Professor Castleberry gives an online lecture of Hume’s critique of reason’s role in human morality.
Read moreYou look beautiful! But is that an objective thing, or a subjective thing? Maybe Kant and Hume can help us find out… Aesthetics Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvoAL-KSZ32d-ywRVwELJOl61bKwjzw6h Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilosophyTube?ref=hl Twitter: @PhilosopyTube Email: ollysphilosophychannel@gmail.com Hume “On the Standard of Taste” http://www.bartleby.com/27/15.html The Philosophy Tube theme is “Show Your Moves” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) The Comment music is “Pamgea” […]
Read moreIn this lecture/discussion section from my Fall 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we explore some of the correspondence between Rene Descartes and Princess Elisabeth. In particular, we look at their back and forth discussion about the nature of the soul or the mind, and about how the mind is united with the […]
Read moreIn this lecture/discussion session from my Fall 2013 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we begin our study of Rene Descartes’ late work, The Passions of the Soul, focusing on the first part of the work. In that part, Descartes discusses how the mind/soul and the body interact, specifically through the brain. We examine […]
Read moreIn this video we talk about certain criticisms of Descartes ‘I think, therefore I am’ (Evil Demon) Theory. If you enjoyed the video then please like and subscribe, feedback is also much appreciated. Music – Celtic Impulse by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Read moreEuthydemus, Philosophy Audiobook, by Plato, Classic Greek Philosoher
Read moreThis is a recording of the live feed for the third Dr. Sadler’s Philosophy forum, where I started out by discussing Plato as an author, his views about mimesis and poetic production, and how these views of his give us hints about the status of his own work. After that, I fielded questions and comments […]
Read more[Philosophy] Gorgias by Plato, Audiobook, Classic Greek Philosophy
Read moreThe Apology of Socrates by Plato, Audiobook, Philosophy Audio, Greek, Greece. PLATO (ΠΛΆΤΩΝ) (c. 428 BC – c. 347 BC) and translated by Benjamin JOWETT (1817 – 1893). Plato’s account of Socrates’ defense at his trial for “corrupting the youth” is a classic summation of his teacher’s life and mission, centered in Socrates’ most famous […]
Read moreThis is a video in my new Core Concepts series — designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker. This Core Concept video focuses on Plato’s dialogue, the Ion, and it discusses Socrates’ theory about Poetry expressed there, namely that the […]
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