Free Online Lectures and Courses for Philosophy

15 Courses

• Philosophy and the Science of Human Nature

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    Introduction

    Tamar Gendler 00:42:51
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    The Ring of Gyges: Morality and Hypocrisy

    Tamar Gendler 00:42:30
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    Parts of the Soul I

    Tamar Gendler 00:45:05
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    Parts of the Soul II

    Tamar Gendler 00:45:05
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    The Well-Ordered Soul: Happiness and Harmony

    Tamar Gendler 00:44:26
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    The Disordered Soul: Thémis and PTSD

    Tamar Gendler 00:43:58
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    Flourishing and Attachment

    Tamar Gendler 00:37:46
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    Flourishing and Detachment

    Tamar Gendler 00:43:29
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    Virtue and Habit I

    00:40:10
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    Virtue and Habit II

    Tamar Gendler 00:44:39
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    Weakness of the Will and Procrastination

    Tamar Gendler 00:45:00
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    Utilitarianism and its Critiques

    Tamar Gendler 00:47:19
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    Deontology

    Tamar Gendler 00:46:13
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    The Trolley Problem

    Tamar Gendler 00:48:35
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    Empirically-informed Responses

    00:49:39
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    Philosophical Puzzles

    Tamar Gendler 00:47:29
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    Punishment I

    Tamar Gendler 00:44:38
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    Punishment II

    Tamar Gendler 00:48:33
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    Contract & Commonwealth: Thomas Hobbes

    Tamar Gendler 00:46:28
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    The Prisoner's Dilemma

    Tamar Gendler 00:47:15
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    Equality

    Tamar Gendler 00:45:53
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    Equality II

    Tamar Gendler 00:45:43
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    Social Structures

    Tamar Gendler 00:49:18
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    Censorship

    00:45:22
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    Tying up Loose Ends

    Tamar Gendler 00:44:15
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    Concluding Lecture

    Tamar Gendler 00:48:26

• Philosophy in Film and Other Media

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    Philosophy In Film and Other Media (1 of 4)

    Irving Singer 00:57:48
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    Philosophy In Film and Other Media (2 of 4)

    Irving Singer 01:04:59
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    Philosophy In Film and Other Media (3 of 4)

    Irving Singer 00:39:58
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    Philosophy In Film and Other Media (4 of 4)

    Irving Singer 01:05:00

• Philosophy of Love in the Western World

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    Philosophy of Love in the Western World- Session 1

    02:35:46
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    Philosophy of Love in the Western World- Session 2

    02:40:11
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    Philosophy of Love in the Western World- Session 3

    02:42:55
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    Philosophy of Love in the Western World- Session 4

    02:23:06

• Science, Magic, and Religion

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    Course Introduction: Science, Magic, and Religion

    Courtenay Raia 01:07:54
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    Greek Mysticism and Rationality

    Courtenay Raia 01:08:47
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    The Patristic Period

    Courtenay Raia 01:11:27
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    The Witch Craze

    Courtenay Raia 01:06:42
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    Reformation and Revolution

    Courtenay Raia 01:08:32
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    17th Century Thought

    Courtenay Raia 01:01:12
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    Newton and the Enlightenment

    Courtenay Raia 01:07:38
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    Mechanical Philosophy

    Courtenay Raia 01:06:00
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    Religion, Regicide, and Revolution

    Courtenay Raia 01:04:22
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    Science and Religion as Historical Phenomena

    Courtenay Raia 00:00:11
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    Nature and Romanticism

    Courtenay Raia 00:59:54
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    Darwin and Science

    Courtenay Raia 01:06:51
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    Romanticism and Spiritualism

    Courtenay Raia 01:05:37
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    Psychical Research

    Courtenay Raia 01:05:14
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    Human Sciences and Freud

    Courtenay Raia 01:07:27
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    Gnostic Revival

    Courtenay Raia 01:08:34
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    20th Century Physics

    Courtenay Raia 01:07:30
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    Quantum Mechanics

    Courtenay Raia 01:02:49
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    Spiritualism in the New Age

    Courtenay Raia 01:08:11
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    Final Lecture: Science, Magic, and Religion

    Courtenay Raia 01:04:21

• The Moral Foundations of Politics

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    Information and Housekeeping

    Ian Shapiro 00:35:16
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    The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:14
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    Natural Law Roots of the Social Contract Tradition

    Ian Shapiro 00:46:39
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    Origins of Classical Utilitarianism

    Ian Shapiro 00:43:20
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    Classical Utilitarianism and Distributive Justice

    Ian Shapiro 00:45:33
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    From Classical to Neoclassical Utilitarianism

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:50
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    The Neoclassical Synthesis of Rights and Utility

    Ian Shapiro 00:43:18
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    Limits of the Neoclassical Synthesis

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:27
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    Marx's Theory of Capitalism

    Ian Shapiro 00:51:15
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    Marxian Exploitation and Distributive Justice

    Ian Shapiro 00:47:33
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    The Marxian Failure and Legacy

    Ian Shapiro 00:46:54
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    Appropriating Locke Today

    Ian Shapiro 00:46:36
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    Rights as Side Constraints and the Minimal State

    Ian Shapiro 00:47:19
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    Compensation versus Redistribution

    Ian Shapiro 00:46:09
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    The Rawlsian Social Contract

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:59
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    Distributive Justice and the Welfare State

    Ian Shapiro 00:51:48
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    The "Political-not-Metaphysical" Legacy

    Ian Shapiro 00:49:17
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    The Burkean Outlook

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:19
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    Contemporary Communitarianism, part I

    Ian Shapiro 00:48:39
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    Contemporary Communitarianism, part II

    Ian Shapiro 00:47:41
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    Democracy and Majority Rule, part I

    Ian Shapiro 00:50:40
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    Democracy and Majority Rule, part II

    Ian Shapiro 00:52:14
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    Democratic Justice: Theory

    Ian Shapiro 00:47:16
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    Democratic Justice: Applications

    Ian Shapiro 00:51:25