Plato - Getting It All Wrong | What the Hell is Philosophy Anyway? | Polandball/Countryball History

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*Bonus reading below: Why Philosophy Matters & Why Can’t I Win Any Political Arguments?*

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“Why should I care about something like metaphysics? It’s just an abstract concept - with no connection to my life.”

This is an approximation of a common belief I encounter when discussing philosophy with people. Here is my response to it… This statement is similar to a man who lives his entire life on the sixth story of a skyscraper saying:
“Why should I care about something like the first floor of this building? It’s just an abstract concept - with no connection to my life.”

But if that first floor were to collapse, it would take him with it. Putting this analogy aside, let’s consider science - something with massive applications to our everyday lives (biology for medicine, geology for agriculture, physics for computers, etc.). Science relies on fundamental metaphysical and epistemological beliefs.

For example, if our senses can’t be fully trusted, as philosophers like Plato would claim, then science (which requires observation as a key step) is inherently invalid and not a worthy pursuit. This is a way in which even the most abstract philosophical concepts can influence your life. However, if the senses are valid, as the subject of our next video will claim, then science is possible.

So to answer the question in a sentence: Whether you realize it or not, philosophy is at the root of everything in your life.

A note on political philosophy:
Political philosophy is not a stand-alone field - which is how many people today try to study it. It’s really built atop metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. This is why it’s hard to win political arguments. Most political disagreements are, in actuality, ethical disagreements. So to convince someone on a political point, you’ll usually have to convince them on an ethical point first. But that can get complicated by the fact that ethical disagreements often result from epistemological ones, and epistemological disagreements are usually the result of metaphysical ones.

This causes many political arguments to rapidly degenerate into metaphysical arguments. But since most people have no idea how to argue something like “reality is real” or “this is how I know my senses can be trusted, ” they either just give up on proving their points or do everything they can to avoid the conversation getting there - seeing it as a sign of some kind of failure. But it’s not a sign of failure; it’s only a sign that the disagreement is on a more fundamental level.

By the way, learning how to argue metaphysics and epistemology won’t magically give you the ability to convince everyone of any thing - no one has that kind of power. It just helps you prove your point to any 3rd parties listening in - which is the only way to get something productive out of an argument.

[bobsaggat]

Imagine that. A philosopher builds a society where philosphers are king

[stefanmusikic]

"What went wrong? Well the Orphic death cult didn't help" - Ezekiel

[MAD]

The IRS subscribed to Plato’s theory of universals. There is a form for everything.

[alexdreFalke]

Lol didn't expect a Jreg reference in a video about greek philosophy

[Maxi]

This is honestly the only channel where I clicked the bell.

[CivilizedWasteland]

I remember back in college immediately thinking how this resembled authoritarian regimes and the professor was kind of baffled that I said thay. She was like 60 years old and she never made the connection?

[harrshpant]

I knew he was smart when he made guides for grand strategy games but damn, this guy is going full big brain time now with politics, history and philosophy XD
Although I hope some gaming videos also find their way back to the queue

[mingchina]

Plato must have been the original anti-centrist

[rawpotato]

This channel is so incredibly underrated

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2:18
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Edit: I can't believe I literally wrote that comment before the video said "42"!

That means towel really is equals 42.

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[Pilot]

Never give up man. Your videos are some of the best of YouTube.

[Ronnie-kun]

Pretty cool, I´m curios when you will get to Spengler.

[VibesChill]

The “42” hitchhikers guide to galaxy joke had me 😂.

[SammoSan]

you help expand my brain now. thank you

[enurrdtand]

Some nice music at the end great video 👍

[howardspeed]

I really like your videos on Greek philosophy but I think that slowing down the pace would definitely be off benefit. By that i don't talk slower or smth of the sort but rather to leave some space for "viewer contemplation" over a certain point. You can prob do this by talking for elaborating for a bit longer over a certain idea. Great video tho 😊

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[simonioos]

9:33 alexander the great that's gonna be fun