Philosophy Tier List - 35 Philosophy theories & ideas ranked

Join Philosophy Vibe as George explores the philosophy tier list. 35 different philosophical theories, ideas and arguments are explained and then ranked based on how strong they are.

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33:02 - End

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[zequojai]

The reason I would put skepticism in S tier is for the same reason you probably put allegory of the cave in S tier. The moral of that story is that you can't be completely certain that your preconceived notions are true in the first place, so we should always be open-minded and make decisions based on suspicion rather than dogma. In the same way as how you might say it's ridiculous to say we could turn into mashed potatoes, the prisoners thought it was ridiculous that the shadows were coming from objects outside the cave. It doesn't mean to actually believe in what you find ridiculous, but to at least not be closed off from the possibility

[Bonzinho]

Every new video, I love this channel even more! One of the best philosophy channels on Youtube

[musgrave]

excellent! that you've given a brief summation of these disparate arguments with your estimation on each one of them is immensely helpful. thanks and cheers!

[kieferonline]

I love the list! This is the YouTube philosophy video I've always wanted. It's going on my favorites list. I agree with the rankings and was secretly glad to see my man Kant up there in the A tier.

You know, another good tier list could be the top 20 or 30 paradoxes. Not sure if that has enough substance for you but it could make for a good discussion.

[garyhughes]

Soooo good. Really enjoyed. Always been my favourite philosophy channel.

[Foxdie]

What a fantastic video my dude thank you really enjoyed it as someone who considers philosophy a main hobby of mine! Totally agree with the placement of determinism as well its very hard to argue against for sure

[daniellevy]

The concept of this video is perfect. I'd love to see more philosophical tier lists

[alessiocardone]

ON CONSCIOUSNESS AND DETERMINISM

Consciousness would play an important role even in a deterministic universe. The choiches of human beings happen through a recursive process, in which the mind deterministically generates a thought, and then that though arises into consciusness. Consciousness then becomes a way to observe one's own thoughts and use them as imput for other thought, just like the external objects we observe through consciousness are the imput for thought, so are thoughts themselves. This renders complex decision making more precise, raising survival odds.

[abdimalikgurhan]

This is awesome. Thank you so much for everything!

[ArmandD]

I'd love to see another Philosophy tier list video with concepts not featured here, such as Physicalism, Pascal's Wager, and more

[some____qone]

13:37 Without evil there can be no good, and if there can be no good there can be no god. How do you define evil when you say there is no good?

[alittax]

Hello. I'd like to ask you a question about 15:19, the continuity argument against Berkeley's idealism (ie why does a candle continue to burn when no one perceives it, or (and I think this is a more general statement) why does something that's in progress of changing continue to change when it's not observed). Why can't we counter this argument by saying that when one dreams during sleep, there can be dream candles, and it's possible to have an elaborate dream (maybe a lucid dream is necessary) where the dreamer leaves the candle for some amount of dream time, and when the dreamer returns, the candle has gotten smaller? Most people agree that a dream is purely mental, and only in the dreamer's mind, so if there's this continuity within one mental realm (the dream), why can't it be in another (ie the "real" world, where I wrote this comment and you're reading it)?

Another possible counter argument is that in computer games, there's no continuity problem: if the player turns his back on an NPC who is headed towards a certain direction (therefore no one perceives the NPC, the NPC's image is not actively generated for the player to see it), and the player turns around and looks at the NPC again, then the NPC will have moved along the correct direction at the correct distance (just as if the player had not looked away at all). So if this is correct, there could be a similar mechanism in a purely mental model (of course, if idealism is true, computers are also completely mental, but this doesn't contradict this counter argument, but please correct me if I'm wrong). Do you think these counters work? What's the mistake if they don't? I'd be very interested and happy to read your response. I study philosophy as a hobby and I'm eager to learn as much as I can. Have a nice week.

[danielandrews]

Love the work. I really enjoyed this video

[daniellevy]

There are qeuite a few arguments against determinism, but the simples one that breaks it it the mere existance of the Uncertainty Principle

[hymca]

Thank you for your work. After exiting Plato's Cave I see his Theory of Forms right in line with Pantheism and Theological Determinism.

[jonhansen]

I find it interesting that you have such a preference toward more religious leaning philosophy. Not a bad thing, just didn't expect it!

[NovicebutPassionate]

As a philosophy enthusiast, I give this video an "S" - indubitably. Feels like in thirty minutes I earned a degree in philosophy. Thank you, Charles Georgiou, and happy 10th anniversary Philosophy Vibe - a home for deep thinkers!

[cjortiz]

For the edge lords, I'd expect Nihilism < Skepticism. We can use Skepticism to refute Nihilism (as a 'fallacy of composition'), and Skepticism unto itself can lead to a constructive Bayesian approach to epistemology, as typical for scientific, abductive reasoning that is 'good enough'.

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