Clerestory (Bryan Kam)

A philosophical journey, with Isabela Granic

Mar 1, 2023

01:15:55

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How Does the Gift Lead Into Philosophy?

04:23

The Difference Between Causality and Dependent Origination

03:25

Are Weak Recapitulation Theories Coming Back?

02:36

Introduction

2min

The Difference Between Causality and Dependent Origination

3min

Predictive Coding and Dependent Origination

2min

Anil Seth's Model of Autopilot

3min

Dependent Origination - The Backwardness of It

3min

What Got You Into Philosophy?

5min

Is There a Difference Between Literature and Chinese Philosophy?

2min

The Search for the Human Condition

3min

Is There a Duty or Obligation to Contribute Something Back?

2min

10.

How Does the Gift Lead Into Philosophy?

4min

11.

Is There a Connection Between Tolstoy and Revolutions?

5min

12.

Is Complexity Science Really Explanatory Power?

3min

13.

The Explanatory Versus Predictive Approach in Psychology

5min

14.

What Is the History of Philosophy?

4min

15.

What Did Philosophy Start As?

2min

16.

The Axial Age Question

3min

17.

Is There a Shifting Consciousness?

2min

18.

Is There a Sustained Kind of Self Consciousness?

5min

19.

Is There a Necessity to Adjust to It?

3min

20.

Are Weak Recapitulation Theories Coming Back?

3min

21.

Is There a Difference Between Analytic and Practical Philosophy?

6min

22.

Are You Getting the Community That You Need?

2min

23.

Is Language the Beginning?

3min

Part 2 in a series of interviews on the book I'm working on, Neither/Nor. Isabela Granic and I recap dependent origination and discuss how I encountered philosophy through Russian literature, Taoism, and eventually got interested in Western philosophy.

My article: "Dependent Origination without any Pali"
"The Disarticulation of the Self in Nietzsche" (1981) by J. Hillis Miller PDF
Brian Magee article on philosophy: "Sense and nonsense" (2000)
Our earlier episode: Experimental and Historical Sciences
Article by Deborah Casewell: "Karl Jaspers: The forgotten father of existentialism" (2023)

My website. Occasional updates on my Substack. Frequent updates on my Patreon. See also the InterIntellect for events.

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