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Episodes

1. 16

   8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

   Part 8.4. The final part of this series. Explores the distinction between mind and body and whether this makes a difference to the idea of personal identity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

   Dec 1, 2010

   10m
2. 15

   8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

   Part 8.3. Criticisms of Locke's view of personal identity; if personal identity is dependent on memory then how does forgetting personal history and the concept of false memory change Locke's view of personal identity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &…

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   Dec 1, 2010

   9m
3. 14

   8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

   Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'personal history' distinguish personal identity and the idea of memory as crucial for personal identity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

   Dec 1, 2010

   14m
4. 13

   8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

   Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, whether someone is the same person over time and Leibniz's law of sameness. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

   Dec 1, 2010

   8m
5. 12

   7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

   Part 7.4. A brief explanation of Hume's argument for sentimentalism and Robert Kane's views on free will and determinism. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

   Dec 1, 2010

   9m
6. 11

   7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

   Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

   Dec 1, 2010

   9m
7. 10

   7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

   Part 7.2. Looks at Hobbes' and Hume's views of free will and the three concepts of freedom, and considers the idea of moral responsibility as dependent on free will. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

   Dec 1, 2010

   13m
8. 9

   7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

   Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we really have freedom of choice. Creative Commons…

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   Dec 1, 2010

   18m
9. 8

   6.4 Making Sense of Perception

   Part 6.4. A brief overview of contemporary accounts of perception; including phenomenalism (that objects are logical constructions from sense data) and direct realism (that we perceive objects and the external world directly). Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK…

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   Nov 30, 2010

   16m
10. 7

    6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

    Part 6.3. Criticisms of the resemblance theory of perception and an introduction to idealism - that perceptions of the external world are all within the mind as ideas. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

    Nov 30, 2010

    10m
11. 6

    6.2 Problems with Resemblance

    Part 6.2. Explores Berkeley's and Locke's arguments concerning the resemblance of qualities and objects; that the perceived qualities of objects exist only in the mind or whether secondary qualities are intrinsically part of the object. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0...

    Nov 30, 2010

    10m
12. 5

    6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities

    Part 6.1. Introduces the problem of perception (and the distinction between the world and what we perceive), along with the concepts of primary and secondary qualities. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

    Nov 30, 2010

    14m
13. 4

    5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief

    Part 5.4. Looks at the role the concept of knowledge plays in life, the different levels of knowledge we require in certain contexts and the return of scepticism over knowledge. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

    Nov 29, 2010

    12m
14. 3

    5.3 Gettier and Other Complications

    Part 5.3. The difference between internalist and externalist accounts of knowledge; whether we need external factors to justify knowledge or whether internal accounts are sufficient, and the Gettier cases. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

    Nov 29, 2010

    14m
15. 2

    5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge

    Part 5.2. Explores the idea of conscious and unconscious knowledge (should a person know that they know something or does it not matter?) and the theory of justification of propositions and beliefs. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales;...

    Nov 29, 2010

    16m
16. 1

    5.1 Introduction to Knowledge

    Part 5.1. Looks at the problem of knowledge; how can we know what we know, three types of knowledge and A J Ayer's two conditions for knowledge. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

    Nov 29, 2010

    10m