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General Philosophy

4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism

Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at G.E Moore's response, among others, to the problem.
General Philosophy

4.1 Scepticism about the External World

Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact what is there?
General Philosophy

3.2 Responses to Hume's Famous Argument

Part 3.2. Responses to and justifications of Hume's argument concerning the problem of induction.
General Philosophy

General Philosophy Lecture 3

PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 3.
General Philosophy

3.1 Hume's Argument Concerning Induction

Part 3.1. Briefly introduces the problem of induction: that is, the problem that it is difficult to justify claims to knowledge of the world through pure reason, i.e. without experience.
General Philosophy

General Philosophy Lecture 2

PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 2.
General Philosophy

2.7 Overview: Kant and Modern Science

Part 2.7. Concludes a historical survey of philosophy with Immanuel Kant, who thought Hume was wrong in his idea of human nature and how we gain knowledge of the world.
Critical Reasoning for Beginners

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.
General Philosophy

2.6 David Hume

Part 2.6. Introduces 18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume, 'The Great Infidel', including his life, works and a brief look at his philosophical thoughts.
General Philosophy

2.5 Nicolas Malebranche and George Berkeley

Part 2.5. Focuses on Malebranche, a lesser-known French Philosopher, and his ideas on idealism and the influence they had on English philosopher George Berkeley.
General Philosophy

2.4 John Locke

Part 2.4. Introduction to the philosophy of John Locke, 'England's first Empiricist', he also gives a very simplistic definition of Empiricism; we obtain knowledge through experience of the world, through sensory data (what we see, hear, etc).
General Philosophy

2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton

Part 2.3. An introduction to Robert Boyle's theory of corpuscularianism and Isaac Newton's ideas on mathematics and the universe.
General Philosophy

2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury

Part 2.2. A brief introduction to Thomas Hobbes, 'The Monster of Malmsbury', his views on a mechanistic universe, his strong ideas on determinism and his pessimistic view of human nature: 'The life of man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short'.
General Philosophy

2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1

Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe.
Critical Reasoning for Beginners

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.
Critical Reasoning for Beginners

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.
Critical Reasoning for Beginners

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.
Uehiro Oxford Institute

Unfit for Life: Genetically Enhance Humanity of Face Extinction

A St Cross Special Ethics Seminar - If we are to avoid annihilation, we must either alter our political institutions, severely restrain our technology or change our nature (22 February 2010).
What is Tragedy?

Is Tragedy still Alive?

Discussion on whether tragedy still exists in modern culture, whether in films, modern theatre or and other creative arts.
What is Tragedy?

Does Tragedy Teach?

Third dialogue on the nature of tragedy where they talk about whether tragic theatre teaches people, and if it does, how and what does it teach?

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