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Описание: The Case for Realism    • The Case for Realism | Episode 9  

Dr. Nathan Jacobs provides an overview on realism and nominalism, tracing their history from Plato to the present day. He then explains how these ideas relate to contemporary cultural divisions.

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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:13 What are realism and nominalism?
00:05:14 The Pre-Socratic philosophers
00:07:48 Plato’s extreme realism
00:12:35 Raphael’s School of Athens portrayal of Plato and Aristotle
00:19:18 Aristotle’s moderate realism
00:24:30 The role of God in Aristotle’s view of realism
00:27:33 Realism in the Stoics, Middle Platonists, & Neoplatonists
00:31:59 Philosophy vs. theology
00:35:19 Realism in Judaism (Philo of Alexandria)
00:36:57 Realism in the Christian East
00:40:16 Realism in the Latin West (St. Augustine)
00:43:23 How realism fell out of favor
00:49:24 Reexamining the past using reason
00:54:14 Nominalism takes center stage: scientism, empiricism, and skepticism
01:02:43 The scramble to solve skepticism: idealism in Berkeley, Kant, and Hegel
01:07:46 Hegel’s dialectic and the emergence of leftist Hegelians
01:12:45 The demise of morality
1:16:04 Materialism and free will
1:17:08 The rise of Nietzsche and the will to power
1:20:59 Nominalism as a path to postmodernity and authoritarianism
1:24:36 The fruits of realism and nominalism
1:25:43 Four levels of discourse
1:34:38 Transgenderism
1:37:02 Abortion
1:38:42 Homosexuality
1:40:23 Feminism
1:42:20 Locke vs. Hobbes theory of rights
1:47:57 Conclusion