What is Distinctive of Human Thought?
Descartes famously argued that animals were mere machines, without thought or consciousness. Few would now share this view. But if other animals have conscious lives, what are they like, how do they d...
28 Aug 53min
Words and Philosophy - Hugh Mellor (1978)
Audio recording of a series of six short ratio talks by Hugh Mellor back in 1978 on the use of words in philosophy. Among other things, he dispells the myth that important issues can be settled merely...
28 Aug 41min
Political Equality
A clip of Ronald Dworkin discussing the notion of political equality which comes from a longer talk on the paradoxes of equality at Queen's University as part of the 1982 Chancellor Dunning Trust Lect...
27 Aug 12min
Rawls vs Nozick (Ronald Dworkin)
Ronald Dworkin gives a very brief, introductory overview of John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" and Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" in an interview with Bryan Magee from 1977. Although both...
27 Aug 28min
The Making of a Philosopher - What is Meant by 'Can't'? (Isaiah Berlin)
A very short clip of Isaiah Berlin in conversation with Bryan Magee from a 1977 program on philosophy which can be found here: https://youtu.be/RDgw6ydB6lU#philosophy #isaiahberlin #bryanmagee #histor...
27 Aug 3min
Reasons for Action: Introducing Common-Sense Psychology - Emma Borg (2024)
Professor Emma Borg gives the first lecture in a series on "Reasons for Action" as part of the 2024 Frege Lectures in theoretical philosophy at the University of Tartu. Do people generally do what the...
27 Aug 1h 56min
The Truth is Terrible - Nietzsche's Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence
Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College a few years back. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, an...
27 Aug 1h 20min
Karl Popper on Observation and Induction (1989)
A reupload of audio recording of Karl Popper discussing his views on observation and induction, specifically how knowledge and science do not start from observation, but that all observation itself is...
27 Aug 22min
