A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners
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Questions and Answers Session
November 11, 2014 · 1 hr 22 minMarianne answers questions from the audience about the four talks in this series.
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The Philosophy of Science
November 11, 2014 · 1 hr 15 minIn the fourth and final lecture, we examine the notion of ‘objective fact’ on which scientific theories are built; what sort of fact is such that we can build a scientific theory on it?
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Epistemology and Metaphysics
November 11, 2014 · 1 hr 17 minIn the third lecture we examine first the so-called “Gettier Problems” for the traditional account of knowledge, the arguments for saying that possible worlds exist and finally we ask whether there really are unactualised possibles.
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Moral and Political Philosophy
November 11, 2014 · 1 hr 30 minIn the second lecture we examine first the famous ‘Wilt Chamberlain’ thought experiment that demonstrates a retention between freedom and equality, then arguments for and against two famous moral theories; deontology and utilitarianism.
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Logic and Argument: the Methodology of Philosophy
November 11, 2014 · 1 hr 24 minIn this first lecture, using Descartes famous argument for the claim “I think therefore I am’, we examine how to identify and evaluate arguments.