Common Philosophical Mistakes, according to Joe Schmid [videos]
post by DanielFilan · 2024-03-03T00:15:47.899Z · LW · GW · 3 commentsThis is a link post for https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxRhaLyXxXkY8lCiJY7XZFkfBChK1VdMK
A 7-part series of videos detailing mistakes one can make in philosophy, according to Joe Schmid. The first video focusses on general reasoning issues, and is therefore most likely to be of interest (for instance: suppose observation E is evidence for A, and A implies B - does that mean E is evidence for B?).
If you don't want to watch the videos, there is a document that is basically the script he reads from in them, but you have to be a patron of his to get access to it. Otherwise, you'll have to settle for brief lists of the mistakes covered in each video and resources that he draws from:
Joe Schmid is a philosopher focussed on philosophy of religion, metaphysics, and philosophy of time. He is also a YouTuber and a graduate student at Princeton University.
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comment by Charlie Steiner · 2024-03-03T13:19:14.682Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I watched half of part 4, and called it quits. I think I'd have to be more into philosophy's particular argumentation game, and also into philosophy of religion, and also into dunking on people on facebook.
comment by Mateusz Bagiński (mateusz-baginski) · 2024-03-03T11:47:46.027Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
and a graduate student at Princeton University
According to his website he's a PhD student
Replies from: Charlie Steiner↑ comment by Charlie Steiner · 2024-03-03T13:11:02.554Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Yeah, "graduate student" can mean either Masters or PhD student.