| Philosophy and the Future of Warfare |
Can there be such a thing as a ‘moral’ war? Can it ever be right to kill innocent people, even in self-defence? |
Helen Frowe, Alex Leveringhaus, James Pattison, Marianne Talbot |
12 December, 2016 |
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| Time and Causation |
Both time and causation seems to have the same 'direction’ . Can we explain this? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| Mental Causation |
We do what we do because we believe what we believe. Or do we? How does mental causation work? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| The necessary connection analysis of causation |
The idea that there are real metaphysical necessities relating cause and effect. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| The singularist theory of causation |
The idea that causation is a relation science will one day discover. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| The regularity theory of causation |
Hume's famously influential account of causation |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| The counterfactual theory of causation |
The idea that event c causes event e if and only if had c not had occurred e would not have occurred either. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 June, 2016 |
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| Engaging with the community |
Marianne Talbot, author and philospher, gives a talk for the Oxford Conference on Psychiatry and Ageing. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 October, 2015 |
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| What is Openness? |
‘Openness’ is a far-reaching concept--find out what it is about and why it is becoming increasingly important to academics, researchers, students and the general public! |
Marianne Talbot, Simon Benjamin |
6 July, 2015 |
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| Questions and Answers Session |
Marianne answers questions from the audience about the four talks in this series. |
Marianne Talbot |
11 November, 2014 |
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| The Philosophy of Science |
In the fourth and final lecture, we examine the notion of ‘objective fact’ on which scientific theories are built; what sort of fact is such that we can build a scientific theory on it? |
Marianne Talbot |
11 November, 2014 |
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| Epistemology and Metaphysics |
In the third lecture we examine first the so-called “Gettier Problems” for the traditional account of knowledge, the arguments for saying that possible worlds exist and finally we ask whether there really are unactualised possibles. |
Marianne Talbot |
11 November, 2014 |
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| Moral and Political Philosophy |
In the second lecture we examine first the famous ‘Wilt Chamberlain’ thought experiment that demonstrates a retention between freedom and equality, then arguments for and against two famous moral theories; deontology and utilitarianism. |
Marianne Talbot |
11 November, 2014 |
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| Logic and Argument: the Methodology of Philosophy |
In this first lecture, using Descartes famous argument for the claim “I think therefore I am’, we examine how to identify and evaluate arguments. |
Marianne Talbot |
11 November, 2014 |
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| Answers to Questions |
Answers to Questions posed in lectures 1 to 6 of Marianne Talbot's lecture series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Fallacies: Understanding where Arguments go Wrong |
Lecture 6 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Inductive Strength: Evaluating Inductive Arguments |
Lecture 5 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Deductive Validity: Evaluating Deductive Arguments |
Lecture 4 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Deduction and Induction: Classifying Arguments |
Lecture 3 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Analysing Arguments: How to Identify Premises and Conclusions |
Lecture 2 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| The Nature Of Argument: How to Recognise Arguments |
Lecture 1 of 6 in Marianne Talbot's series on critical reasoning for beginners. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 March, 2014 |
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| Biotechnology: For better or worse? |
Marianne Talbot talks about the uses and dangers of the relatively new discipline of synthetic biology. |
Marianne Talbot |
8 October, 2013 |
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| Philosophy in 45 minutes! |
Philosophy deals with the BIG questions of life: does God exist? How should we live? What is truth? What are numbers and do we need them? Does space come to an end or is it infinite? NO SOUND FOR FIRST 3 MINUTES. |
Marianne Talbot |
7 October, 2013 |
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| 20.Spreading the Word. |
Cultural Connections talk by Marianne Talbot. Part of the Digital Humanities @ Oxford Summer School 2013. |
Marianne Talbot |
7 August, 2013 |
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| Philosophy in 45 minutes! |
Marianne Talbot takes participants on a romp through the nature of philosophy for complete beginners discussing some of the BIG questions of life: does God exist? How should we live? What is truth? Does space come to an end or is it infinite? |
Marianne Talbot |
19 December, 2012 |
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| Ethics |
Ethical decisions, and often dilemma, lie at the heart of all research methodologies and practice. Marianne Talbot, course director in Philosophy, chaired three presentations from across the disciplines. |
Marianne Talbot, Abi Sriharan, Kate Blackmon, David Griffiths |
20 June, 2012 |
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| Reading List for Bioethics: An Introduction |
Reading List to accompany the Bioethics: An Introduction podcast series. |
Marianne Talbot |
30 May, 2012 |
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| Common moral arguments: 'morality? It's all a matter of opinion' |
Final of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Common moral arguments: 'it's too risky' (the Precautionary Principle) |
Eighth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Common moral arguments: 'it's not natural' and 'it's disgusting' |
Seventh of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Induction |
Sixth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Deduction |
Fifth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Arguments |
Fourth of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Utilitarianism |
Third of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Deontology |
Second of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Virtue Ethics |
First of nine short introductory podcasts on Bioethics by Marianne Talbot. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 May, 2012 |
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| Further reading and more... |
So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here... |
Marianne Talbot |
16 April, 2012 |
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| Reading List |
Reading list for the Philosophy for Beginners series of podcasts. |
Marianne Talbot |
16 April, 2012 |
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| Further reading and more... |
So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here... |
Marianne Talbot |
16 April, 2012 |
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| Further reading and more... |
So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here... |
Marianne Talbot |
16 April, 2012 |
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| Further reading and more... |
So you've finished this series of podcasts. Find out where to go from here... |
Marianne Talbot |
16 April, 2012 |
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| Part 5: Questions and Answers |
Marianne Talbot presents the last of five episodes of the Romp through the Philosophy of Mind, engaging in a questions and answers discussion with the audience. |
Marianne Talbot |
10 April, 2012 |
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| Part 4: Are We Asking the Wrong Questions? |
Marianne Talbot presents the fourth of five episodes of the Romp through the Philosophy of Mind, wondering if we are asking the wrong questions? |
Marianne Talbot |
7 February, 2012 |
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| Part 3: If Physicalism Won't Work, What is the Alternative? |
Marianne Talbot presents the third of five episodes of the Romp through the Philosophy of Mind, on alternatives to Physicalism. |
Marianne Talbot |
7 February, 2012 |
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| Part 2: Non-Reductive Physicalisms and the Problems they Face |
Slides to accompany Marianne Talbot's second of five episodes of the Romp through the Philosophy of Mind, on Non-Reductive Physicalisms and the problems they face. |
Marianne Talbot |
7 February, 2012 |
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| Part 1: Identity Theory and Why it Won't Work |
Marianne Talbot presents the first of five episodes of the Romp through the Philosophy of Mind, on Identity Theory and why it won't work. |
Marianne Talbot |
7 February, 2012 |
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| Making Up Your Mind |
Part 7 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". This final episode is a time to take stock and bring together all the strands we've considered. |
Marianne Talbot |
8 August, 2011 |
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| Utilitarianism: Mill and the utility calculus |
Part 6 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". A reflection on Mill's account of morality, and the greatest happiness of the greatest number. |
Marianne Talbot |
27 June, 2011 |
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| Deontology: Kant, duty and the moral law |
Part 5 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Kant's account of morality, including the categorical imperative. |
Marianne Talbot |
3 June, 2011 |
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| Humean Ethics: Non-Cognitivism, the passions and moral motivation |
Part 4 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we reflect on Hume's account of morality and his rejection of reason as the source of morality. |
Marianne Talbot |
2 June, 2011 |
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| Virtue Ethics: virtue, values and character |
Part 3 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we will reflect on Aristotle's account of morality and the centrality of the virtues in this account. |
Marianne Talbot |
24 May, 2011 |
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| Freedom, knowledge and society: the preconditions of ethical reasoning |
Part 2 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine the preconditions of ethical reasoning and make a comparison between the law of the land and the moral law. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 May, 2011 |
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| Rules, truths and theories: an introduction to ethical reasoning |
Part 1 of 7 in Marianne Talbot's "A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners". In this episode we examine moral dilemmas, moral truth and moral knowledge, freewill and determinism. |
Marianne Talbot |
19 May, 2011 |
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| The God Delusion: Questions and Answers |
Stephen Law and Marianne Talbot take part in a panel discussion with Tom Fisher, chairman of the Oxford Philosophical Society, chairing. They answer questions form the audience about The God Delusion and discuss the philosophical issues surrounding it. |
Marianne Talbot, Stephen Law, Tom Fisher |
20 May, 2010 |
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| Has Dawkins shown that God is Redundant? |
Marianne Talbot presents the third talk on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion as part of The God Delusion Weekend. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 May, 2010 |
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| A Scientific Hypothesis? |
Marianne Talbot gives the first talk on Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion as part of The God Delusion Weekend. |
Marianne Talbot |
20 May, 2010 |
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| Evaluating Arguments Part Two |
Part six of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this final lecture we will look at fallacies. These are bad arguments that can easily be mistaken for good arguments. |
Marianne Talbot |
18 March, 2010 |
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| Evaluating Arguments Part One |
Part five of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will continue with the evaluation of arguments - this time deductive arguments - focusing in particular on the notion of validity. |
Marianne Talbot |
15 March, 2010 |
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| What is a Good Argument? Validity and Truth |
Part four of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will learn how to evaluate arguments and how to tell whether an argument is good or bad, focusing specifically on inductive arguments. |
Marianne Talbot |
11 March, 2010 |
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| Setting out Arguments Logic Book Style |
Part three of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will focus on how to identify and analyse arguments, and how to set arguments out logic book-style to make them easier to evaluate. |
Marianne Talbot |
10 March, 2010 |
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| Different Types of Arguments |
The second of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn about the different types of arguments, in particular deductive and inductive arguments. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 January, 2010 |
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| The Nature of Arguments |
The first of six lectures dealing with critical reasoning. In this lecture you will learn how to recognise arguments and what the nature of an argument is. |
Marianne Talbot |
29 January, 2010 |
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| Philosophy of language and mind |
Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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| Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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| Ethics and politics |
Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state? |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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| The philosophical method - logic and argument |
Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic. |
Marianne Talbot |
9 January, 2009 |
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| A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day. |
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day. |
Marianne Talbot |
13 November, 2008 |
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