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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…
2 days, 17 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…
2 days, 18 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…
2 days, 18 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…
2 days, 19 hours 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…
2 days, 20 hours 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…
2 days, 21 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…
2 days, 22 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 …
2 days, 23 hours ago
Western Culture - Kwame Anthony Appiah (2016)
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 …
3 days ago
Kinds of Minds: Towards an Understanding of Consciousness
Daniel C. Dennett reads from his 1996 book on kinds of minds.
Uploaded 10-12-24
00:00 Know Your Own Mind
02:39 Kinds of Minds and How We Know
05:11 We M…
3 days, 1 hour ago