Geoffrey Warnock on Kant: Section 1

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The original audio had a lot of noise and crackles. This is the best I could clean it up (at the cost of some sound quality).
Contemporary philosopher Geoffrey Warnock discusses the philosophy of anti-empiricist Immanuel Kant, and his view that activities and powers within the mind are the key to knowledge, and that all knowledge is appearance. Knowledge for Kant, is a complex affair, in which knowing is acquired not just through the senses, but through pure concepts of understanding indigenous to the mind. Countering Hume, Kant insists it is the mind, not the senses, which unifies and organizes sensory flow into meaning full definitions of things.

Channel: Education
Uploaded: May 24, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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Length: 00:08:46
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Tags: Bryan Magee Geoffrey Warnock Immanuel Kant Philosophy Mind Knowledge David Hume

Video Comments:
Daywalker11226 (December 19, 2008 at 4:33 pm)
was kants ethics were intentioned base or duty based?
blunthelloblunthello (December 20, 2008 at 6:07 pm)
They were duty-based, or "deontological."
GeorgesBarras (January 6, 2009 at 10:55 am)
Though some of his ideas do betray hints of consequentialism.
deepdivestudios (December 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm)
I am working on a model for "intelligent being". I call the project "Sapien 4.0". Sapien 1.0 is unintelligent life: protozoa, plants, etc.. Sapien 2.0 is intelligent life, up to but not including humans. Sapien 3.0 represents homo-sapien, and Sapien 4.0 is the next evolution after humans. It is partly artistic expression, but also based on actual scientific concepts. I invite you to check it out and let me know what you think.
philosoisgrt (December 7, 2008 at 1:28 am)
I see your point but you cant argue that this would not be a great thing to watch on tv.
philosoisgrt (December 7, 2008 at 1:26 am)
you right in sayin that ..but sadly i think americas claim as "the greatest evolved country" simply means we just have more money..and the money system it uses is purely un-ethical which in my view it totally contradicts the claim of being "great"
erutuFoNtsaPoN (December 4, 2008 at 3:43 am)
sweet.
jml4000 (November 26, 2008 at 11:00 am)
We don't have very many TV shows like this in America anymore because America is a nation of anti-intellectualism. It pains me to say that, I love my country; but most TV networks won't air anything like this unless they can somehow relaqte Kant and enlightenment philosiphy with wet t-shirt contests and monster trucks.
Mrmikeshelton (December 26, 2008 at 4:32 am)
or more likely, if they could find some sort of sex scandal in his life or some other type of dirty gossip. Nobody tries to discredit someone else's ideas anymore, they just try to drag the person's reputation through the mud.
1974freud (November 18, 2008 at 1:01 pm)
well said