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 @johnvervaeke, 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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