General Philosophy
Education Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Description:
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
8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains
Duration:00:10:49
8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity
Duration:00:09:27
8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity
Duration:00:14:51
8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity
Duration:00:08:40
7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Duration:00:09:34
7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Duration:00:09:51
7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom
Duration:00:13:52
7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice
Duration:00:18:34
6.4 Making Sense of Perception
Duration:00:16:23
6.3 Abstraction and Idealism
Duration:00:10:04
6.2 Problems with Resemblance
Duration:00:10:42
6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities
Duration:00:14:18
5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief
Duration:00:12:18
5.3 Gettier and Other Complications
Duration:00:14:34
5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge
Duration:00:16:24
5.1 Introduction to Knowledge
Duration:00:10:18
4.4 The Mind-Body Problem
Duration:00:18:13
4.3 Cartesian Dualism
Duration:00:14:25
4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism
Duration:00:08:55
4.1 Scepticism about the External World
Duration:00:08:28