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    Posted by Ahsan on September 10, 2025 at 4:55 am

    Reality of Philosophy | فلسفہ کی حقیقت | Part 01 | Philosophy Series

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_TGzuSPwhA
    Timestamps are generated with notegpt coupled with Deepseek or Chatgpt

    00:00:00 🎤 Introduction to the need for understanding philosophy
    00:00:38 🤔 The reality and purpose of studying philosophy
    00:01:29 📚 Methods of studying philosophical texts and thinkers
    00:02:09 📖 Recommended simplified books on philosophy
    00:02:47 🧩 Understanding the core problems of philosophy
    00:03:24 🙈 Temporarily setting aside religious preconceptions
    00:04:19The fundamental question of reality and existence
    00:05:02 🔢 The three components of reality: matter, life, and consciousness
    00:05:44The historical and scientific context of philosophical inquiry
    00:06:22 🎯 The quest to find the fundamental basis of existence
    00:07:05 🔬 The evolution of understanding matter and elements
    00:07:52 🌌 The three realities encountered in the universe
    00:08:32 👁️ Observing matter, life, and consciousness in creation
    00:09:17 🧭 The four philosophical positions on ultimate reality
    00:09:53 ⚛️ The scientific pursuit of unifying fundamental forces
    00:10:27Philosophy’s rejection of multiple fundamental principles
    00:11:10 🌊 Modern science’s view on the nature of matter
    00:11:51 🎯 The philosophical goal to understand the basis of existence
    00:12:30 🧠 The perception-based nature of material reality
    00:13:08 💡 Idealism: Consciousness as the fundamental reality
    00:13:49 ⚖️ The two main schools: Materialism and Idealism
    00:14:32 🛣️ The ultimate destinations of Materialism and Idealism
    00:15:07 💻 The practical outcomes of Materialist and Idealist paths
    00:15:47 🔍 The scientific pursuit of matter’s ultimate reality
    00:16:20 🔎 The quest for the God Particle in modern physics
    00:16:56 🕰️ The historical journey of philosophical inquiry
    00:17:33 🧩 The ongoing struggle to solve the fundamental puzzle
    00:18:09 ⚰️ The significance and eventual fate of philosophy

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  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 4:58 am

    Materialism & Idealism | مادیت اور مثالیت | Part 02 | Philosophy series |
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YtwGWz2rqk

    🕒 00:00:01 — Introduction and informal context for the discussion
    🧠 00:01:06 — How philosophy originates and methods of study (Reference: Russell)
    🔍 00:04:04 — The primary realities: Matter, Life, and Mind
    🤔 00:06:24 — The role of senses (Mahsoosat) vs. thought (Fikr) in knowledge
    🌌 00:08:18 — Interrelation of Matter, Space, Time, and Motion
    ⚖️ 00:10:54 — Observing change and the law of cause and effect
    🧩 00:12:47 — Philosophical conclusions: Matter is eternal and perpetual
    🎯 00:14:20 — The question of purpose and movement without aim
    🧪 00:16:19 — Existential truths vs. intellectual conclusions
    👁️ 00:18:21 — The reliability of the senses as a source of knowledge
    ⚔️ 00:19:29 — The two major schools: Materialism vs. Idealism
    🔄 00:21:51 — Reiterating foundational realities and knowledge creation
    🤯 00:23:54 — Challenging the senses and a new philosophical world
    📚 00:25:04 — Connection to religious concepts and ultimate purpose
    🌱 00:27:17 — How Materialism and Idealism define Mind and Matter
    ☁️ 00:29:15 — Conceptualizing God within a materialist framework
    💡 00:31:14 — Generating knowledge vs. memorizing it
    🔬 00:33:13 — The method of “unlearning” to understand
    🌳 00:35:00 — Observing change vs. annihilation in nature
    00:36:41 — The philosophical problem of ‘nothingness’ (Adam)
    🎶 00:38:07 — Concluding remark on modern philosophy

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 4:58 am

    Materialism (1) | مادیت پسندی کا مکتب فکر | Part 03 |


    ⏰ 00:00 — 🧠 Introduction: The birth of philosophy from fundamental questions about existence
    ⏰ 00:36 — 🔍 The foundational realities: Matter (Madda), Space (Makan), and Motion (Harkat)
    ⏰ 02:17 — ⏳ How motion gives rise to the concept of Time (Zaman)
    ⏰ 03:03 — ⚖️ The discovery that motion follows fixed laws (Kawaneen)
    ⏰ 04:44 — 🤔 The philosophical dilemma: Is the universe eternal (Qadeem) or created?
    ⏰ 05:35 — 🚫 Rejecting a starting point to avoid the necessity of a Creator
    ⏰ 06:27 — 🔄 The concept of an eternally changing universe (Alam Mutaghayyir)
    ⏰ 08:11 — 🔬 The shift from speculation (Qayas) to observation (Mushahida) in the 17th-18th century
    ⏰ 09:41 — 🔭 How scientific tools (telescopes, microscopes) shattered old worldviews
    ⏰ 10:31 — 🌍 The end of geocentrism: Earth is not the center of the universe
    ⏰ 11:22 — 💥 The Big Bang theory: Evidence for a beginning to the universe
    ⏰ 12:11 — 😲 The existential shock: Humanity’s insignificance in a vast cosmos
    ⏰ 13:55 — ⚙️ The rise of Mechanism: Viewing the universe as a machine (Descartes, Hobbes)
    ⏰ 15:19 — 🧬 Life and Consciousness (Hayaat & Shuur) as products of mechanical processes
    ⏰ 16:40 — 🎯 The materialist conclusion: No free will, only deterministic laws
    ⏰ 18:19 — ✅ The first principle of modern materialism: Rely only on observation
    ⏰ 19:53 — 🏭 The Encyclopedists: Systematizing the view of the universe as a machine
    ⏰ 21:11 — 🧪 The reduction of thought & consciousness to mere brain function
    ⏰ 22:45 — 🚂 The “Machine Philosophy”: A deterministic, purposeless universe
    ⏰ 24:53 — 🧩 The collapse of the materialist foundation in 20th-century physics
    ⏰ 26:16 — ⚛️ Quantum mechanics: The solid world dissolves into waves/energy
    ⏰ 27:38 — 🔎 The microscopic and telescopic worlds destroy our classical perceptions
    ⏰ 29:00 — 🕳️ Atoms: The ancient concept confirmed, but leading to a new mystery
    ⏰ 30:23 — 💫 The atomic level: A dance of electrons and protons, not solid matter
    ⏰ 31:55 — 🌀 Bertrand Russell’s conclusion: Only “events” exist, not matter or mind
    ⏰ 33:18 — 🌌 Relativity: The destruction of absolute Space and Time
    ⏰ 34:47 — 💥 The final outcome: The materialist track has reached a dead end
    ⏰ 36:47 — 📉 Philosophy’s surrender: Science now leads the inquiry into reality
    ⏰ 38:06 — ❓ The unresolved mystery: How do waves/energy become solid matter?
    ⏰ 40:03 — 🔬 The ongoing scientific quest (e.g., Higgs Boson) to find the origin of mass
    ⏰ 42:01 — 🏁 The materialist train has crashed; its conclusions are no longer tenable
    ⏰ 44:44 — 🗓️ The Big Bang: The end of the “Eternal Universe” concept
    ⏰ 46:41 — 🌠 A double shock: Cosmic insignificance and the dissolution of solid matter
    ⏰ 48:05 — 🧪 Theoretical Physics: Moving beyond pure observation and experiment
    ⏰ 49:51 — ☪️ Al-Ghazali’s “Tahafut al-Falasifah”: A classical refutation of philosophy
    ⏰ 51:49 — 💭 The current state: The universe is neither eternal nor solidly understandable
    ⏰ 53:45 — 📈 The evolution of science: From slow process to revolutionary breakthroughs
    ⏰ 55:42 — 💡 The role of intuition and “theoretical leaps” in major scientific discoveries
    ⏰ 56:58 — 🗺️ Conclusion: Understanding one philosophical track (Materialism) to grasp others

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxw5h6O1YVA

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 4:59 am

    Materialist School of Thought (2) | مادیت پسند مکتب فکر | Part 04 |

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lKiTXFix_g

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 4:59 am

    Idealist School of Thought (1) | مثالیت پسند مکتب فکر | Part 05

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX0waS1VdmI

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 5:02 am

    Idealist School of Thought (2) | مثالیت پسند مکتب فکر | Part 06

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAD3hIjhUjg

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 5:16 am

    Idealist School of Thought (3) | مثالیت پسند مکتب فکر | Part 07

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5WaftQQqUg

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 5:16 am

    Socrates, Plato & Aristotle | سقراط، افلاطون اور ارسطو | Part 08 | Philosophy Series |


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvSsCz1iE8

  • Ahsan

    Moderator September 10, 2025 at 11:43 pm

    Philosophy of Aristotle | ارسطو کا فلسفہ | Part 09 |

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWEaUvaqYvU

  • Ahsan

    Moderator October 26, 2025 at 4:44 pm
  • Ahsan

    Moderator October 26, 2025 at 4:45 pm

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