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In this series of podcasts Marianne Talbot uses some famous arguments in the history of philosophy to examine philosophy as a discipline. By harnessing participants’ intuitions on both sides of the various arguments she encourages her audience actually to do philosophy. In listening to these podcasts you can yourself learn how to do philosophy, not by listening to someone else do it, but by starting to do it for yourself.

A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners Oxford University

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In this series of podcasts Marianne Talbot uses some famous arguments in the history of philosophy to examine philosophy as a discipline. By harnessing participants’ intuitions on both sides of the various arguments she encourages her audience actually to do philosophy. In listening to these podcasts you can yourself learn how to do philosophy, not by listening to someone else do it, but by starting to do it for yourself.

    • video
    Questions and Answers Session

    Questions and Answers Session

    Marianne answers questions from the audience about the four talks in this series.

    • 1 Std. 22 Min.
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    The Philosophy of Science

    The Philosophy of Science

    In 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?

    • 1 Std. 15 Min.
    The Philosophy of Science (Slides)

    The Philosophy of Science (Slides)

    In 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?

    • video
    Epistemology and Metaphysics

    Epistemology and Metaphysics

    In 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.

    • 1 Std. 17 Min.
    Epistemology and Metaphysics (Slides)

    Epistemology and Metaphysics (Slides)

    In 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.

    • video
    Moral and Political Philosophy

    Moral and Political Philosophy

    In 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.

    • 1 Std. 30 Min.

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