Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton

Kelly Fitzsimmons Burton earned her Ph.D. in Humanities with an emphasis in Philosophy from Faulkner University. She has a certificate in Theology and Ministry from Princeton Theological Seminary and has completed all coursework for a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at Arizona State University. She has an M.A. in Philosophy and B.A.'s in Philosophy and English Literature, all from Arizona State University.

Kelly was a college Philosophy and Religious Studies professor at a college in Phoenix, AZ, from 2003-2023.

In addition to teaching, Kelly is the founder of Public Philosophy Press, a niche publishing company, and is the president of The Logos Foundation. She started this KZread channel to encourage philosophy more broadly.

You may find more about Kelly's work on her website: retphi.com/

Join Kelly in conversation in her Locals community:
kellyburton.locals.com/


Suffering and the Good

Suffering and the Good

Value and Talent

Value and Talent

Fidelity and Marriage

Fidelity and Marriage

Human Dignity Part 2

Human Dignity Part 2

Human Dignity part 1

Human Dignity part 1

Authority

Authority

Work

Work

Integrity

Integrity

Seeking the Good Part 3

Seeking the Good Part 3

Seeking the Good Part 2

Seeking the Good Part 2

Seeking the Good Part 1

Seeking the Good Part 1

Common Ground Part 2

Common Ground Part 2

Welcome to Ethics

Welcome to Ethics

Common Ground Part 1

Common Ground Part 1

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  • @joyjere8292
    @joyjere829212 күн бұрын

    Hi Mam, can you list out books that inspired you. Also books on good thinking and how we can improve the way we think.. Christian philosophy books

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton12 күн бұрын

    @joyjere8292 Thank you for watching, and for your questions. I took a picture of my favorite shelf in my library for you. I’ll post it below. I recommend all of these books. They will help you in many ways. I’ll be praying for your growth and edification. 🙏 EDIT: I cannot post a photo in my comments, so I’ll post it in my KZread community feed. Please let me know if you have any questions.

  • @Hellokitty_27_11
    @Hellokitty_27_1126 күн бұрын

    Hey how r u :) I hope u r doing well .. I just saw your other video from 4 years ago in which u described about getting in touch with reality and stop living in a bubble thank you for Posting that video u have helped me ❤ have a great day and I pray u success in everything u do

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton26 күн бұрын

    Thank you! Have a great time getting in touch with reality. 😊

  • @DiscipleshipFMCH
    @DiscipleshipFMCH29 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/e2ilwdt7Zc3fm5c.html

  • @DiscipleshipFMCH
    @DiscipleshipFMCH29 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/lGmKrdSGhM7Xf6Q.htmlfeature=shared

  • @greggoodrich5189
    @greggoodrich5189Ай бұрын

    I’m glad to see this, Dr Burton. I look forward to listening. We miss you at Maricopa!

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburtonАй бұрын

    Thank you. Working hard on publishing.

  • @carriedunbar6541
    @carriedunbar65412 ай бұрын

    Dr. Burton. I appreciate your truth and call to evaluation.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton2 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @bobbysankofa6065
    @bobbysankofa60652 ай бұрын

    I’m reading philosophical foundations and I don’t understand how if something is contrary to the law thought then it cannot be a thought Because I’m still thinking it? It’s just not right reasoning. Please direct me to further clarity.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton2 ай бұрын

    I am glad you are reading Philosophical Foundation. I hope it is helpful to you. If something is contrary to the laws of thought, then it cannot be. An example is a square circle. A square has four equal sides. A circle has all points on the circumference equidistant from the center. These are two different kinds of things. They cannot be equated. We cannot have a square circle. We cannot think a square circle. Does that help? If you have further questions on this topic, I would suggest checking out some of the Introduction to Philosophy lectures on reason. They are in this playlist: kzread.info/head/PLIFTXEjwfC5N6bWvKLVYn9Xy5E16ZCm3L&si=4KExbwhI7OITFrkA

  • @maryloiscarroll322
    @maryloiscarroll3222 ай бұрын

    Can there be multiple highest goods without contradiction?

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton2 ай бұрын

    Doesn’t the term “highest” denote one/unity? Perhaps you have an example in mind?

  • @caseymckee2814
    @caseymckee28143 ай бұрын

    Promo_SM

  • @sharamandarata
    @sharamandarata4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your videos.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Thank you for watching!

  • @bakar2134
    @bakar21344 ай бұрын

    does buddhism have a concept of paradise and hell like all the major religions do?

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Some strands of Buddhism have a heaven-like place. I don’t recall there being a hell in Buddhism.

  • @bakar2134
    @bakar21344 ай бұрын

    just discovered your channel ill be binging through your videos

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @PFR1930
    @PFR19304 ай бұрын

    This is interesting. Thanks.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @zacnewford
    @zacnewford4 ай бұрын

    nonsecular

  • @HarshYadav-ne3oy
    @HarshYadav-ne3oy4 ай бұрын

    So this is more focused on western philosophy rather than eastern. I would be curious to see your timeline on eastern philosophies

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    I have an eastern timeline in mind, but I have much more research to do to see if there are similar patterns. My suspicion is that there are different patterns.

  • @yassen6331
    @yassen63314 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this very helpful video I hope you have a wonderful career

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @PhilosophiaTheos
    @PhilosophiaTheos4 ай бұрын

    Thank you thank you thank you for using visuals!!!

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton4 ай бұрын

    Glad you like them!

  • @Brandoncannon
    @Brandoncannon5 ай бұрын

    Slowly making my way through all your videos. Thank you for ALL this hard work! I went all the way through seminary without one logic or philosophy class. That shouldn’t have been possible. Learning the basics of philosophy and logic are key to understanding. Because of you, I’m learning now. Thank you.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton5 ай бұрын

    I am glad you are benefiting from the videos. Thank you for the encouraging words. Keep going with philosophy!

  • @davsamp7301
    @davsamp73015 ай бұрын

    Even more, what violates the grounding laws of Logic is wrong, ergo Impossible, ergo non-existent.

  • @gaziabbasshaikh6490
    @gaziabbasshaikh64905 ай бұрын

    Great 👍

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton5 ай бұрын

    Thank you! 😊

  • @danielhonea3281
    @danielhonea32815 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much for these videos! I really appreciate your work

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton5 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Daniel!

  • @enacausmembrane
    @enacausmembrane5 ай бұрын

    Us sunnis also believe in the Mahdi. The Shias believe in a heretical understanding of the Mahdi. They do not believe in the proper mahdi.

  • @enacausmembrane
    @enacausmembrane5 ай бұрын

    10:21 Actually no. These are not the only divisions. There are 73 different Divisions, some more popular than others, according to Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). The 3 you mentioned here are top 3 most popular ones right now, the popularity may change in the next century. However, Sunni Islam is the only correct understanding of Islam. Some of them are not included in the 73 divisions, like the ultra sufis who worship graves, they are not considered to be inside this 73 divisions at all. Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said 72/73 will go to the Hellfire.

  • @enacausmembrane
    @enacausmembrane5 ай бұрын

    I like this. An Unbiased video! Love it! I would love to see you collab with the Channel Muslim Lantern. It would be a fantastic collab!

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your insights.

  • @cataclyx
    @cataclyx6 ай бұрын

    i rationally justify utilitarianism under the notion that contributions to the greater good serve to make the path easier for future generations. this assumes suffering to be objectively bad though, which some stoics might disagree with this worldview heavily incorporates aspects of humanism and deontology, however

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton6 ай бұрын

    Have you considered that suffering may be for our good? See the video on The Ironic Solution to the problem of evil in this playlist.

  • @margaretcruz4793
    @margaretcruz47937 ай бұрын

    👍🏻Still learning so much from you. Thank you!

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton7 ай бұрын

    So glad to her! Thank you.

  • @hmgodwin
    @hmgodwin7 ай бұрын

    The I of the first of the two squares is listed as false while its contradiction is also listed as false.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton7 ай бұрын

    I know. I couldn’t figure out how to edit it, so I left it and offered extra credit to those who found the mistake. 👍

  • @danielc6465
    @danielc64657 ай бұрын

    How do you know that only an Infinite Being can create ex nihilo?

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton7 ай бұрын

    It takes infinite power to create ex nihilo. A finite being cannot create anything.

  • @TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns
    @TheProdigalMeowMeowMeowReturns7 ай бұрын

    @18:42 Note to self

  • @TheBlendedTech
    @TheBlendedTech8 ай бұрын

    Great lighting and set up I hope this channel grows

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton8 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @solomonnallapu
    @solomonnallapu9 ай бұрын

    I am from a Reformed background, who is interested in Christian philosophy and Apologetics. I searched for Christian Philosophy and landed on this video. Thank you, Ma’am for sharing these videos. I’m learning a lot from these videos. It is so clear and concise for a layman like me. God bless!! ❤

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton8 ай бұрын

    I am Reformed too. Thank you very much for watching. Here are some books and papers you may be interested in: thelogospapers.com/

  • @yohansuy3096
    @yohansuy30969 ай бұрын

    Great, may I reupload on tiktok?

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton8 ай бұрын

    Yes, please do.

  • @BenjaminOrthodox
    @BenjaminOrthodox9 ай бұрын

    19:00 positivism*

  • @hermankeller1071
    @hermankeller10719 ай бұрын

    Promo-SM

  • @theearthisntflatpleasestop9899
    @theearthisntflatpleasestop989910 ай бұрын

    I hate confirmation bias so much, it's like a cult that everyone is into, and nobody is self-aware enough to know that they are doing it.

  • @atxelectrify
    @atxelectrify10 ай бұрын

    I will point out two problems with your argument. First, all you've shown is that a handful of explanations for an eternal universe are either empirically wrong or logically impossible. The problem is that doesn't show that all other possible scientific explanations are impossible. Second, and more importantly, there is a deeper problem with your approach. All of your supporting arguments for the minor premise (8, 9, and 10) rely on inductive inferences (that is, empirical observations). You cannot derive a logically certain conclusion from inductive premises. Elsewhere you have said "knowledge" and "clarity" require that you show the logical impossibility of the alternatives. Disproving a handful of explanations doesn't mean all explanations are impossible, and using induction to prove clarity is a fatal mistake.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton10 ай бұрын

    These same objections? The reasons for the minor premise for the first argument against material monism rely on reason not on inductive inferences. Go back and study the Logic videos on concept formation.

  • @phistudent4706
    @phistudent470610 ай бұрын

    So exciting! It’s great to hear about all the progress that is being made!

  • @phistudent4706
    @phistudent470610 ай бұрын

    I love the “guess he doesn’t give the option of losing and not dying” 😂

  • @thatonetruth
    @thatonetruth10 ай бұрын

    4:27 disagreed on this paragraph If there is being then how you can say that being came from non being 🤨🤨 Being came from your awareness from your question • Where do this world exist? - In your mind Bcause the world is not saying to you that it exist, it is you , your mind, your senses which witness the world Being came from your question and your assumption that you exist.... You feel that you are, so you exist... You exist because you are experiencing it... First assumption iis,"i exist and this world exist " this is fundamental mistake bcause you declared your experiences as truth This is द्वैत dwaita And your identity is अद्वैत non duallity

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton10 ай бұрын

    Maybe you should check out my videos on the nature of being in the Logic Basics playlist. kzread.info/head/PLIFTXEjwfC5Ob86V5XYxDEwDunVC2FKty&si=uJmeTe1FaTB6F0p1

  • @smlanka4u
    @smlanka4u10 ай бұрын

    The knowledge about the ultimate-meaningful (Paramartha) realities (Dhamma) explains the scientific process between the mind (Citta), mental factors (Cetacika), and matter (Rupa). The international institue of Theravada is the best place to study about them online in English. Ven. Watawala Maggavihari Thera's explanations about the process of matter (Rupa) is superb.

  • @thatonetruth
    @thatonetruth10 ай бұрын

    You do not exist at all😂 Your thinking and your experiences that you are different from a piece of stone is your अहं ego which is false It is just प्रकृति nature That is why kabeer das says माटी कहे कुम्हार से तू क्या रौंदे मोय एक दिन ऐसो आयेगो मै रौंदूगी तोय Come in geeta session of acharya prashant❤ he just clear everything he connects ashtavakra geeta with shri krishna's bhagwadgeeta and connects mahavakyas of upanishads ❤

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton10 ай бұрын

    If I don’t exist, why comment on my KZread channel?

  • @thatonetruth
    @thatonetruth11 ай бұрын

    So in my opinion the conclusion of the video is.... Open your eyes....you are human and you have a ability to think....and when you not think and go with the flow you suffer....so to avoid suffering you have to think properly... Think about your weakness note it down Think who you are in your life.....what is your role in your world..... Think everything what you can.... Because only animals are those who live and not think very much about their lives..... No dog will say i have to colonize mars😂😂 as elon says So we humans have an opportunity to know.....noone in our earth has that ability So use your powers by thinking Think why you think😂😂 And also think who is thinking this that we are thinking You will get someone in you who always thinks And that who thinks is the same who is thinking this whole thing😂 So just think and laugh on ourselves that why we think. I think our mind is searching for something by thinking.... A thought always arises for something... We want something that is why we are thinking And the proof of this statement is this when we get what we wanted we don't think about it

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton11 ай бұрын

    I can see this video got you thinking. 😉

  • @thatonetruth
    @thatonetruth11 ай бұрын

    7:02 Hello teacher May i be your friend but I am just 19 yo Oh! By mentioning my age I am agreeing on this thought that only persons with same age and opposite gender may become friends..😂 No no i was just filling comment section with love ❤ which is arising by consiousness 😊 not by body as every blind person in this world is running for....😢

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton11 ай бұрын

    What is friendship? Lol. Yeah, we can be friends.

  • @thatonetruth
    @thatonetruth11 ай бұрын

    Wow! It's just amazing... Hello mam I'm 19 yo from india 🇮🇳 and I am in search of truth😂...i am starting my journey by reading scriptures.....thinking....making notes of it..... My inclination towards philosophy came from this person ( in my dp) .... He is Acharya prashant....teaches upanishads.....essence of vedas.....and specially teaches advaita vedanta I'll surely watch all of your videos and will make proper notes in my words..... It's my request please bring a series on non duallity also I want to know how philosophers handle it... I have a lot of doubts in my mind....😂 If you will show your response on my comment i will surely ask it .. And it's my request please watch Acharya prashant on youtube and tell us what he is doing in your opinion...... Sorry i know i am asking you to watch someone's video but please watch it and what are your thoughts about him tell us...... Because today I am commenting on your video , the reason behind this event is acharya prashant.....😂 He has changed my life my thoughts...my thinking process....broke all of imaginations..... In acharya's language that eternal truth is आत्मा aatma He teaches vedanta So i enjoyed your session ❤ Please bring more session like this😊 I will not say love from india 🇮🇳 because i know from where it comes .... 😅

  • @chrisvanallsburg
    @chrisvanallsburg11 ай бұрын

    This is a good refresher. Thank you Dr. Kelly!

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton11 ай бұрын

    Thank you, Chris!

  • @dylansorrell23
    @dylansorrell2311 ай бұрын

    Appeal to Pity: Those kitten rescue commercials with really sad music saying something crazy like "every 5 minutes you don't call, another kitten dies (exaggeration)". One time, my little sister (probably 6 at the time) actually paused the TV and called the number on our landline while we were all sitting around talking, oblivious to her until we hear her say "Hi, can I please have the white one with the spot from the commercial?" in her cute little six year old voice.

  • @amritsingh7740
    @amritsingh774011 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton11 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @dylansorrell23
    @dylansorrell2311 ай бұрын

    I am very happy that you put these up on youtube for me to come back to and remind myself of the fundamentals of logic and reason! you will always be the first person to teach me about philosophy but thanks to you you will not be the last! Thank you professor, from the bottom of my heart.

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton11 ай бұрын

    I am so glad to hear from you Dylan! Keep pursuing philosophy.

  • @JBeebs528491
    @JBeebs528491 Жыл бұрын

    hey, i've found these videos super helpful. a group of guys and i go through the book together as a study, following along with your read-along. do you plan on continuing making these?

  • @kellyfitzsimmonsburton
    @kellyfitzsimmonsburton Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for letting me know! I plan on making new videos very soon. We’ve been building our new house and it’s almost done. My video studio should be ready this week. Your comment is motivating.