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Debate on Animal Rights (2009)
A short debate between philosophers Gary Francione and Jan Narveson on Radio Netherlands on the issue of animal rights from back in 2009. According t…
20 hours ago
Hannah Arendt on Eichmann, Banality, Guilt and Obedience (1964)
Clips of Hannah Arendt from a 1964 interview with Joachim Fest. This is a version of a previous upload. The translation is my own. More Arendt: https…
21 hours ago
Karl Popper on Science and Absolute Truth (1974)
A version of an upload from the previous channel. It comes from a 1974 interview with Popper. The translation is my own. For more Popper: https://www…
22 hours ago
Concepts and Unity - Locke, Kant, and Goethe
What are concepts or general ideas? And how are they acquired? Professor James Conant begins by discussing these questions in relation to the views o…
23 hours ago
Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
A reupload of something that I put together awhile back. The audio is from: https://youtu.be/v_hQpvQYhOI
Uploaded 14-06-21
Some relevant quotes:
"But ho…
23 hours ago
Hannah Arendt on Ideology (1968)
A short clip of Hannah Arendt discussing ideology and the role it played in the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century. This comes from the Q and A…
1 day ago
4 The Restrained Romantics - Kant, Schiller and Fichte (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin gives the 4th lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.
Uploaded 06-06-21
All 6 lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?l…
1 day, 1 hour ago
Aldous Huxley on the Ultimate Revolution (1962)
Audio recording of a 1962 lecture by Aldous Huxley at UC Berkeley. He discusses some of the themes of his famous work Brave New World regarding autho…
1 day, 2 hours ago
Marx on Alienation
One important reason Marx thought the revolution was inevitable was that in a capitalist society the labor force was alienated. But what is alienatio…
1 day, 3 hours ago
Rawls vs Nozick (Ronald Dworkin)
Ronald Dworkin gives a very brief, introductory overview of John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" and Robert Nozick's "Anarchy, State, and Utopia" in an …
1 day, 4 hours ago