Descartes' Wax

In this Seminar, we examine Descartes' "Wax Example.”
This video isn’t sponsored. If you want to support the channel, here are the best ways:
1) Watch the full video
2) Subscribe to the channel
3) Share this video with a friend
4) Leave a comment, noting what you liked or learned
5) Like the video
6) Make a small contribution on Patreon: / frank_scalambrino_phd
.
Link to my books, affiliate link: If you use this link, I receive a small commission from your purchase. This helps to support the channel. Thank you:
amzn.to/3Vid1Z2
.
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:34 Background
2:35 Overview
7:09 Why Descartes?
17:29 The Peripatetic Axiom
19:54 1st Wax Example
38:16 2nd Wax Example
47:12 Ob-ject, Sub-ject, Pro-ject
56:07 3rd Wax Example
59:08 Melting Wax
1:08:19 3rd Example Discussion
1:11:44 Descartes Dodging Hobbes
1:18:20 4th Wax Example
1:21:20 The Wax in Descartes’ Letters
1:23:30 Value of Seeing all Examples
1:24:54 Primary vs. Secondary Qualities
1:27:43 Plato’s Wax Example
1:37:21 Aristotle’s Wax Example
1:40:56 Avicenna’s Wax Example
1:42:32 Descartes vs. Aristotle
1:47:45 Concluding Summary Thoughts
.
// BOOKS //
Existentialism Book:
amzn.to/4afZntH
Metaphysics Book:
amzn.to/3wYwiEV
Nietzsche Book:
amzn.to/3IFNv8E
Simulation Theory:
amzn.to/3ICl1fU
Philosophical Psychology:
amzn.to/3TmKAqt
.
// LINKS //
Stickers:
bit.ly/3hiolD2
Podcast:
bpq.podbean.com/
Website:
sites.google.com/site/scalamb...
Academic Papers:
duq.academia.edu/FrankScalamb...
.
// SOCIAL //
X: / philosophemes1
Instagram: / philosophemes
LinkedIn: / frank-scalambrino-phd
.
#philosophemes, #historyofphilosophy, #wax, #phenomenology, #history #FrankScalambrino, #JordanPeterson, #americanacademy, #philosophytube, #philosophy, #metaphysics, #Descartes, #epistemology
🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️ 🏛️
Some links may be “affiliate links,” which means I may I receive a small commission from your purchase through these links. This helps to support the channel. Thank you.
Editorial, educational, and fair use of images.
© 2023, Frank Scalambrino, Ph.D.
.
How to Cite this Video:
Scalambrino, Frank. (2023). Descartes’ Wax Example. [Video]. CZcams. czcams.com/users/channel@phil....

[@NolanManteufel]

You have an excellent cadence.
Without hearing what Descartes thought about wax, it makes sense that he'd focus on it as a thought experiment. Wax is a material that obviously transforms from a solid, to a liquid, to a gas, with a release of heat and light energies. Very rich thought space.
I've never heard the Peripatetic Axiom (nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses). A thing must be sensed before it can be known. I don't know if this is a good idea, but i'll think about it.
Oh, i see. Wax like a seal. The impression of the seal on the wax is analogous to the impression of sensor outputs on the intellect. Something like that?
The productive evaluation of a thinker with a pen (the resulting system) is an interesting thought space.
So he used wax to intuit around the science of phase changes. From solid to liquid. Nice.

[@philosophemes]

Thank you. Re: the peripatetic axiom is helpful to note because Descartes' Wax Example truly poses a problem for the axiom.

[@chechaudhuri]

Hi Rayaan 😅