General Philosophy Lecture 5 |
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 5. |
Peter Millican |
29 November, 2010 |
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5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief |
Part 5.4. Looks at the role the concept of knowledge plays in life, the different levels of knowledge we require in certain contexts and the return of scepticism over knowledge. |
Peter Millican |
29 November, 2010 |
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5.3 Gettier and Other Complications |
Part 5.3. The difference between internalist and externalist accounts of knowledge; whether we need external factors to justify knowledge or whether internal accounts are sufficient, and the Gettier cases. |
Peter Millican |
29 November, 2010 |
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5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge |
Part 5.2. Explores the idea of conscious and unconscious knowledge (should a person know that they know something or does it not matter?) and the theory of justification of propositions and beliefs. |
Peter Millican |
29 November, 2010 |
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5.1 Introduction to Knowledge |
Part 5.1. Looks at the problem of knowledge; how can we know what we know, three types of knowledge and A J Ayer's two conditions for knowledge. |
Peter Millican |
29 November, 2010 |
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A Tale of Two Churches |
Professor Ben Kaplan (University College London) gives a talk for the 2010 Science and Religious Conflict Conference. Dr Mark Sheehan (Oxford) is the discussant. |
Ben Kaplan, Mark Sheehan |
22 June, 2010 |
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Religious Toleration and Political Liberalism |
Professor Susan Mendus (York) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference 2010. Dr Nick Southwood (Oxford) is the commentator. |
Susan Mendus, Nick Southwood |
14 June, 2010 |
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Concluding Remarks |
Professor Richard Dawkins gives a few concluding thoughts on the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. |
Richard Dawkins |
8 June, 2010 |
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Social psychological aspects of religion and prejudice |
Professor Miles Hewstone (Oxford) gives a talk entitled Social psychological aspects of religion and prejudice: evidence from experimental and survey research. The commentator is Professor Ingmar Persson (Gothenburg University). |
Miles Hewstone, Ingmar Persson |
7 June, 2010 |
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The relation between the neurobiology of morality and religion |
Professor Patricia Churchland (University of California San Diego) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference.The commentator is Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford). |
Patricia Churchland, Julian Savulescu |
7 June, 2010 |
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The view from the East pole: Buddhist and Confucian soteriologies and tolerance |
Professor Owen Flanagan (Duke University) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Dr Guy Kahane (Oxford). |
Owen Flanagan, Guy Kahane |
7 June, 2010 |
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Personal religion, tolerance, and universal compassion |
Professor Dan Batson (University of Kansas) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Dr Steve Clarke (Oxford). |
Dan Batson, Steve Clarke |
7 June, 2010 |
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Religious disagreement and religious accommodation |
Professor Tony Coady (University of Melbourne) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Reverend Dr Liz Carmichael (University of Oxford). |
Tony Coady, Liz Carmichael |
7 June, 2010 |
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Religion and compromise |
Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The discussant is Dr Nick Shackel (Cardiff). |
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Nick Shackel |
7 June, 2010 |
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Religious Toleration, Religious Freedom and Human Nature |
Professor Roger Trigg (Oxford) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Dr John Perry (Oxford). |
Roger Trigg, John Perry |
7 June, 2010 |
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Religion, Cohesion and Hostility |
Professor Harvey Whitehouse (Oxford) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Professor Michael Wong (Monash University). |
Harvey Whitehouse, Michael Wong |
7 June, 2010 |
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Religion as Parochial Altruism |
Professor Ara Norenzayan (University of British Columbia) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Professor John Wilkins (Bond University). |
Ara Norenzayen, John Wilkins |
7 June, 2010 |
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Is Religion an Adaptation for Inter-Group Conflict? |
Dominic Johnson (Edinburgh) gives a talk for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Dr Russell Powell (Oxford). |
Dominic Johnson, Russell Powell |
7 June, 2010 |
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Is Religion Adaptive? Integrating Cognition and Function |
Professor Robin Dunbar (Oxford) gives the first presentation for the Science and Religious Conflict Conference. The commentator is Professor Janet Radcliffe-Richards (Oxford). |
Robin Dunbar, Janet Radcliffe-Richards |
7 June, 2010 |
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Some Fundamental Facts about the Infinite |
Professor Adrian Moore delivers a lecture on the concept of the infinite, a concept with deep philosophical implications. This lecture was given in St Hugh's College as part of the St Hugh's Special Lecture Series. |
Adrian Moore |
14 May, 2010 |
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Ethics, Hospitality and Radical Atheism: A Dialogue |
Dialogue between Martin Hägglund and Derek Attridge in Wadham College discussing Philosopher Jacques Derrida's ideas on hospitality and the challenge of Radical Atheism. |
Martin Hägglund, Derek Attridge |
16 April, 2010 |
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General Philosophy Lecture 4 |
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 4. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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4.4 The Mind-Body Problem |
Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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4.3 Cartesian Dualism |
Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as some of the philosophical issues surrounding this idea. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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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? |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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3.2 Responses to Hume's Famous Argument |
Part 3.2. Responses to and justifications of Hume's argument concerning the problem of induction. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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General Philosophy Lecture 3 |
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 3. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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General Philosophy Lecture 2 |
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 2. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
8 April, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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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). |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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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'. |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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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. |
Peter Millican |
16 March, 2010 |
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1.4 From Galileo to Descartes |
Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism. |
Peter Millican |
19 February, 2010 |
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General Philosophy Lecture 1 |
PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 1. |
Peter Millican |
19 February, 2010 |
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1.3 Science from Aristotle to Galileo |
Part 1.3. Describes briefly the Aristotelian view of the universe; the basis for natural science in Europe until the 15th century and its conflict Galileo's theories. |
Peter Millican |
19 February, 2010 |
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1.2 The Background of Early Modern Philosophy |
Part 1.2. Gives a very brief history of philosophy from the 'birth of philosophy' in Ancient Greece through the rise of Christianity in Europe in the Middle Ages through to the Renaissance, the Reformation and the birth of the Modern Period. |
Peter Millican |
19 February, 2010 |
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1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy |
Part 1.1. Outlines the General Philosophy course, the various topics that will be discussed, and also, more importantly, the philosophical method that this course introduces to students. |
Peter Millican |
19 February, 2010 |
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Nietzsche Source. Scholarly Nietzsche editions on the web |
Introduction to the scholarly editions of Nietzsche Source: the digital critical edition based on Colli/Montinary, the digital edition of the Nietzsche estate including works, manuscripts and letters and the future genetic edition of Nietzsche's works. |
Paolo D’Iorio |
23 December, 2009 |
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Nietzsche's Value Monism - Saying Yes to Everything |
Lecture on Nietzsche's attack on Value Dualism, as well as the view he offers instead and whether Nietzsche can sustain his Value Monism-the view that everything is good-given the pressures that pull him back into saying no as well as yes. |
John Richardson |
23 December, 2009 |
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Nietzsche's Metaphysics |
Nietzsche rejects a persisting self; real distinctions of objects and properties, categorical and dispositional properties, causes and effects; free will. He holds that determinism is true, reality is one and fundamentally experiential. |
Galen Strawson |
22 December, 2009 |
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Consciousness, Language and Nature: Nietzsche's Philosophy of Mind and Nature |
On the triangulation between consciousness, language and nature in Nietzsche's philosophy and contemporary philosophy of mind and proposes a philosophy of signs and interpretation as a basis for a philosophy of mind, language and nature. |
Gunter Abel |
22 December, 2009 |
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Who is the 'Sovereign Individual?' Nietzsche on Freedom |
Nietzsche's Sovereign Individual (SI) argues that 1. Nietzsche denies free will and moral responsibility. 2. SI in no way supports a denial of 1. 3. Nietzsche engages in a 'persuasive definition' of the language of Freedom and Free Will. |
Brian Leiter |
22 December, 2009 |
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Nietzsche on Soul in Nature |
This keynote speech examines if, according to Nietzsche, experience of nature is inevitably conditioned by some archetypal phantasm or cultural construction process or if unmediated apprehension of nature is possible. |
Graham Parkes |
22 December, 2009 |
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The Genealogy of Guilt |
Nietzsche's objective is not to challenge the Christian non-naturalistic account of guilt but to show that Christian representation of guilt is a product of the exploitation of human susceptibility to guilt as instrument of self-directed cruelty. |
Bernard Reginster |
22 December, 2009 |
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