Philosophy Overdose

Professor Charles Anderson discusses the thought of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. This comes from a course on Political, Economic, and Social Thought at the University of Wisconsin many years ago.

Uploaded 19-07-21

#philosophy #rousseau #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy



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A clip of Hilary Putnam discussing philosophical skepticism and the work of Stanley Cavell which comes from a 2005 conference celebrating the work of Hilary Putnam at the ENS (École Normale Supérieure) in Paris.

Uploaded 31-12-25

#philosophy #epistemology #skepticism #historyofphilosophy



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Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Hilary Putnam as part of a symposium on "Computers and the Mind" at the University of California (Berkeley).

Uploaded 16-06-21

The question which troubles laymen, and which has long troubled philosophers, even if it is somewhat disguised by today's analytic style of writing philosophy, is this: Are we made of matter or soul-stuff? To put it as bluntly as possible, are we just material beings, or are we "something more"? In this talk, Hilary Putnam argues that this whole question rests on false assumptions. His purpose is not to dismiss the question, however, so much as to speak to the real concern which is behind the question. The real concern is, he thinks, with the autonomy of our mental life. People are worried that we may be debunked, that our behavior may be exposed as really explained by something mechanical. In this talk, part of what Hilary Putnam wants to do is to argue that this can't happen. Mentality is a real and autonomous feature of our world. But even more important is the fact that this whole question has nothing to do with our substance. Strange as it may seem to common sense and to sophisticated intuition alike, the question of the autonomy of our mental life does not hinge on and has nothing to do with that all too popular, all too old question about matter or soul-stuff. We could be made of Swiss cheese and it wouldn't matter.

00:00 Searle Intro
01:47 Lecture

#philosophy #philosophyofmind #consciousness #philosophyofscience #mind



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David Chalmers and Michael Graziano discuss consciousness and AI with moderator Anil Ananthaswamy at Princeton University in 2025 as part of the Large AI Model Lecture Series.

Uploaded 27-03-25

00:00 Introduction
08:31 Discussion

#philosophy #artificialintelligence #consciousness #psychology #davidchalmers #philosophyofmind #debate



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Donald Davidson discusses his views on the mental with Martin Davies. The discussion centers around his paper Mental Events, where he argues for the view called anomalous monism in the philosophy of mind. This is from Philosophy International 1997. Note, this is a re-upload. The audio has also been slightly improved.

Uploaded 12-07-21

#philosophy #philosophyofmind #materialism #mind



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Samuel Scheffler (University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University) delivers the first of his 2012 Tanner lectures at Berkeley with commentary from Susan R. Wolf (Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill). Note, the introduction has been edited out.

Uploaded 04-05-26

00:00 Lecture
59:50 Susan Wolf
1:15:53 Response

#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy



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Tom L. Beauchamp (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Georgetown University) gives an introductory lecture on normative ethics as part of a course on bioethics or medical ethics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics in 1994 at Georgetown University.

Uploaded 28-03-24

00:00 Talk
56:35 Q and A

#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #utilitarianism #bioethics



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Dan Robinson gives the 5th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The very possibility of self-awareness (an "inner sense" with content) requires an awareness of an external world by way of "outer sense". Only through awareness of stable elements in the external world is self-consciousness possible.

Uploaded 05-06-21

This series looks at German Philosopher Immanuel Kant's seminal philosophical work 'The Critique of Pure Reason'. The lectures aim to outline and discuss some of the key philosophical issues raised in the book and to offer students and individuals thought provoking Kantian ideas surrounding metaphysics. Each lecture looks at particular questions raised in the work such as how do we know what we know and how do we find out about the world, dissects these questions with reference to Kant's work and discusses the broader philosophical implications. Anyone with an interest in Kant and philosophy will find these lectures thought provoking but accessible.

This is series of lectures was given in 2011 at Oxford. Note, the audio has been improved.

All 8 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_OdgqNgL0AJX9-gwr4tmLw

#philosophy #kant #epistemology #metaphysics #empiricism #skepticism #historyofphilosophy



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A very short clip of Gadamer discussing Schopenhauer. More details will be added at a later date. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzc

Uploaded 22-06-21

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

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Audio recording of a 1954 lecture by Max Black at the Cooper Union Forum on philosophic analysis as part of a series on contemporary trends in philosophy.

Uploaded 10-05-24

#philosophy #epistemology #language #skepticism #science #historyofphilosophy



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