Continental Philosophy: Genius or Gibberish?

Keegan Kjeldson of ‪@untimelyreflections‬ returns to the channel to discuss the merits of continental philosophy. While he is largely in favor and I am not, we both agree that Hegel is abysmally obscure. This interview is also available as a podcast: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/11ce... Substack: https://mileskdonahue.substack.com/pu... Check out my Substack where you can get a paid membership because you're awesome: https://www.mileskdonahue.substack.com/ To support the channel, do please oh please consider donating via Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mileskdonahue. Follow me on X:   / philosophermkd   EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:09 Hegel vs Plantinga: obscurity and clarity 00:02:58 Keegan’s defense of continental philosophy 00:08:29 Why continental philosophy feels impenetrable 00:11:06 Spinoza and intuitive knowledge 00:14:16 Nietzsche, style, and philosophical insight 00:17:58 Logical positivism and ethics 00:22:12 What is metaethics? 00:27:08 Utilitarianism and moral intuitions 00:30:08 Do arguments bottom out in intuition? 00:36:30 What is philosophy for? 00:44:32 Moral realism and objective moral truth 00:48:50 Judith Butler and the charge of gibberish 00:54:01 Clear continental thinkers 00:55:48 Heidegger and justified obscurity 01:01:51 Is clarity always a virtue? 01:06:40 Can poetry give us rational grounds? 01:12:43 Moral knowledge vs moral persuasion 01:15:20 Motivated reasoning in ethics 01:25:12 Ethics, emotion, and objectivity 01:28:05 The Nazi example and moral realism 01:32:17 Abortion, personhood, and moral disagreement 01:38:35 Objective truth in morality and science 01:41:08 Has humanity made moral progress?