8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

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. 

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. 

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. 

In this first lecture, using Descartes famous argument for the claim “I think therefore I am’, we examine how to identify and evaluate arguments. 

<p>The evolution of Aristotelian philosophy from John Mair in the late 15th century to John Case in the late 16th century.</p> 

First part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. 

Our topic is a subject's knowledge of his own phenomenal experience and of the content of his thought, but I will approach the topic from the outside, treating the subject as an object in the world. The first lecture will characterize, in a general way, this externalist strategy, ... Show More

<p>A discussion of the history and philosophical significance of scholasticism from medieval times to early modernity, and even today.</p> 

Second lecture in the 2011 John Locke Lecture Series. Philosophy is a demanding intellectual discipline, with many facets: logic, epistemology, philosophy of nature and science, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, rhetoric, philosophy of language and min ... Show More

We talk about an art that started with ancient Greek philosophers 

A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day. 

A 4-part series explaining the metaphyscial and epistemic limitations of science. 

<p>Drawing on the De Anima, On the Heavens, Physics and Metaphysics, Peter tackles Aristotle’s theory of mind and its relation to his theology.</p>