General Philosophy

General Philosophy

By Oxford University

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 u... more
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  1. Number 1: 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.

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  2. Number 2: 8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

    Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'personal history' distinguish personal identity and the idea of memory as crucial for personal identity.

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  3. Number 3: 7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

    Part 7.4. A brief explanation of Hume's argument for sentimentalism and Robert Kane's views on free will and determinism.

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  4. Number 4: General Philosophy Lecture 7 (Slides)

    PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 7. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

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  5. Number 5: 7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

    Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined.

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