Exstentialism and Pragmatism

How to create authentic meaning in ones life, independent of the mass propaganda, using the history of ideas? What alternative ideas will be useful when the current world view is rejected?

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[theyasin33]

And btw I love William James too.. U have any philosophers or any other intellectual's that inspired you??

[radiohogan]

@theyasin33

I have done 4 or 5 videos about the work of C. Wright Mills. Check out Mills.

[hairoku]

@bonfirejovi Is it ivory tower to post videos on a publicly available, and free, forum like Youtube? Is this unapproachable due to, if not cost, terminology, jargon, or excessively particular and obfuscatory language? The man may be a bit stodgy but he's hardly ivory tower.

[bonfirejovi]

Sorry to say but you are a weird ivory tower academic who needs a large dose of reality.

[not2tees]

Thanks for not further humiliating neanderthals by comparisons to Rush Limbore and the O'Riley Hacktor. We have enough to overcome as it is.

[Nonoyawns]

C. S. Pierce originated Pragmatism, although William James expanded and popularized it (albeit) academically. And I wouldn't really look to old school curriculum as a sort of educational holy grail. Not that I think our education system is much perfect now, but it is generally getting better. But nice video. I myself seem to pair existentialism and pragmatism in forming my outlook. Robert Soloman showed existentialism as a very American philosophy with its emphasis on freedom and individualism.

[shaygahweh]

Thank you, sir!

[Angk0rwat]

@Ranger4564

Ok, you disagree with Existentialists (Sartre specifically), not with me. I was just pointing out a couple areas where I thought the poster got his interpretation wrong, not supporting a position.

[Ranger4564]

@Ranger4564 For example, curiosity (both quantity and quality), intelligence, humor, sorrow, compassion, empathy, self-interest, charity, greed, kindness, malice, etc, are all essentially present in the infant at birth, but just not easy to apprehend. How the mind works and how connections are made, both between memories and thoughts, and between emotions and sensations, determines many of the aforementioned qualities. As the infant grows, their reactions are altered through indoctrination.

[Ranger4564]

@Angk0rwat I disagree with your assertion that there is no authentic self prior to a chosen stance. The thing you're doing is generalizing and formulating a condition for all people, when in fact, people start out quite differently and absorb information quite differently, and react to choice differently. Essentially, there is an authentic self at birth, but that self may be not strongly expressed or may be quite prominent. Many many characteristics are innate.

[Mikeofdundee1987]

Great video. Enjoyed it greatly. When you talk about the hitler youth programs and biased media in America I am guessing you mean the anti-muslim feelings.

Therefore, I though it would interest you to know that " Europol figures show that more than 99% of terrorist attacks in Europe over the past three years were carried out by non-Muslims"

I cannot post the link but if you search it you can view this for yourself.

Once again, Great video