Dr. James Filler - The Relational Worldview - Heidegger, Neoplatonism & The History of Being - #78

Dr. James Filler teaches philosophy at Wheeling University (USA). He is author of Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being (Palgrave, 2023), and was winner of the 2021 Review of Metaphysics Dissertation Essay Contest. I found James' work through John Vervaeke, you can find their conversation below.

Timestamps:
(0:00) Introduction
(2:06) James' story
(6:30) Different approaches to philosophy
(9:10) Plato
(11:15) Orthodoxy
(18:23) Heidegger
(23:02) Nietzsche and affirming life
(28:52) Relationality As Ontological Ground
(34:40) Pure Monotheism
(36:45) Descartes
(40:36) Nietzsche & Heidegger
(46:53) Are we necessary for the world to exist?
(49:09) James' worldview
(56:04) Egypt
(59:36) How Narnia makes sense of truth in different places
(1:08:24) Jung & Universal Patterns
(1:10:28) Pyramids
(1:12:28) The biggest problem of the modern age
(1:14:14) Free will
(1:17:52) Is The Good God?
(1:19:25) John Vervaeke
(1:26:35) The second book & Outro

Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and The History of Being: https://www.amazon.com/Heidegger-Neoplatonism-History-Being-Ontological/dp/3031309065/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NtCciEt6IhUwQmDgTmrQBti9y-eNbmmF_ZIwH01wpjRfa4PhFxOTcj2Nnxzh2XNVE_hoidrdOXp45FG4xk6VcUAz76cZrIE0paLI9UMSS46n6VcKsMp3hgH9kGnYLV1pGm9QIIoXDT2If428HmeTp6dL5APpiSCSBOYpO1ouYUvioTH7ffoFZpLUgKgsJV3tj5Vl6Gcgifa1L_TkZw3Q9_TlfTui_WudS90WAFG2Yvk.6wBVWzY3EW4tFQEI2wKzNcYP6OmuKxidbgXhEVsvvx0&dib_tag=se&keywords=James+Filler&qid=1735489297&s=books&sr=1-1

Substance Ontology and the Crisis of Reason: https://www.amazon.com/Substance-Ontology-Crisis-Reason-Filler-ebook/dp/B0DP26TZVQ/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.g1XasMOwf7atnNh9q1r8SzdQwhjdyDpJyf-o16dEW8tHJtA8bqY-9gC2e_HDqzkaE_hoidrdOXp45FG4xk6VcUAz76cZrIE0paLI9UMSS46n6VcKsMp3hgH9kGnYLV1peAhcHcoKR9She7Oqr1k8n-yISTXVm4xtDwD6R0P8UPDioTH7ffoFZpLUgKgsJV3t_xrJ6JaWyN3WaCn7ajH20Xr9UUho6deFNNGZAypdnFk.qE7DceTZO75HT-mUcl6PgpJS0oBRFcnYdqZveft0p_A&dib_tag=se&keywords=James+Filler&qid=1735489297&s=books&sr=1-2

Conversation with John Vervaeke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx6C3neSD78&t=693s

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