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General Philosophy

General Philosophy


General Philosophy

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Length:
33 episodes
Language:
English
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Podcast

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A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise of the 8-week General Philosophy course, delivered to first year undergraduates. These lectures aim to provide a thorough introduction to many philosophical topics and to get students and others interested in thinking about key areas of philosophy. Taking a chronological view of the history of philosophy, each lecture is split into 3 or 4 sections which outline a particular philosophical problem and how different philosophers have attempted to resolve the issue. Individuals interested in the 'big' questions about life such as how we perceive the world, who we are in the world and whether we are free to act will find this series informative, comprehensive and accessible.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 33 episodes

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7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, dete...

18 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

Part 8.3. Criticisms of Locke's view of personal identity; if personal identity is depe...

9 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; th...

10 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

Part 7.2. Looks at Hobbes' and Hume's views of free will and the three concepts of free...

14 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

Part 7.4. A brief explanation of Hume's argument for sentimentalism and Robert Kane's v...

9 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

Part 8.4. The final part of this series. Explores the distinction between mind and body...

11 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'perso...

15 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, wheth...

8 minutes
Dec 01, 2010

6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities

Part 6.1. Introduces the problem of perception (and the distinction between the world a...

14 minutes
Nov 30, 2010

6.2 Problems with Resemblance

Part 6.2. Explores Berkeley's and Locke's arguments concerning the resemblance of quali...

10 minutes
Nov 30, 2010