Cycle 9.2 · 5 Feb 2021#9.14 How can sciences of history be real?- 35:33Knowledge is said only of the true: knowledge that is not true is a contradiction, like a square circle. There is a long way from consciousness to science.
Knowledge
Worked through in 6 videos · 6 passages.
Summary
Dominique Pagani separates knowledge from wisdom. Knowledge belongs to the scholar, who gives information about the world: how many satellites Jupiter has, for example. Yet the most learned person is not the one who gives the best advice1. A great physicist can be a scoundrel, and a village sage may not know Jupiter's satellites2. If philosophy were only a form of knowledge, he says, it would belong at the CNRS3. He also ties knowledge to truth, starting from the Latin scire. There is no untrue knowledge: whatever turns out false falls back into doxa, and speaking of false knowledge is like speaking of a square circle. The philosopher and the mathematician therefore share the same demand for rigour, and consciousness is a long way from science45. Finally, he notes that we cannot go back to our former ignorance: even if knowledge brings nothing but worries, we have to live with it6. He also cites Nerval, for whom the thirst for knowledge remains eternal and drives all activity7.
- 1D for Desire17 Dec 2014 · 8:17
- 2#1.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?28 Jan 2016 · 41:21
- 3D for Desire17 Dec 2014 · 8:07
- 4#9.11 How can sciences of history be real?7 Jan 2021 · 1:36:55
- 5#9.14 How can sciences of history be real?5 Feb 2021 · 35:33
- 6J for Jeunesse (Youth)24 Dec 2014 · 5:28
- 7I for Island23 Dec 2014 · 13:02
Summary produced automatically from 7 of the passages below, to be reviewed; the numbers link to the moment in the session.
Cycle 9.2 · 5 Feb 2021#9.14 How can sciences of history be real?
Cycle 9.2 · 7 Jan 2021#9.11 How can sciences of history be real?- 1:36:55Scire means to know: there is no untrue knowledge, what turns out to be false falls back into doxa; philosopher and mathematician share the same demand for rigor.
Cycle 1 · 28 Jan 2016#1.8 Between crisis and war: philosophising?- 41:21A disjunction between knowledge and wisdom: a great physicist can be a scoundrel, the sage of a village may not know the moons of Jupiter.
Series · 24 Dec 2014J for Jeunesse (Youth)- 5:28Ignorance cannot be learned: one cannot return to former ignorance, even though knowledge brings only worries; one must make do with it.
Series · 23 Dec 2014I for Island- 13:02For Nerval, the thirst for knowledge remains eternal, the motive force of all activity and effort.
Series · 17 Dec 2014D for Desire- 8:17Belongs to the scholar, who informs about the world; the most learned is not the one who advises best.