The Muppets explain Phenomenology

The muppets make a short film about the existential philosophy of Phenomenology. An extra ordinary achievement!
Translated by Barry Ferns
Original performance by The Muppets
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  • @caitlin1395
    @caitlin13957 жыл бұрын

    why is uni always trying to push me into the abyss of existential crisis

  • @gerardtalbot6244

    @gerardtalbot6244

    6 жыл бұрын

    Just stop resisting so :-)

  • @angelcomedyclub

    @angelcomedyclub

    4 жыл бұрын

    This made me laugh. It's very true

  • @Admiral8Q
    @Admiral8Q7 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what they were saying. With this translation, it all makes sense now.

  • @ZuluEchoRomeoOscar

    @ZuluEchoRomeoOscar

    7 жыл бұрын

    Nothing makes sense - it's all chaos....

  • @Admiral8Q

    @Admiral8Q

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's what makes it so funny!

  • @notanni4309
    @notanni43096 жыл бұрын

    This video changed my life

  • @kevinplanchet6009
    @kevinplanchet60099 жыл бұрын

    As a visual learner with ADHD who is trying to understand this concept without being overwhelmed by a huge textbook, THANK YOU!

  • @jjbjjb8189

    @jjbjjb8189

    8 жыл бұрын

    I empathise.

  • @ravenpandoragray1619

    @ravenpandoragray1619

    2 жыл бұрын

    THIS! I’m writing my thesis on phenomenology and I swear my adhd brain can’t grasp it

  • @pablourquidi4363
    @pablourquidi43637 жыл бұрын

    This is phenomenal

  • @uremove
    @uremove8 жыл бұрын

    So clever and funny! I love the bit where Mahna Mahna goes out of the door marked "Exit", and then phones Kermit... a reference to Sartre's "No Exit"??

  • @LionGoodman
    @LionGoodman8 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite bits EVER on the Muppets show.... made even more Phenomenal with the translation!

  • @tongzhao602
    @tongzhao6026 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Alan !!! This makes a rainy shine bright !

  • @justinmueller3322
    @justinmueller332210 жыл бұрын

    This doesn't describe phenomenology at all, but it is still entertaining.

  • @aidangv1

    @aidangv1

    10 жыл бұрын

    I'm interested in learning. advice on where to begin? Books, blogs, essays...something that'll help cut through the research

  • @justinmueller3322

    @justinmueller3322

    10 жыл бұрын

    Aidan V Dermot Moran's book is probably the best one out there for getting a comprehensive account of phenomenology. Here is a link to a pdf. If you just want an overview, you can stick with the Introduction. Otherwise, he goes into plenty depth for individual phenomenologists. www2.arnes.si/~jlozar2/6%20FENOMENOLOGIJA%20D%20BOLONJSKI%20PROGRAM/MORAN.pdf

  • @jerryrhee7748

    @jerryrhee7748

    9 жыл бұрын

    Aidan V Although Peirce is considered the founder of pragmatism, he addressed phenomenology in context of a broader architectonic. Here's a little excerpt from his work (Collected papers, Charles Sanders Peirce): §2. The Scientific Imagination 46. When a man desires ardently to know the truth, his first effort will be to imagine what that truth can be. He cannot prosecute his pursuit long without finding that imagination unbridled is sure to carry him off the track. Yet nevertheless, it remains true that there is, after all, nothing but imagination that can ever supply him an inkling of the truth. He can stare stupidly at PHENOMENA; but in the absence of imagination they will not connect themselves together in any rational way. You can learn more about his interests by perusing the Commens dictionary ( www.commens.org/dictionary/term/phenomenology ), and then compare against other phenomenologists like Husserl and Goethe, the latter of whom is also not quite a phenomenologist but incorporates the best ideas.

  • @theonorman3048

    @theonorman3048

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aidan V Being and time?

  • @hectorlamar806

    @hectorlamar806

    6 жыл бұрын

    That's the point. There is no sense. you cant make sense out of chaos because nature is chaotic.

  • @jackhughesbooks
    @jackhughesbooks Жыл бұрын

    Haven't laughd so much for ages. Thank you for that. It's genius

  • @DrakeDark18
    @DrakeDark184 жыл бұрын

    And then the clouds parted, and I saw that the waters and winds were reflections of myself. I cursed the creep that burned me and I laughed and laughed until there was nothing left.

  • @enoughvincent

    @enoughvincent

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where is this from?

  • @carolinemurgue8170
    @carolinemurgue81709 жыл бұрын

    OMG !!!! They are so right. It's a good illustration of how you can feel when reading Husserl's book: spend one hour trying to understand one sentence !!! Philosophy must not be complicated in its formulation. And this is Moshi and Fredo duty to make it as easy and funny as possible !!!

  • @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    9 жыл бұрын

    Philosophers get kicks and giggles out of making simple things complex.

  • @carolinemurgue8170

    @carolinemurgue8170

    9 жыл бұрын

    it seems you're one of them... am I wrong ?

  • @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    9 жыл бұрын

    Caroline Murgue Wrong. I will entertain conversations.

  • @carolinemurgue8170

    @carolinemurgue8170

    9 жыл бұрын

    Why are you using future tense ?

  • @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    9 жыл бұрын

    Caroline Murgue It's also current tense. As in right here right now.

  • @frannelyafrancis4423
    @frannelyafrancis442310 жыл бұрын

    this is cute!! superb! excellent and i really love the song! thanks!

  • @wantwb
    @wantwb10 жыл бұрын

    Can't get it out of my head! Don't know why? Guess it is simply a phenomena!

  • @privatehand
    @privatehand9 жыл бұрын

    A bit of brilliance there, me boy-o!

  • @verbavintage7867
    @verbavintage78673 жыл бұрын

    Okay so this is the best thing I've ever seen

  • @donnaokane4437
    @donnaokane443710 жыл бұрын

    Never gets old!

  • @Californiansurfer
    @Californiansurfer6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you , great insight

  • @aidancatic
    @aidancatic Жыл бұрын

    Finally a straight forward video.

  • @jeannotpoivre437
    @jeannotpoivre4373 жыл бұрын

    Love this!

  • @Moonchild-oo4vt
    @Moonchild-oo4vt Жыл бұрын

    This is absolute gold.

  • @jandcpaxon
    @jandcpaxon2 жыл бұрын

    This is hilarious! I can't stop watching it. LOL

  • @pharaohimhotep4676
    @pharaohimhotep46769 жыл бұрын

    Very very good job.

  • @Novaneoma_
    @Novaneoma_10 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS BRILLIANT ! AH MAH GAD!

  • @travisjthomas
    @travisjthomas Жыл бұрын

    I will never be able to unsee this...

  • @eumesmo2745
    @eumesmo27459 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfull. Now finally I understand.

  • @sulesengulmugla899
    @sulesengulmugla8995 жыл бұрын

    Eğlenceli felsefi bir şov! Bir kavrama bir aşinalık kattığı da bir gerçek... Teşekkürler....

  • @ravenpandoragray1619
    @ravenpandoragray16192 жыл бұрын

    I’m just gonna turn this in as my thesis on phenomenology

  • @Twiquil
    @Twiquil6 жыл бұрын

    This is the best song ever.

  • @Jan96106
    @Jan96106 Жыл бұрын

    Love it.

  • @clavo07
    @clavo0710 жыл бұрын

    Phenomena! Los Muppets explican la Fenomenología... :D

  • @drchuacaikleng5111
    @drchuacaikleng51114 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant😄 Can I use it in my viva?

  • @vickytang
    @vickytang3 жыл бұрын

    this makes me die in a happy way

  • @emamekkartny
    @emamekkartny4 жыл бұрын

    i love humankind

  • @GabrielaPelosi
    @GabrielaPelosi8 жыл бұрын

    The best

  • @michael18276
    @michael182766 жыл бұрын

    and in ritornello form.

  • @gregdeane8937
    @gregdeane89374 жыл бұрын

    Now I get it.

  • @genevieve2122
    @genevieve212210 жыл бұрын

    Just we don´t have to understand all the life and all the world, because we are not able to know ALL! Great video!

  • @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    @iconoclasticphilosophy5641

    9 жыл бұрын

    Do you know for certain that you can't know all.

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes, we are. We just aren't able to know when we know all.

  • @iwpoe
    @iwpoe9 жыл бұрын

    Huh, strange that Husserl and Heidegger spent so much time describing phenomena "we can't understand." :eye roll:

  • @nexus4googleplay612

    @nexus4googleplay612

    8 жыл бұрын

    The arrogance and folly of Western intellectualism.

  • @iwpoe

    @iwpoe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nexus4 Google Play And other false clichés.

  • @truthseeker1871

    @truthseeker1871

    8 жыл бұрын

    Off? Yeah, ever so much. I'm sure the authors knew what they were doing.

  • @Arkanj3l

    @Arkanj3l

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why != What

  • @gaspartiznado8023
    @gaspartiznado80236 жыл бұрын

    I love this. Gonna share it with my Phenomenology professor

  • @donny_doyle
    @donny_doyle7 ай бұрын

    Live in the mystery.

  • @antropomorfos8053
    @antropomorfos8053 Жыл бұрын

    MUY BUENOOO

  • @bfdersan
    @bfdersan10 жыл бұрын

    To "accept life as it is" is to give too much power to your interpretation of it.

  • @sayaq

    @sayaq

    7 жыл бұрын

    gary jones interesting...perhaps we can cultivate non-jundgemental awareness that gets "close enough" to having a clear awareness of our biases as we interact with the world?

  • @Jan96106

    @Jan96106

    Жыл бұрын

    Not necessarily. It reminds me of the Coen brothers movie A Serious Man which begins with a saying from Rashi: Accept with simplicity everything that happens to you. Then the movie shows Larry (modern Job), who can't do that but questions everything.

  • @jerryrhee7748
    @jerryrhee77489 жыл бұрын

    phenomena do doooo do do...

  • @twowheellatte
    @twowheellatte Жыл бұрын

    The biggest unanswered question is: is there something beneath the surface that animates us?

  • @olafurgunnarsson8337
    @olafurgunnarsson83372 жыл бұрын

    All this did was help me give up on trying to understand Phenomenology

  • @Vigilantwarrior42
    @Vigilantwarrior42 Жыл бұрын

    Do try to make sense of it. It can be done!

  • @toohorrible
    @toohorrible8 жыл бұрын

    the buttress

  • @jasperklein851
    @jasperklein85111 ай бұрын

    Awesome video kinda scary tho not gonna lie😂

  • @PrivateAckbar
    @PrivateAckbar6 жыл бұрын

    Phenomenology just sounds like empiricist skepticism/nihilism too me. Did the phenomenologists understand rationalism/a priorism? Do phenomenologists deny the ultimate truth of logical principles? Do they think that sympathetic understanding is absurd?

  • @allencaseyseverinogumiran8432

    @allencaseyseverinogumiran8432

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nihilism is not bad per se....

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    4 жыл бұрын

    The video has absolutely nothing to do with phenomenology. Phenomenology is the inquiry into your moment-to-moment experience. It's not about your senses or "taking life as it is".

  • @angelcomedyclub

    @angelcomedyclub

    4 жыл бұрын

    Taxtro - you should know better than to try to claim a definite definition of Phenomenology. The whole heart of it is that it's new and gets repeatedly defined by each new person/ enquiry. Please stop trying to sound like a "know it all" and enjoy the video and "get with" the actual ground of this great little philosophical offshoot.

  • @dmatej79
    @dmatej7910 жыл бұрын

    Yeaaaaah! :D "Phenomena" ... a basta.

  • @paullivingstone640
    @paullivingstone6403 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much... muppets rulez///

  • @farragiTUBEreal
    @farragiTUBEreal2 жыл бұрын

    I hate that this is a banger (as a meme. The song was already a banger)

  • @psykiem
    @psykiem9 жыл бұрын

    sono mama

  • @renatajakielaszek
    @renatajakielaszek9 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @greggasiorowski4025
    @greggasiorowski40255 жыл бұрын

    So Critical Theory is just reading between the lines?

  • @ThomasJ6411
    @ThomasJ64112 жыл бұрын

    And this is why we have people suffering from the "Mandela Effect" cause 5 years or so from now...some person is gonna watch this and claim to be from an alternate universe where it was ..."Mahna mahna"

  • @tanjazapolski
    @tanjazapolski10 жыл бұрын

    :D :)))))))))))

  • @xXxSkyViperxXx
    @xXxSkyViperxXx6 жыл бұрын

    wat???

  • @DevinGates
    @DevinGates10 жыл бұрын

    Statler and Waldorf say it best: The question is, what is a phenomena? The question is, who cares?

  • @alexandramejia328
    @alexandramejia3288 жыл бұрын

    im reading gudorfs speaking (la parole) and i dont understand shit fml

  • @radkaweisova6830
    @radkaweisova68308 жыл бұрын

    Funny and at the same time misleading and beside the point.

  • @angelcomedyclub

    @angelcomedyclub

    4 жыл бұрын

    Radka - Sorry, but your retort is incorrect - The video is a good representation of Phenomenology. You haven't done your research. "Phenomenology: A unique and final definition of phenomenology is dangerous and perhaps even paradoxical as it lacks a thematic focus. In fact, it is not a doctrine, nor a philosophical school, but rather a style of thought, a method, an open and ever-renewed experience having different results, and this may disorient anyone wishing to define the meaning of phenomenology" This video comes absolutely within those guidelines. Now sit down, and take a life lesson from the Muppets!

  • @shashvatshukla
    @shashvatshukla3 жыл бұрын

    ahahahaha

  • @Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014
    @Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014 Жыл бұрын

    Good vid but this sounds more like kantian transcendental idealism than phenomenology

  • @MrCmon113
    @MrCmon1134 жыл бұрын

    That's not phenomenology. Who creates a channel called "phenomenology" without knowing what it's even about?

  • @angelcomedyclub

    @angelcomedyclub

    4 жыл бұрын

    Taxtro, your retort is incorrect - The video is a good representation of Phenomenology. You haven't done your research. "Phenomenology: A unique and final definition of phenomenology is dangerous and perhaps even paradoxical as it lacks a thematic focus. In fact, it is not a doctrine, nor a philosophical school, but rather a style of thought, a method, an open and ever-renewed experience having different results, and this may disorient anyone wishing to define the meaning of phenomenology" This video comes absolutely within those guidelines. Now sit down, and take a life lesson from the Muppets!

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@angelcomedyclub Sounds like you disagree with the description in the video as well. Though you won't admit it for some reason.

  • @angelcomedyclub

    @angelcomedyclub

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@MrCmon113 I am presuming you are a troll. Your initial comment was argumentative and inaccurate, and this comment is also argumentative and also contradicts your initial comment (in order to (I believe) pick a fight). This is a worthy , and in-range, interpretation to Phenomenology.

  • @MrCmon113

    @MrCmon113

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@angelcomedyclub Not according to your own summary of phenomenology.