Problems with Ancient Metaphysics (Xavier Zubiri's Sentient Intelligence Episode 1)

"Why should being belong to things themselves, rather than the process of knowing things? Why should we equate being, truth, and reality? How can we assume that knowledge belongs to the soul rather than the body? Why does the spiritual, assuming it exists, have so much power over the physical when it comes to knowledge? Doesn’t the physical world have just as much to do with forming a person’s intellect as a supposed spiritual one does? Why should we assume that the universe is eternal and its laws unchanging?"

Xavier Zubiri is a little-known Spanish philosopher who sought to develop a realist Metaphysics that accounted for a dynamic universe. His expertise and critiques of prior Western philosophical paradigms ultimately led him to craft a systematic philosophy that perhaps synthesized all the best elements of each school of thought, whilst correcting for their respective errors. In this series, Will Deatherage explores his seminal work, Sentient Intelligence.

Special thanks to our script reviewers, including:
Dr. Thomas Fowler, President of the Xavier Zubiri Foundation of North America
Marcos Mendoza
Jose Nunes

For more information about Zubiri, check out: http://www.zubiri.org/

Background Music: Sluagh Swamp by Tony Manfredonia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_uHExgznJI&pp=ygUMc2x1YWdoIHN3YW1w
Outro: Inside My Head by ARSNK https://soundcloud.com/arsnkmusic/inside-my-head

View our other series:
Series on Ecumenical Councils: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPnp45TCxDtPeT-lOsnFhGn2bShv0vAoL
Series on Magisterial Authority: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPnp45TCxDtNMKUDRtQ15pZDTBCCj4Xg_
Series on No Salvation Outside the Church: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPnp45TCxDtPUAFb81XCeyFVJ6wCniYzX