Kant's Driveby's on Western Philosophy

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"It's hard to know there is a way in which you're absolutely right like they believe firmly in um like they would hate the thought of being associated with somebody who might think that truth isn't the ultimate goal," he says. "Kant was arrogant enough to think that the mind and the mental categories of like our conceptions of space and time and causality could provide us with access to truth about the universe" He adds: "I actually totally agree with him and i'm more point like it's the edge lord edge lord part that i'm denying point to you yeah absolutely can we?"

David and Tamler dive into the first two parts of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil which contain some of Nietzsche’s best drive-bys on philosophers like Plato, Descartes, the Stoics, Kant, and Hegel along with beliefs in free will, hard determinism, Christianity, morality, conceptual analysis, objectivity, and the value of truth. We argue about Nietzsche’s metaphilosophy and the implications of thinking that all philosophy amounts to a personal confession by the author. Plus – have David’s prayers been answered? Does quantum theory entail that our consciousness outlives the death of our physical bodies? A blog post about a somewhat recent book says yes!