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G. A. Cohen does Isaiah Berlin (1991)
G. A. Cohen impersonates Sir Isaiah Berlin in this short clip from 1991.
Uploaded 28-06-25
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5 days, 19 hours ago
Wittgenstein vs Socrates on Definitions and Explanations (James Klagge)
Wittgenstein described some of his views as being the opposite of Socrates'. Socrates famously sought essential definitions for concepts such as Trut…
5 days, 20 hours ago
Hannah Arendt on Power and Violence (1968)
Audio recording of part of 1968 lecture by Hannah Arendt at Bard College on power and violence. Note, the beginning of the lecture is missing.
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5 days, 21 hours ago
Sidgwick's Ethics - Peter Singer (2017)
In this talk, Peter Singer discusses and defends Henry Sidgwick's consequentialist ethics. This was the Routledge lecture in philosophy given at the …
5 days, 22 hours ago
Cavell and Skepticism - Hilary Putnam (2005)
A clip of Hilary Putnam discussing philosophical skepticism and the work of Stanley Cavell which comes from a 2005 conference celebrating the work of…
5 days, 23 hours ago
Philosophy and Our Mental Life - Hilary Putnam (1973)
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).
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6 days ago
The Afterlife: How People Who Don’t Yet Exist Matter More to Us than People Who Do
Samuel Scheffler (University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University) delivers the first of his 2012 Tanner lectures at Berkeley with …
6 days, 1 hour ago
5 Idealisms and their Refutations - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
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 sen…
6 days, 2 hours ago
Gadamer on Schopenhauer (1991)
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?…
6 days, 3 hours ago
Socrates, Utilitarianism, and Human Nature - Jonathan Glover (1998)
Audio recording of a 1998 lecture by Jonathan Glover at a conference on Darwin and ethics at the LSE. Among other things, he discusses Socrates' meth…
6 days, 4 hours ago