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We can brag about being bad at math,
but not philosophy.
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Everyone thinks that their philosophy
is better than the others.
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They're not mad,
it's the teacher that's wrong.
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You need to show them
that the philosophy you're teaching...
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...is capable of broadening their own,
and won't replace it.
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It's difficult and fascinating work.
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That doesn't mean, as you might think...
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...amusing them with pop philosophy...
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...psychoanalysis, social science,
all that stuff.
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I plunge them into hard-core philosophy.
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As it's not familiar, they're curious.
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By "hard-core" philosophy,
do you mean metaphysics?
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Not exactly.
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Because once again...
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...for the "big questions":
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...God, the universe, freedom...
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...they have answers.
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Naive ones, but answers nonetheless.
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It's what I'd call transcendental philosophy.
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Transcendental?
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Yes, Kant! You make them read Kant?
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I don't refer to authors specifically,
at least at the beginning.
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I try to make them think
about thought itself...
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...the act of thinking.
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I use the term transcendental
in a general sense.
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Does that include Husserl's interpretation?
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Of course.
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And for you?
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-What?
-What does "transcendental" mean?
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What she said,
a philosophy placed on the highest peak...
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...which surpasses all points of view,
transcends them.
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That's not it.
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You're confusing "transcendental"
and "transcendent," like 99% of people.
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Then there's nothing shameful about it.
That didn't stop me--
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From getting an "A", I know.
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I only got a "B", myself.
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Don't be mad,
I just wanted to show Jeanne...
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...that that's not what we learn
in philosophy class.
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I'm not mad, I'm going to get the dish.
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Excuse me for having used such jargon.
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I could have said it another way.