Philosophy Overdose

A reading of Thomas Nagel's 1970 article on death. The voice is AI, but modeled on Bryan Magee.

Uploaded 30-12-24

#philosophy #death #ethics



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A few clips of Paul Ricœur discussing Descartes. He explains why the birth of modern thought goes back to Descartes. For unlike the Greek world and Middle Ages, which took the notion of Being and Substance as their guide, it is subjectivity and the thinking subject which became the new value of thought with Descartes. He goes on to discuss Descartes' rationalism, as well as the famous Cogito, which is taken to be the first truth, the primary truth, but which comes at the price of alienation from the entire external world vis-à-vis his skeptical method of universal doubt and the resulting gulf between mind and world.

Uploaded 04-09-21

This comes a 1987 interview with the Multimedia Encyclopedia of Philosophical Sciences. As always, the translation is my own.

More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzc

#Philosophy #Descartes #Epistemology



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A talk given by professor Pamela Hieronymi on the problem of free will and moral responsibility a few years back at the University of Alabama.

Uploaded 03-06-21

"Among the grandest of philosophical puzzles is a riddle about moral responsibility. Almost all of us believe that each one of us is, has been, or will be responsible for at least some of our behavior. But how can this be so if determinism is true and all our thoughts, decisions, choices, and actions are simply droplets in a river of deterministic events that began its flow long, long before we were ever born? The specter of determinism, as it were, devours agents, for if determinism is true, then arguably we never initiate or control our actions; there is no driver in the driver's seat; we are simply one transitional link in an extended deterministic chain originating long before our time. The puzzle is tantalizingly gripping and ever so perplexing — because even if determinism is false, responsibility seems impossible: how can we be morally accountable for behavior that issues from an 'actional pathway' in which there is an indeterministic break? Such a break might free us from domination or regulation by the past, but how can it possibly help to ensure that the reins of control are now in our hands?" Ishtiyaque Haji

#philosophy #freewill #determinism #materialism #metaphysics #causality #philosophyofmind #causation #psychology #mind



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Dr. Peter Singer and Dr. Nigel M. de S. Cameron discuss what it means to be human in a 2002 debate moderated by Michael krasny and hosted by the Center for Bioethics and Culture. They consider various ethical issues surrounding life and death, including that of euthanasia, among various other things.

Uploaded 30-09-25

00:00 Introduction
07:20 Cameron's Opening
17:06 Singer's Opening
28:18 Back-and-Forth
1:01:57 Audience Questions
1:26:04 Singer's Closing
1:32:40 Cameron's Closing

#philosophy #ethics #petersinger #medicalethics #bioethics #moralphilosophy #debate



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Political liberalism has been extraordinarily successful, freeing the individual from custom, tribe, and tradition. The self-interested, self-directing individual has triumphed. But that great achievement may have come at a heavy cost. Unacceptable levels of inequality and the rise of a new global ruling class are two symptoms of a political system being lauded as the natural end point of history.

Uploaded 20-06-21

This is from an episode of the podcast Philosopher's Zone from a few years back with guest Patrick Deneen. More Philosopher's Zone: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/

#philosophy #politicalphilosophy #liberalism #politicaltheory #rawls #johnrawls #historyofphilosophy



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This is a version of an upload from the old channel. The audio comes from a 1973 lecture on the extent that language determines thought. The translation is mine. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzc

Uploaded 23-06-21

More Gadamer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_MbPzGOh27qfdqiCaf7Uot

#Philosophy #Gadamer #Language



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A short debate between philosophers Gary Francione and Jan Narveson on Radio Netherlands on the issue of animal rights from back in 2009. According to Jan, torturing animals is "pointless and weird," but not necessarily wrong.

Uploaded 10-10-24

#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #animalethics #animalrights #debate



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Clips of Hannah Arendt from a 1964 interview with Joachim Fest. This is a version of a previous upload. The translation is my own. More Arendt: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE-07vAVTFEuiDvqli1y8f0U

Uploaded 04-07-21

#philosophy #hannaharendt #politicaltheory #totalitarianism



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A version of an upload from the previous channel. It comes from a 1974 interview with Popper. The translation is my own. For more Popper: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_VarWCx1d_Uogn_GxsVf-o

Uploaded 27-07-21

#philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology #science #philosophyofscience



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What are concepts or general ideas? And how are they acquired? Professor James Conant begins by discussing these questions in relation to the views of John Locke and his theory of abstraction. He then goes on to discuss Kant's critique of Locke and the empiricists, as well as some issues that arise in Kant, including a famous issue in section 77 of the Critique of Judgment, as well as a problem that was later brought to light by Wittgenstein in his famous discussion of rule-following.

Uploaded 08-08-21

This is a version of an upload from the previous channel. The clips come from a lecture given by professor James Conant back in 2005 at the University of Bergen in Norway. Note, the audio has been edited and significantly improved, but the original can be found here: http://wittgensteinrepository.org/ojs/index.php/agora-wab/article/view/3148/3850

James Conant's Series on Skepticism: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8muoMpX8qQ-14zKnYPc5VI

Conant with Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam on Truth and Pragmatism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxL0fQcrjzQ

00:00 Locke on Concepts and Abstraction
05:16 Kant and his Critique of Empiricism
10:19 Section 77 of Kant's Third Critique
14:26 Kant and Wittgenstein on Rule-Following
19:51 Goethe and Schiller

#philosophy #epistemology #kant #locke #historyofphilosophy #empiricism



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