The Supremacy of Method - Ernest Nagel (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Ernest Nagel on the supremacy of method at Columbia University. #philosophy #science #epistemology #philosophyofscience #skepticism #relativism #historyofphilosoph...
28 Elo 1h 27min
Russell-Copleston Debate on God's Existence (1948)
Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston debate the existence of God in this famous radio debate from 1948. Copleston here presents the argument from contingency, which is a kind of cosmological argum...
28 Elo 24min
Knowledge and Scepticism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses the traditional analysis of knowledge, Gettier cases, externalism, scepticism, and the ethics of belief. This comes from a 201...
28 Elo 1h 12min
4 Reid on Causation and Active Powers - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)
Professor Dan Robinson gives the fourth in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. “It is evident that a power is a quality, and therefore can’t exist without...
28 Elo 1h 1min
7 Hume’s “Sentimentalist” Theory of Morals - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)
Professor Dan Robinson gives the seventh in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. In his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals [1751], Hume states: “T...
28 Elo 1h 8min
8 The Paralogisms and Antinomies of Pure Reason - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the final lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Reason, properly disciplined, draws permissible inferences from the resulting concepts of the understa...
28 Elo 50min
Wittgenstein on the Mind - Norman Malcolm (1968)
Rare audio recording of a 1968 lecture by Norman Malcolm on Ludwig Wittgenstein's views about the nature of the mind. He explains why Wittgenstein rejected the notion of the mind as some mysterious in...
28 Elo 1h 20min
Reason and Feeling in Ethics - Brand Blanshard (1966)
Audio recording of a 1966 lecture by Brand Blanshard on reason and ethics given at Wheaton College (Massachusetts). #philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #utilitarianism #historyofphilosophy Learn more...
28 Elo 1h
