Philosophy Overdose
Philosophy Overdose is a collection of public and academic philosophy lectures and interviews, focusing mainly on analytic philosophy with occasional continental philosophy. The channel seeks out thought-provoking material that is often rare and features famous philosophers, sometimes offering translations from German and French. It is entirely non-commercial and intended for educational purposes, aiming to spread good philosophy content. Topics span epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and many other branches of philosophy.
Episodes
Same-Sex Marriage Arguments
Professor Martha Nussbaum discusses the main arguments against same-sex marriage in a clip which comes from a 2010 lecture at the Harvard Book Store on her book, From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law. Although this topic would've seemed out of date a decade ago, it seems increasingly less so in the current socio-political climate. Uploaded 14-12-25#philosophy #ethics
True Enough
A talk given by Catherine Elgin on her book "True Enough", the development of an epistemology that explains how science and art embody and convey understanding. Philosophy valorizes truth, holding that there can never be epistemically good reasons to accept a known falsehood, or to accept modes of justification that are not truth conducive. How can this stance account for the epistemic standing of
Kant's Moral Philosophy
A few introductory clips on Kant's ethics and his famous principle of the categorical imperative. Among some of the featured speakers include James Rachels, Gilbert Harman, and Stephen Toulmin. These clips all come from the 1998 Εxαminϵd Life series.Uploaded 25-09-24#philosophy #kant #ethics #moralphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jerry Fodor Interview on Philosophy of Mind
Audio recording of an interview with the philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor from a few years back. Fodor discusses various approaches and issues in contemporary philosophy of mind. Among other things, he discusses Noam Chomsky's attempt to dissolve the mind-body problem, functionalism and computationalism, David Hume's representationalist and associationist approach, physicalism/mater
Romanticism, Politics, and Ethics - Isaiah Berlin (1963)
Audio recording of Isaiah Berlin delivering the 1963 Alexander S. Keller lecture on romanticism, politics, and ethics at the University of Hartford. Uploaded 16-03-25#philosophy #romanticism #isaiahberlin #ethics #intellectualhistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Legacy of John Rawls
The legacy of the political philosopher John Rawls is discussed by Michael Sandel (Harvard University), Steve Macedo (Princeton University), and Anthony Laden (the University of Illinois Chicago) with host Gretchen Helfrich in an episode of Odyssey from Chicago Public Radio back in 2002. Uploaded 11-04-26#philosophy #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #rawls #johnrawls #ethics Learn more about y
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, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death. Even the existence of the self, free will, objective value, and absolute truth and knowledge are wh
What Is Rationality, Anyway?
Dr. Peter Dennis gives a public lecture on the nature of rationality at the LSE in 2015. Peter Dennis is an LSE Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and a Forum for European Philosophy Fellow. Uploaded 01-03-2500:00 Talk 54:04 Q and A #philosophy #rationality #epistemology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Beginning of 'The Absurd' by Thomas Nagel
A reading of the beginning of Thomas Nagel's 1971 article "The Absurd", which I've always quite liked.Uploaded 01-12-24#philosophy #existentialism #ethics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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John Searle Interview on Perception and Philosophy of Mind
One of America’s most prominent philosophers says his field has been tilting at windmills for nearly 400 years. Representationalism (or indirect realism)---the idea that we don’t directly perceive external objects in the world, but only our own inner mental images or representations of objects---has bedeviled philosophy ever since Descartes, and now is mucking up neuroscience as well, John Searle
Political Philosophy and John Rawls
Audio recording of a lecture by Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls' political philosophy. After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical and political discourse, Jonathan Wolff goes on to explain John Rawls' famous contractarian conception of justice. Rawls' argument takes the form of a thought experiment involving a hypothetical contract in which people are made ignorant ab
Gadamer on Hegel: Self-Consciousness
Gadamer discusses Hegel's account of self-consciousness. Among other things, he touches on Hegel's master-slave dialectic. The translation is my own.Uploaded 18-07-21More Gadamer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_MbPzGOh27qfdqiCaf7UotMore Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzc#philosophy #gadamer #hegel Learn more about your ad choic
Theories of Welfare - Ethics and Society Course
The nature of well-being is discussed in this introductory lecture from a 2023 course on Ethics and Society by Professor Samuel Zincke Elgin at UCSD, the University of California (UC San Diego). Uploaded 28-12-25#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #utilitarianism #hedonism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Supremacy of Method - Ernest Nagel (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Ernest Nagel on the supremacy of method at Columbia University. Uploaded 19-03-26#philosophy #science #epistemology #philosophyofscience #skepticism #relativism #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Quine on the Limits of Knowledge (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Willard Van Orman Quine on the question of whether there are any limits to knowledge. Note, this is reupload. More details will be added later. Uploaded 04-07-21#philosophy #epistemology #quine #philosophyofscience #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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On Anger
A clip of Martha Nussbaum discussing the nature of anger and her radical view that anger is always normatively flawed. This comes from a lecture Martha Nussbaum gave on anger back in 2013 at the University of Chicago. Uploaded 19-04-25#philosophy #anger #psychology #emotions #ethics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 The Broader Philosophical Context - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the 2nd lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The significant advances in physics in the 17th century stood in vivid contrast to the stagnation of traditional metaphysics, but why should metaphysics be conceived as a "science" in the first place?Uploaded 04-06-21This series looks at German Philosopher Immanuel Kant's seminal philosophical work 'The
Revising Logic - Graham Priest
A re-upload of a talk which was given by Graham Priest on revising logic at a conference on paradox and logical revision at the University of Munich back in 2012. Uploaded 15-06-25#philosophy #rationality #epistemology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Most Interesting Take On Socrates?
Agnes Callard (Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago) explains what she takes to be Socrates's main contribution to philosophy as a possible theme for a future book. She does this through the example of William James's "The Will to Believe" and his famous dispute with William K. Clifford. Uploaded 13-07-21Note, this is a reupload. The clip comes from an interview with Into
What Is Probability? Difficulties Understanding Probability
Professor David Wallace discusses the nature of probability and some of the philosophical puzzles that arise regarding how to understand and make sense of probability. He begins by distinguishing between subjective probabilities (which are about our beliefs) and objective probabilities (which are about the world itself). He then goes on to discuss various interpretations of probability and some of
Gadamer on Augustine on Time (1987)
A short clip of Hans-Georg Gadamer discussing Augustine on time. This is re-upload. The translation is mine. Uploaded 03-06-21More Gadamer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_MbPzGOh27qfdqiCaf7Uot#philosophy #gadamer #time Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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2 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Cartesian and Kantian Skepticism
In this second lecture (note, it's actually the third because the second wasn't recorded), James Conant continues to give examples of Cartesian skepticism in various other areas of philosophy and discusses some of the differences with Kantian skepticism. Note, because Kantian skepticism was introduced and discussed in the previous session, and there's no recording, it might be a bit difficult at f
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 argument for God's existence. It is now in the public domain. Note, the audio has been improved. Uploaded 09-06-21Frederick Copleston on Schopenhauer: https://youtu.be/6x8ydL5Jp70Peter Millican on God and
Hume on the Argument from Design
Michael Levine discusses David Hume on the teleological argument or the argument from design with Alan Saunders in this clip from an episode of the Philosopher's Zone from back in 2011. Michael Levine was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia. Uploaded 14-03-26This clip comes from an episode of the Philosopher's Zone, an ABC Radio National program, from back in 2011. The P
Killing Civilians in War (Jeff McMahan)
When is it permissible to kill civilians in war? Jeff McMahan discusses the ethics of killing civilians in war in a talk at Ohio State University back in 2008. More on the morality of war: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/war/ Uploaded 15-04-25#philosophy #ethics #justwar #moralphilosophy #war Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 theory-laden. Indeed, as he explains, the view that all knowledge and science rests on observation leads to induction, which Popper famously rejected due to the so-called problem of induction, first
Free Will - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses free will and the problem of moral responsibility. This comes from a 2010 series on General Philosophy. The slides have been added.Uploaded 08-06-21This series of lectures was delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise of the 8-week General Philosophy cour
6 Reid on Personal Identity - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)
Professor Dan Robinson gives the sixth in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. In the third of his Essays on The Intellectual Powers of Man, Reid devotes the fourth chapter to the concept of 'identity', and the sixth chapter to Locke's theory of 'personal identity'. This latter chapter is widely regarded as a definitive refutation of the thesis that per
The Loss of Absolute Authority - Hannah Arendt (1972)
Hannah Arendt believed that the will of the totalitarian ruler occupied the place left vacant by the absolute authority over the world attributed to God during the Middle Ages. With the collapse of the divinely ordained Kingships and the authority exercised by the Catholic church in the name of God, what would replace the authority of God in the world? How would such authority be constituted, who
Isaiah Berlin on Freedom (1962)
A short clip of Isaiah Berlin discussing freedom, touching on his famous distinction between negative and positive freedom.Uploaded 10-07-21Isaiah Berlin interview on freedom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSBf5LJ0hncIsaiah Berlin interview on liberalism and pluralism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxn55CXTgKo#philosophy #isaiahberlin #politicalphilosophy #freedom Learn more about your ad choi
Concepts vs Percepts (Ray Monk)
A short, somewhat random clip of Ray Monk discussing the distinction between concepts and percepts (or "intuitions" in the Kantian jargon), as well as some of the possible implications for modern science and beyond. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzcUploaded 21-06-21This is from a talk given by Ray Monk a few years back on the philosophical l
Chomsky on the "Limits" of Knowledge (1977)
A few clips of Noam Chomsky discussing the limits of knowledge and thought in a 1977 interview with Bryan Magee, and sounding like a dyed-in-the-wool Kantian in the process. This is a version of an upload from the previous channel. The full interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxvSQnmcYLoUploaded 30-06-21Chomsky-Foucault Debate on Justice and Human Nature: https://www.youtu
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 understanding. The outcome is knowledge. When rightly employed, the perceptual and cognitive powers match up the right way with the real world and ground the knowledge-claims of the developed sciences. Howeve
Karl Popper on the Open Society (1974)
A short of clip of Karl Popper discussing the Open Society from a 1974 interview. The translation is mine. For more Popper: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_VarWCx1d_Uogn_GxsVf-oUploaded 16-06-21#philosophy #karlpopper #politicaltheory #politicalphilosophy #opensociety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Evolution of "Why" as the Key to Free Will - Daniel Dennett
Professor Daniel Dennett gives a public lecture on evolution and free will at Stanford University in 2009. Uploaded 05-01-25#philosophy #freewill #dennett #darwin #causality #materialism #philosophyofmind #causation #mind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Justifies the State?
An episode from the 1998 Εxαmined Life series. Uploaded 14-11-25#philosophy #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Merleau-Ponty on the World of Perception and the World of Science (1948)
Merleau-Ponty gives a talk on the world of perception and the world of science. This comes from a series of radio talks given in 1948 on the world of perception. The translation is my own. Uploaded 06-07-21#philosophy #phenomenology #perception #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Analytical Philosophy - Arthur Danto (1967)
Audio recording of a 1967 lecture by Arthur C. Danto on analytic philosophy at the Cooper Union Forum as part of a series on Forces in American Philosophy. Uploaded 23-06-24#philosophy #epistemology #wittgenstein #language #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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What Distinguishes a Person from a Word? The Thought of C. S. Peirce
A lecture given on the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce by Grant Franks in 2017 at St. John's College.Uploaded 13-06-21#philosophy #epistemology #philosophyofmind #kant #historyofphilosophy #mind Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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 a subject to which it belongs…This (Humean) suggestion— There exists some power that cannot be attributed to any thing, any subject, which has the power —is an absurdity…No principle seems to have be
Robert Nozick on Karl Popper's Anti-Inductivism (2001)
Audio recording of Robert Nozick presenting an argument against Karl Popper's anti-inductivist view of scientific knowledge in a clip from a 2001 interview by Juliαn Sαnchez on Nozick's most recent book "Invariances: The Structure of the Objective World". Uploaded 21-12-25#philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology #science #nozick Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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John Locke - Antony Flew (1977)
Audio recording of a short program in which Antony Flew discusses the life and thought of the great 17th-century British empiricist philosopher, John Locke. This comes from a 1977 series of programs on western philosophy. Uploaded 12-10-25#philosophy #epistemology #locke #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Gadamer on Education and Tradition (1979)
Audio recording of a 1979 lecture by Hans-Georg Gadamer on tradition and education that was delivered in English at the University of Dallas. Uploaded 29-04-26#philosophy #gadamer #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Baruch Spinoza - Anthony Quinton (1977)
Audio recording of a short program in which Anthony Quinton discusses the life and thought of the great 17th-century rationalist philosopher, Baruch Spinoza. This comes from a 1977 series of programs on the moulders of western philosophy. Uploaded 22-10-24#philosophy #spinoza #metaphysics #philosopher #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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4 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Kantian Skepticism
In this fourth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss and contrast Cartesian skepticism with Kantian skepticism, but particularly focuses on Kantian issues of perception and knowledge, and continues to discuss such via the work of C. I. Lewis. Unfortunately the audio isn't that good in this session.Uploaded 29-06-21In this series of lectures on varieties of philosophical skepticism, James Cona
A Reasonable Structure for Animal Rights - Christine Korsgaard
In this talk, Professor Christine Korsgaard discusses the nature of rights, especially from a Kantian perspective and within the context of non-human animals. This was the Guelph Lecture in Philosophy given by Professor Christine M. Korsgaard at the University of Guelph back in 2014. Uploaded 25-04-2500:00 Talk 59:37 Q and A #philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #animalethics #kant #animalrights Le
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: “The final sentence, it is probable, which pronounces characters and actions amiable or odious, praise-worthy or blameable; that which stamps on them the mark of honour or infamy, approbation or censure
8 Reid on the Principle of Morals - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)
Professor Dan Robinson gives the final lecture in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. “Like all other sciences, morals must have first principles, and all moral reasoning is based on them... In all rational belief, the thing believed is either a first principle or something inferred by valid reasoning from first principles”. As for utility, “Suppose th
Honderich vs Penrose on Consciousness (1999)
Ted Honderich pushes Sir Roger Penrose about his view about consciousness and whether it involves a relation of identity, presenting something of a dilemma in the process. These clips come from a 1999 exchange on consciousness in an episode of the In Our Time podcast with Melvyn Brαgg. For more information and full episodes of In Our Time, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl Uploaded
Anti-Natalism Interview with David Benatar (2024)
Audio recording of David Benatar discussing his anti-natalist views in a short interview with Andy Park in a 2024 episode of this ABC Radio National program called The Drawing Room. David Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. You can find more information about the program here: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/drawingroom Uploaded 15-11-
The Thought of Philippa Foot
Alex Voorhoeve and Sarah Broadie discuss the work of the renowned philosopher Philippa Foot at the LSE back in 2013. They discuss her work on the following philosophical issues. Is morality objective? Why should one be moral? And may we kill one to save others? Uploaded 30-03-2500:00 Life and Philosophical Style 15:05 Moral Subjectivism 26:05 Why Be Moral? 38:40 The Trolley Problem 50:45 Discussio
Evolution vs Ethics - Peter Singer
Professor Peter Singer delivers a public lecture at the University of Sydney in 2011 on whether understanding evolution helps us to understand ethics and morality. This was part of the Sydney Ideas series and ABC's Big Ideas series. It was co-presented with Think Global School. Uploaded 30-01-2500:00 Lecture 48:38 Q and A #philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #evolution #petersinger #utilitarianism
Foundations of Liberal Equality 1 - Ronald Dworkin (1988)
Audio recording of a lecture by Ronald M. Dworkin as part of his 1988 Tanner lectures on human values at Stanford University on the foundations of liberalism. This was the first of his Tanner lectures. Note, this is a re-upload. Uploaded 22-09-2500:00 Lecture 1:04:07 Q and A #philosophy #politicalphilosophy #ethics #politicaltheory #liberalism #moralphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Vis
Free Will Pessimism
A short clip of Galen Strawson discussing his master argument against the very possibility of free will and moral responsibility; one which applies whether or not determinism is true. This comes from an episode of the In Our Time podcast a few years back on the topic of free will. For more information and full episodes, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl Uploaded 09-02-26"The _causa
Hilary Putnam on Negative Theology (1997)
Audio recording of a lecture by Hilary Putnam at Calvin College back in 1997. He discusses negative theology and some of its paradoxes, as well as the famous Jewish philosopher Maimonides. Uploaded 31-08-24#philosophy #maimonides #philosophyofreligion #epistemology #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Claims of Theology - A. J. Ayer (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Sir Alfred Ayer. He begins by examining the traditional arguments for the existence of God, tracing grounds for belief and reasons for skepticism. He then goes on to consider whether God is necessary for morality. And after exploring the relation between morality and God, he then goes on to consider some of the implications for free will and responsibility. Upl
1 Just What is Kant's "Project"? - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the 1st lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Both sense and reason are limited. Kant must identify the proper mission and domain of each, as well as the manner in which their separate functions come to be integrated in what is finally the inter-subjectively settled knowledge of science.Uploaded 04-06-21This series looks at German Philosopher Imman
David Papineau on Consciousness
David Papineau discusses consciousness from a materialist perspective and why dualist intuitions won't go away in an interview with Joe Gelonesi in an episode of the Philosopher's Zone, an ABC Radio National program from 2015. Uploaded 04-04-26For more information and additional episodes of the Philosopher's Zone, go to: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone #philosophy #p
The Continuum of Personhood
A clip of Max Charlesworth's ABC Boyer Lecture in 1989 on Life, Death, Genes and Ethics.Uploaded 07-01-25#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Wittgenstein's Notion of Family Resemblance
Audio from: https://youtu.be/v_hQpvQYhOIUploaded 03-06-21More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzcYou may also want to check out the following on Wittgenstein vs Socrates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp8KXhYlhsg#philosophy #wittgenstein #bryanmagee #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Bas van Fraassen on Empiricism (1990)
Audio recording of a lecture by Bas van Fraassen on the nature of empiricism at Calvin College back in 1990. Uploaded 07-02-25#philosophy #epistemology #empiricism #philosophyofscience #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Karl Popper on the Myth of the Standpoint (1990)
Karl Popper gives a talk on relativism called the Myth of the Standpoint. The translation is my own. Details will be added at a later date. More Popper: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_VarWCx1d_Uogn_GxsVf-oUploaded 15-07-21#philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology #relativism Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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/RDgw6ydB6lUUploaded 04-06-21#philosophy #isaiahberlin #bryanmagee #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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God and Morality - General Philosophy (2018 Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses God and morality. Among other things, he discusses the hypothesis of God, the fine-tuning argument from design, the Euthyphro dilemma, divine command theory, and the problem of evil. This comes from a 2018 series on General Philosophy.Uploaded 05-07-21This series of 8 lectures on General Philosophy was delivered to first yea
1 The "Representational" Theory of Knowledge - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)
Professor Dan Robinson gives the first in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. Hume defends the thesis according to which “ALL THE PERCEPTIONS OF THE HUMAN MIND RESOLVE THEMSELVES INTO…IMPRESSIONS AND IDEAS”. Accordingly, “We may prosecute this enquiry to what length we please; where we shall always find, that every idea which we examine is copied from
Hannah Arendt on Modernity (1964)
A clip of Hannah Arendt from her 1964 interview with Günter Gaus. Among other things, she discusses the dethroning of the community spirit by the modern age and with it the prime importance of the political and the shrinkage of the public realm, which is associated with the uprooting of the masses and the resulting isolation and atomism in the modern world (something which, by the way, she thought
2 Romanticism - First Attack on Enlightenment (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin gives the 2nd lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.Uploaded 05-06-21All 6 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd-For Berlin, the Romantics set in motion a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity’s view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth and validity in ethics with incalculable, all-pervasi
Metaphilosophy and Russell vs Wittgenstein on Judgment
After a brief discussion of the nature of philosophy and the origins of analytic philosophy, Fraser MacBride discusses Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein on the nature of relations and the structure of judgment or belief, how our thought relates to external objects in the world. Among the topics discussed include metaphilosophy and the history of analytic philosophy, F. H. Bradley's infamous
Plato on Knowledge - The Meno and Theaetetus (History of Philosophy)
Peter Adamson discusses Plato's dialogues the Meno and the Theaetetus, which address various epistemological topics, including Meno's paradox, Plato's theory of recollection, the nature of knowledge, relativism, and the difference between knowledge and true belief (e.g. what must be added to a true belief to turn it into knowledge, and why knowledge is more valuable than mere true belief). This co
Marx and Morality (Minerva)
Morality is often considered to be ahistorical. In this episode of the Minerva podcast, the focus is on Marx, who, following Hegel, disagrees with this conception of morality. The guest is David Marjoribanks. His research focuses on the theories of ideology and the implications for morality in Marx and post-Marxism. He argues that ethical norms are not transcendent, but are already there, embodied
3 The True Fathers of Romanticism (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin gives the 3rd lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.Uploaded 06-06-21All 6 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd-For Berlin, the Romantics set in motion a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity’s view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth and validity in ethics with incalculable, all-pervasi
Simone de Beauvoir on Existentialism and God (1959)
A version of a video from the old channel. This comes from a 1959 interview with Wilfrid Lemoyne from Radio-Canada. The translation is my mine. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzcUploaded 13-06-21Existentialists take human existence and the human condition to be a fundamental issue. They tend to be radical individualists who privilege our live
The Problem of Self-Knowledge
A talk given by Barry Smith a few years back on the nature of self-knowledge (i.e. knowledge of one's own inner states of mind) and some of the philosophical problems that arise. He discusses some of the main metaphysical and epistemological issues, especially in relation to knowledge of other minds and other kinds of knowledge. Among other things, he touches on the symmetries vs asymmetries, the
Perception, Abstraction and Idealism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses the problem of perception, the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, resemblance, abstraction, and idealism. This comes from a 2010 series on General Philosophy. The slides have been added.Uploaded 08-06-21This series of lectures was delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the Universi
Foundations of Liberal Equality 2 - Ronald Dworkin (1988)
Audio recording of a lecture by Ronald M. Dworkin as part of his 1988 Tanner lectures on human values at Stanford University on the foundations of liberalism. This was the second of his Tanner lectures. Note, this is a re-upload. Uploaded 22-09-2500:00 Lecture 1:07:14 Q and A #philosophy #ethics #politicalphilosophy #moralphilosophy #politicaltheory #liberalism Learn more about your ad choices. Vi
Ernest Nagel on the Philosophy of Science (1954)
Audio recording of a 1954 lecture given by Professor Ernest Nagel on the philosophy of science at the Cooper Union Forum. Uploaded 06-09-25#philosophy #philosophyofscience #epistemology #science Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Experience Machine
A clip of professor Shelly Kagan discussing the famous thought experiment of the experience machine which comes from Robert Nozick and which serves as an argument against hedonism about well-being. This comes from a lecture on death given at the Southern Methodist University back in 2013. Uploaded 08-12-25More on the nature of well-being: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/well-being/#philosophy #
What is an Emotion?
Jesse Prinz and Jerome Neu discuss and debate the nature of emotions. This comes from an episode of Odyssey on WBEZ Chicago from quite a few years back (early 2000s) with host Gretchen Helfrich. Read more about emotion: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emotion/Uploaded 18-06-21#philosophy #psychology #emotions #williamjames #spinoza #debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad
Isaiah Berlin Interview on Value Pluralism and Liberalism (1997)
Clips of Göran Rosenberg interviewing Isaiah Berlin in 1997, a few months before Berlin's death. More Isaiah Berlin: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE-z227nn_-_PKw5lGfojOcgUploaded 03-07-21Isaiah Berlin's lectures on Romanticism: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd-00:00 Value Pluralism 12:38 Liberalism 24:13 Negative vs Positive Freedom 30:10 N
Karl Popper and John Eccles in Discussion (1971)
Sir Karl Popper and Sir John Eccles discuss various topics in a 1971 discussion with Dutch philosopher Fons Elders. Among other things, they discuss the nature of science, Popper's falsifiability criterion, the notion of truth, determinism, the conscious self, Popper's three worlds, reductionism, and a few social-political issues. Uploaded 20-07-24#philosophy #epistemology #karlpopper #science #ec
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