Dr. James Filler: How We Lost Touch With Reality - Lucas Vos Podcast #101

Update: 2025-08-10

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Dr. James Filler is back! His latest work critically examines substance ontology and its historical impact on metaphysical thought. His book "Substance Ontology and the Crisis of Reason" challenges views of Being as substance and traces foundational philosophical problems back to that framework. Today we discuss this book and much more. I hope you enjoy this episode and don't hesitate to leave your thoughts below.

Our first conversation: https://youtu.be/zOQcoTdrwEc?feature=shared

Find his books below:

Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and The History of Being: https://www.amazon.com/Heidegger-Neoplatonism-History-Being-Ontological/dp/3031309065/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.NtCciEt6IhUwQmDgTmrQBti9y-eNbmmF_ZIwH01wpjRfa4PhFxOTcj2Nnxzh2XNVE_hoidrdOXp45FG4xk6VcUAz76cZrIE0paLI9UMSS46n6VcKsMp3hgH9kGnYLV1pGm9QIIoXDT2If428HmeTp6dL5APpiSCSBOYpO1ouYUvioTH7ffoFZpLUgKgsJV3tj5Vl6Gcgifa1L_TkZw3Q9_TlfTui_WudS90WAFG2Yvk.6wBVWzY3EW4tFQEI2wKzNcYP6OmuKxidbgXhEVsvvx0&dib_tag=se&keywords=James+Filler&qid=1735489297&s=books&sr=1-1

Substance Ontology and the Crisis of Reason: https://www.amazon.com/Substance-Ontology-Crisis-Reason-Filler-ebook/dp/B0DP26TZVQ/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.g1XasMOwf7atnNh9q1r8SzdQwhjdyDpJyf-o16dEW8tHJtA8bqY-9gC2e_HDqzkaE_hoidrdOXp45FG4xk6VcUAz76cZrIE0paLI9UMSS46n6VcKsMp3hgH9kGnYLV1peAhcHcoKR9She7Oqr1k8n-yISTXVm4xtDwD6R0P8UPDioTH7ffoFZpLUgKgsJV3t_xrJ6JaWyN3WaCn7ajH20Xr9UUho6deFNNGZAypdnFk.qE7DceTZO75HT-mUcl6PgpJS0oBRFcnYdqZveft0p_A&dib_tag=se&keywords=James+Filler&qid=1735489297&s=books&sr=1-2

If these prices are too steep for you, please try to contact James (find his email on his Academia page). He is happy to help.

His full dissertation: https://www.academia.edu/129367356/Relation_as_Ontological_Ground_Heidegger_Neoplatonism_and_the_History_of_Being

Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/0JUes_halt8?feature=shared