Keegan Kjeldson of the Untimely Reflections YouTube channel returns to the podcast to discuss the merits of continental philosophy. While he is largely in favor and I am not, we both agree that Hegel is abysmally obscure.
Video of this interview is available on YouTube.
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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:18 Hegel vs Plantinga: obscurity and clarity
00:03:07 Keegan’s defense of continental philosophy
00:08:38 Why continental philosophy feels impenetrable
00:11:15 Spinoza and intuitive knowledge
00:14:25 Nietzsche, style, and philosophical insight
00:18:07 Logical positivism and ethics
00:22:21 What is metaethics?
00:27:17 Utilitarianism and moral intuitions
00:30:17 Do arguments bottom out in intuition?
00:36:39 What is philosophy for?
00:44:41 Moral realism and objective moral truth
00:48:59 Judith Butler and the charge of gibberish
00:54:10 Clear continental thinkers
00:55:57 Heidegger and justified obscurity
01:02:00 Is clarity always a virtue?
01:06:49 Can poetry give us rational grounds?
01:12:52 Moral knowledge vs moral persuasion
01:15:29 Motivated reasoning in ethics
01:25:21 Ethics, emotion, and objectivity
01:28:14 The Nazi example and moral realism
01:32:26 Abortion, personhood, and moral disagreement
01:38:44 Objective truth in morality and science
01:41:17 Has humanity made moral progress?
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