Philosophy Overdose

Episódios

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  Reason and Feeling in Ethics - Brand Blanshard (1966) 21.08.2026 1h

  Audio recording of a 1966 lecture by Brand Blanshard on reason and ethics given at Wheaton College (Massachusetts). #philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #utilitarianism #historyofphilosophy
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  Schopenhauer's Thought 21.08.2026 11min

  Professor Christopher Janaway discusses some of the ideas of Arthur Schopenhauer. This comes from an episode on Schopenhauer and Wagner. More Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzc#philosophy #schopenhauer ##pessimism
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  Nietzsche on Nihilism and the Death of God - Ken Gemes 21.08.2026 1h 21min

  Audio recording of the first of two lectures by Ken Gemes on Nietzsche. In this first talk, Ken Gemes introduces Nietzsche as the philosopher of the death of God. Nietzsche claims that we have not yet fully understood the ramifications of the modern rejection of belief in God. Giving up the belief in God undermines all our values, though many cling to those values in the absence of God or of any other justificatory basis for those values. When we truly appreciate the meaning of the death of God, we will, says Nietzsche, lapse into nihilism; the inability to find any foundation for values and meaning in the world. This Nietzsche presciently predicts as the future of Europe for the next two hundred years. Nietzsche does not endorse nihilism but seeks to move beyond it to a new affirmation of this world, the one and only world. But what does Nietzsche mean exactly by nihilism? This is discussed in the talk. The next lecture by Ken Gemes on Nietzsche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ejV1cHZL58Note, this is a re-upload. 00:00 Talk 31:42 Q&A #philosophy #nietzsche #nihilism #atheism #historyofphilosophy
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  What Is Probability? Difficulties Understanding Probability 21.08.2026 36min

  Professor David Wallace discusses the nature of probability and some of the philosophical puzzles that arise regarding how to understand and make sense of probability. He begins by distinguishing between subjective probabilities (which are about our beliefs) and objective probabilities (which are about the world itself). He then goes on to discuss various interpretations of probability and some of the difficulties that arise for each. This comes from a talk given in a series on the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics back in 2015 at Oxford.00:00 Concepts of Probability01:04 Subjective Probability02:14 More-Objective Probabilities03:49 Very Objective Probabilities05:52 Two Questions about Objective Probability08:40 Frequentism13:52 Probability from Symmetry16:59 Probability as Primitive18:10 The "Why" Question20:10 The Principal Principle24:43 A Dearth of Solutions to the Why Question#philosophy #probability #epistemology #philosophyofscience #historyofphilosophy
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  The Romantic Revolution in Politics and Morals - Isaiah Berlin (1969) 21.08.2026 1h 33min

  Audio recording of a 1969 lecture by Isaiah Berlin on the romantic revolution in politics and morals at Washington University in St Louis as part of the Assembly lecture series. #philosophy #romanticism #isaiahberlin #intellectualhistory #history
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  Words and Philosophy - Hugh Mellor (1978) 21.08.2026 41min

  Audio recording of a series of six short ratio talks by Hugh Mellor back in 1978 on the use of words in philosophy. Among other things, he dispells the myth that important issues can be settled merely by definitions. He goes on to consider the abuse of words, as well as logical argument, jargon, and the liar paradox. These talks were given by D. H. Mellor (David Hugh Mellor) and originally broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in 1978. 00:00 It All Depends What You Mean 05:15 Define Your Terms 10:18 Fictional Documentaries 15:19 What's Wrong With Jargon 20:08 On Being Illogical 25:07 The Liar Paradox #philosophy #language #epistemology #philosophyoflanguage #rationality
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  Hume on the Argument from Design 21.08.2026 5min

  Michael Levine discusses David Hume on the teleological argument or the argument from design with Alan Saunders in this clip from an episode of the Philosopher's Zone from back in 2011. Michael Levine was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia. This clip comes from an episode of the Philosopher's Zone, an ABC Radio National program, from back in 2011. The Philosopher's Zone: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone #philosophy #davidhume #philosophyofreligion #theism #atheism #agnosticism #historyofphilosophy
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  The Truth is Terrible - Nietzsche's Idea of an Aesthetic Justification for Existence 21.08.2026 1h 20min

  Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College a few years back. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate meaning or purpose, and is filled with gratuitous pointless suffering. Our only relief comes with nonexistence upon death. Even the existence of the self, free will, objective value, and absolute truth and knowledge are wholly illusory. All forms & qualities are but mere human conventions, subjective expressions of our competing drives. The unquenchable desire for objectivity is the drive to transcend our finite bodily existence and grab hold of something universal, absolute, unchanging, and God-like. But there simply is none. So it is all too easy to become disillusioned and fall into an abyss of anguish and despair, turning away from existence and the drives, as suggested by the pessimistic philosophy of Schopenhauer. But Nietzsche urges against this turning away from life. For Nietzsche, existence is justified, but only as an aesthetic phenomenon. But what does this mean exactly? Brian Leiter explains. (My Summary)More Nietzsche: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_ySvPE8kzFUkA5aO_cdKmb#philosophy #nietzsche #ethics #historyofphilosophy
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  Honderich vs Penrose on Consciousness (1999) 21.08.2026 6min

  Ted Honderich pushes Sir Roger Penrose about his view about consciousness and whether it involves a relation of identity, presenting something of a dilemma in the process. These clips come from a 1999 exchange on consciousness in an episode of the In Our Time podcast with Melvyn Brαgg. For more information and full episodes of In Our Time, go to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl #philosophy #philosophyofmind #consciousness #metaphysics #materialism
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  The Legacy of John Rawls 21.08.2026 1h 4min

  The legacy of the political philosopher John Rawls is discussed by Michael Sandel (Harvard University), Steve Macedo (Princeton University), and Anthony Laden (the University of Illinois Chicago) with host Gretchen Helfrich in an episode of Odyssey from Chicago Public Radio back in 2002. #philosophy #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #rawls #johnrawls #ethics
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  3 The True Fathers of Romanticism (Isaiah Berlin 1965) 21.08.2026 1h 11min

  Isaiah Berlin gives the 3rd lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.All 6 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd-For Berlin, the Romantics set in motion a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity’s view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth and validity in ethics with incalculable, all-pervasive results. As he said of the Romantics elsewhere: “The world has never been the same since, and our politics and morals have been deeply transformed by them. Certainly this has been the most radical, and indeed dramatic, not to say terrifying, change in men’s outlook in modern times.”In these brilliant lectures Berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define Romanticism, distills its essence, traces its developments from its first stirrings to its apotheosis, and shows how its lasting legacy permeates our own outlook. Combining the freshness and immediacy of the spoken word with Berlin’s inimitable eloquence and wit, the lectures range over a cast of the greatest thinkers and artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including Kant, Rousseau, Diderot, Schiller, Schlegel, Novalis, Goethe, Blake, Byron, and Beethoven. Berlin argues that the ideas and attitudes held by these and other figures helped to shape twentieth-century nationalism, existentialism, democracy, totalitarianism, and our ideas about heroic individuals, individual self-fulfillment, and the exalted place of art. This is the record of an intellectual bravura performance–of one of the century’s most influential philosophers dissecting and assessing a movement that changed the course of history. These Mellon lectures were delivered in Washington in 1965.00:00 Hamann & Others29:10 Herder#Philosophy #Romanticism #IsaiahBerlin
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  Foundations of Liberal Equality 2 - Ronald Dworkin (1988) 21.08.2026 2h 12min

  Audio recording of a lecture by Ronald M. Dworkin as part of his 1988 Tanner lectures on human values at Stanford University on the foundations of liberalism. This was the second of his Tanner lectures. Note, this is a re-upload. 00:00 Lecture 1:07:14 Q&A #philosophy #ethics #politicalphilosophy #moralphilosophy #politicaltheory #liberalism
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  Robert Nozick on Karl Popper's Anti-Inductivism (2001) 21.08.2026 4min

  Audio recording of Robert Nozick presenting an argument against Karl Popper's anti-inductivist view of scientific knowledge in a clip from a 2001 interview by Juliαn Sαnchez on Nozick's most recent book "Invariances: The Structure of the Objective World". #philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology #science #nozick
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  The Absurdity of Moral Relativism and Subjectivism - A Polemic 21.08.2026 15min

  Skeletons will dance, positions will be refuted. This is a re-upload from the previous channel. It was made in 2016. You may also like the following: https://youtu.be/DFHPH3m-KR8#philosophy #relativism #ethics #postmodernism #historyofphilosophy
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  7 The "Self" and Synthetic Unity of Apperception - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson) 21.08.2026 56min

  Dan Robinson gives the 7th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Kant argues that: "The synthetic unity of consciousness is... an objective condition of all knowledge. It is not merely a condition that I myself require in knowing an object, but is a condition under which every intuition must stand in order to become an object for me".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 #personalidentity #empiricism #skepticism #historyofphilosophy
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  Karl Popper on Observation and Induction (1989) 21.08.2026 22min

  A reupload of audio recording of Karl Popper discussing his views on observation and induction, specifically how knowledge and science do not start from observation, but that all observation itself is theory-laden. Indeed, as he explains, the view that all knowledge and science rests on observation leads to induction, which Popper famously rejected due to the so-called problem of induction, first formulated by David Hume. As such, Popper didn't think that induction played any justificatory role in science at all, which is precisely why he ended up with his famous falsificationist view that theories and hypotheses can only be refuted or falsified (i.e. via deduction), but they can never be proven true or positively supported with observational evidence (i.e. via induction). These clips all come from a 1989 interview on falsificationism and some of the main criticisms. It is a re-upload of something that I put together a while ago. More details will be added later. #philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology #science #philosophyofscience
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  Wittgenstein's Contribution to Philosophy 21.08.2026 1h 45min

  Wittgenstein scholar Peter Hacker discusses the life and philosophical thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein in a lecture from a few years back at the Chαbad Society at the University of Oxford. #philosophy #wittgenstein #language #philosophyofmind #philosophyoflanguage #historyofphilosophy
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  Western Culture - Kwame Anthony Appiah (2016) 21.08.2026 1h 14min

  Audio recording of a 2016 lecture by the philosopher and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah on culture as part of his Reith Lectures on Mistaken Identities. He says the idea of "Western civilization" or "Western culture" is a mistaken one and that we should abandon it. He uncovers the history of the idea from its roots at the time of the Crusades to its modern incarnation in the second half of the 20th century. However, we have very little culturally in common with our forebears in say the England of Chaucer's time. And indeed, much of the knowledge supposedly at the heart of Western civilisation was actually transmitted via Islamic scholarship. No one, he argues, can claim exclusive ownership of culture. This lecture was given by Kwame Anthony Appiah at New York University in 2016 as part of his Reith Lectures on Mistaken Identities. 00:00 Talk 29:45 Q&A #philosophy #politicaltheory #socialphilosophy #culturalcritique
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  Russell-Copleston Debate on God's Existence (1948) 21.08.2026 24min

  Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston debate the existence of God in this famous radio debate from 1948. Copleston here presents the argument from contingency, which is a kind of cosmological argument for God's existence. It is now in the public domain. Note, the audio has been improved. Frederick Copleston on Schopenhauer: https://youtu.be/6x8ydL5Jp70Peter Millican on God & Morality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOTvCtv9ht8Simone de Beauvoir on God & Existentialism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJnWHVwvYSQ#philosophy #bertrandrussell #theism #atheism #god #philosophyofreligion #historyofphilosophy #debate
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  John Locke's Political Philosophy 21.08.2026 2h 8min

  After briefly discussing Thomas Hobbes, Professor Charles Anderson discusses the thought of John Locke. This comes from a course on Political, Economic, & Social Thought given at the University of Wisconsin many years ago.00:00 Thomas Hobbes21:50 John Locke#philosophy #locke #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy #hobbes #philosopher