Quentin Skinner - Belief, Truth and Interpretation

Some sound problems begin at 3:40 and end at 3:58!

This is a lecture by Quentin Skinner that he gave on 18 November, 2014 during the conference "Ideengeschichte. Traditionen und Perspektiven" at the Ruhr-University Bochum.

[sofiahathaway]

I can't stop watching lectures by Quentin Skinner! Anyone else feel the same? I also found this book recently based on an interview with Quentin called 'Quest for Freedom'. I'd really recommend it!

[lordstronghold]

Every humanities undergraduate student should watch this. It would have saved me years of grief in trying to examine texts and it certainly would have given me a better vocabulary for challenging misguided comments by fellow masters students.

[carljosephfriedrich]

I love watching videos with Quentin Skinner. While I don't agree with all his politics, he strikes me as a man with a solid moral base and principles. He has many interesting ideas, articulated in a clear and understandable way.

[Drfiggy]

Timothy, thanks for sharing Quentin's lecture. Cheers!

[prajakta]

Thank you for making this available! Very grateful

[morqon]

To add my own thanks: very glad this lecture was preserved, and that you shared it.

[bubblebobble]

Basically he's saying people should avoid intellectual laziness, not jump to conclusions, and to question oneself. All good things 🤙

[lavauru]

23:20 name of the game it intertextuality gives you intentionality

[charliegorst]

Does anyone with a better ear for French than me know the name of the historian Skinner mentions at 34:33 ?

[Drfiggy]

Is there a transcript of Prof. Skinner's talk...and also would love to read Timothy's paper Quentin references.. please let me know

[ДенисМаслов-ом]

Could you please say if there's a printed version of the talk as a book chapter or a paper?

[aleksandaruskokov]

Has Professor Skinner published these specific ideas somewhere?

Min. 40. Sorry but an explanation and understanding of the partial rationality of a belief does not amount to an acceptance of the rationality of a belief. E.g. the belief in the power of witches to do harm may be partially rational and consonant with other beliefs etc., but it is not rational per se, so it is not "perfectly rational" even though it might contain some rational components. Our own rationality is indeed the last court of appeal for a judgment of rationality.

[TinnedPeachesband]

'no substitute for omniscience' + 'social history = explanatory swamps...' - he is a bit of a snot