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General Philosophy

A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise of the 8-week General Philosophy course, delivered to first year u... Read more

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8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

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 differe... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

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 for... Read more

1 Dec 2010

9mins

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8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

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... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

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 ove... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

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... Read more

1 Dec 2010

9mins

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7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

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 ca... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

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 mo... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

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 ... Read more

1 Dec 2010

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6.4 Making Sense of Perception

6.4 Making Sense of Perception

Part 6.4. A brief overview of contemporary accounts of perception; including phenomenalism (that objects are logical con... Read more

30 Nov 2010

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6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

Part 6.3. Criticisms of the resemblance theory of perception and an introduction to idealism - that perceptions of the e... Read more

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