori system."
The answer to that question is Yes we have an innate a priori system. But we don't know specifically all of the parameters.
But we have found several areas which have been scientifically addressed. For example our cognitive perceptions of number groupings called Miller's law is evidence of a cognitive system. And it correlates to some of Jung's ideas of archetypal number. And there is variation for example in certain servantism but in the general population it is a model for a common cognitive system of number perception.
There is large body of evidence that Freud and Jung's basic concepts of transference is a real phenomenon. Currently thought linked to mirror neurons.
It is a scientific fact that we have an unconscious, we don't know all that it entails. That it might include complexes is certainly still speculative.
Also that we have a center of consciousness "I" that is now believed to be located in the prefrontal cortex.
Also the Tronick baby experiment is similar to Jung's idea of the mother imago and mirroring as an early training of regulation of emotion which echoes both Freud and Jung.
The unfalsifiable aspect as a therapy is a different story. How do you test the effectiveness of therapy? They have done clinical trials that give evidence that better outcomes are met with therapy than not.
But once again much of this is based on self reporting. And then there is the blurry area of values both cultural and personal. and another blurry area of what is mental health and disease. What is mature and immature - these are largely philosophical questions not ones easily addressed by science.
So IMO to go completely in the direction of scientific reductionism will result in a limited impoverished therapeutical models. specifically because Jung ventured outside of pure science is what makes it valuable.
@@matthewkopp2391 I appreciate your offering here, especially your conclusion: "So IMO to go completely in the direction of scientific reductionism will result in a limited impoverished therapeutical models. specifically because Jung ventured outside of pure science is what makes it valuable."
@@matthewkopp2391 Thank you so much for answering my question in such a detailed manner. I feel I understand Jung much better now. :)
Omg! Evolution is different from change. Thank you for the clear explanation Prof. Noam Chomsky!
I am so grateful for the gifts form that man's heart/mind. Thank you fopr sending this out.
Gracias por todo profesor Chomsky!
Nice to see that you gave all the time for Chomsky to finish his explanations, without interrupting him. Thanks!
Curt, you impress me beyond words. The sheer breadth of subjects you are able to discuss, the interviews you are able to secure... Hat's off, you have my sincere admiration.
Thank you so much man
I love your work through this channel; it’s important in educating the general global community at large and it encourages different auxiliaries rather than specific specialization. Thank you for these videos. Chomsky is one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century; his rational inquiry will aid us as we continue through our own age of the 21st century. Let’s work passionately to help those who are intellectually minded in the 22nd century :)
This is one of the greatest Chomsky videos of all time. Thanks for the effort.
Thanks for the love and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on the channel as well. - Curt
This had to be the deepest conversation or Q and A I had ever watched on Y.T and to be honest I did not know much of the terminology being used but was able, through context, to kind of figure things out, and still I found the entire video fascinating. It is like we were all sitting in a Gilded age cafe discussing our world views.
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Chonsky é um intelectual essencial para entender essa fase que a sociedade está passando.
Obrigado professor chonsky, abraços de um brasileiro que foi tocado pela sua obra!🇧🇷
Wonderful interview. Many thanks.
Thank you so much for this. Thank you Prof. Chomsky!
Didnt understand much of this interview, but was delighted to see how sharp and clear Noam was.
One of THE best interviews with Noam, EVER
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check out the one with Lawrence Krauss on Origins Podcast as well, peace
His contribution to the progress of human intellect is priceless ... FOOKIN PRICELESS ...!!!
Noam Chomsky always a fantastic interview, if only the world would heed what this brilliant man has to say. As always great work Curt...thanks!
Curt - what an excellent Q&A! Thanks for sharing. I watched the whole thing in one go.
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He is among the most deeply beautiful of humans.
What a mind! I hope he lives another 20 years and is well and healthy enough to keep enlightening us with interviews like this one until, unfortunately, he passes away.
A rich discussion. Thanks Curt. An intoxicating conversation. Stimulating, great questions..! Thanks again
This is like a philosophical text in and of itself. I will be saving this and returning many times during my developments I expect. Great Work Curt!
Thank you sir and hopefully you enjoy some of the other podcasts on this channel.
greatest Chomsky interview... ever. thank you.
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love what you do, man. You have some really interesting guests
So cool to see him again
I love to hear Chomsky talking about philosophy. Thanks for this.
Finally, a fresh Chomsky interview with interesting questions, very nice. Thankfully someone hooked him up with a proper microphone as well
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Gentlemen. Not since I first saw Chomsky on " men of ideas" circa 1971 , have I seen a similar presentation of the man. I would call it Chomsky Unleashed. Gently guiding the master into a broad ranging discussion shows his true ability
Thanks for topics timetable listings !
It’s an immense help for talk this long.
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My first video viewing on your channel and what a treat. What a real treasure Chomsky is, thank you for a wonderful upload. And another subscriber now!
Awesome conversation. Quite an epic one, I liked his thoughts about Jung. The task Jungians is then to work to access the unconscious contents.
It's very refreshing to listen to discussions on theoretical academic subjects in this current state of affairs.
These kinds of discussions on theoretical academic subjects sometimes render quite unhypothetical possibilities, amirite?
@@tomiantenna7279 Not really. I take "unhypothetical" to mean one of two things: beyond the realm of possibilities (impossible) and factual (proven). The former is fantasy and the latter is applied, neither of which are considered theoretical in an academic context.
@@millerk20 I may have been too subtle, what I said was meant as a greeting from one Anarchist to another. But you are correct, of course, as is nothing less than what I would expect from you. Merry christmas, and a... And a new year.
@@tomiantenna7279 Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and here's to the destruction of all illegitimate structures of authority.
Another great interview. Thanks!
Thanks for the video guys.
All of my love and admiration for Noam. A true intellectual and a even better human being. Thank you for this.
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@@TheoriesofEverything yes, I just subscribed. Eager to learn more through your channel. Thank you for your work.
Beautiful interview!
Noam is amazing as usual. Great man.
All I can do is express my profound gratitude for such a marvellous interview. Excellent questions from splendid young individuals and profound, articulate responses from one of the most brilliant thinkers of our time. Thank-you ever so much...
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@@TheoriesofEverything My pleasure. Not to be invasive or anything, but should you have the need for a linguistic interface - translation, interpretation - I speak fluent French, Italian and Danish. All the best in your work, which I will happily follow. Francis
@@francispardeilhan5719 Sure, thank you Francis. If you ever are transcribing the interviews for your own study and feel like sharing them, then I'll upload them and credit you in the description. - Curt
Noam Chomsky day! Every day!
This was great. Thanks!
Thank you James. - Curt
This man was 92 years old at the time of this AMA, and just listen to his clarity of speech and coherence of thought. Don't stop thinking. Ever.
An interview for the ages! Wow, incredible.
Thank you Professor. ❤️
What good is the Nobel Prize if Chomsky doesn't have one? Shame on that prize.
Brilliant brilliant Chomsky! Never ceases to baffle us.
This is a fantastic Q&A with a brilliant dude.
very interesting... master chomsky!!!
your channel is MY cup of tea. Yay :D
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A sharp and active mind never falters with age . That’s Chomsky !
Hooray for Prof. Chomsky's searching and profound common sense! 🤔( Green Fire, UK ) 🌈🦉
"So Noam, how long you been a wizard?"
Noam: ever since Saruman projected some rich language about my wife
SINCE CORONA LOL
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Fantastic! Although I could not understand all subjects, I had a great time! It is my first time in this channel.
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@@curtjaimungal Sure! I have already subscribed to the channel.
wow! 35:00 - The notion that the language evolved word by word which seems so natural and we take for granted is not correct. His work on this is fascinating, and is what makes him one of the great thinkers in history.
Yea I just started to understand that Noam was the founder of biolinguistics. I never knew the difference and it changed so many of my views.
Love Professor Rebecca Goldstein’s books 🔥
this was very interesting. thanks for asking him several questions he's not usually asked. like about WIttgenstein. i actually ordered the Investigations the other day.
You got it.
@@TheoriesofEverything I can’t thank you enough for asking him about Wittgenstein.
Small but important point... Noam's description of Wittgenstein's view of language acquisition in the Investigations is inaccurate. Rather, he's describing a view that Wittgenstein attributes to St Augustine, namely, that language is acquired through ostensive definition. W argues against the Augustinian picture, not for it.
@@youtoobfarmer Yes! This is what I came here to say. He's raising a viewpoint about language from Augustine and questioning it, but Chomsky thinks this is Wittgenstein's view.
@@eggwater_wolfbear I actually don't think Chomsky thinks that's Wittgenstein's view, because he's discussed Wittgenstein in some depth in various publications, and it's clear that he understands Wittgenstein's argument that language is not nomenclature. In fact, in certain ways (though definitely not others), Chomsky's anti-referentialism is a development of that argument. Seeing as the Augustinian picture is closer to Wittgenstein's position in the Tractatus, I think Chomsky temporarily confused the early and later Wittgenstein, and just mis-spoke :-)
Chomsky is now an intellectual Moses; leading from the top of the mountain, holding a staff of intellectual power. It couldn't have been any other way.
Love this man never change truth without filling the unknown. ✊🏼
Some really interesting questions and very interesting answers. Great job guys
Haven't seen the video yet but I know I'm gonna like it when I do so here you go just take my like already
Absolutely massive question about consciousness. "That's worth thinking about for a moment." Or a few! Blassings on the brainy filmmakers heads and to Mr. N C for still being among us. I'll listen to this in my sleep....maybe it will register some effect!
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Absolutely brilliant! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this!
Judging from Peter Glinos' reaction and the comments, the 2021 AMA with Noam Chomsky will take on the question of mimetics again. Could be fireworks ahead!
Peter Glinos should get some better audio-equipment: he was very hard to understand acoustically, which made his questions much harder to grasp.