This lecture discusses key ideas from the ancient philosopher Plato's work, The Republic, in particular book 1.
Specifically it examines the early discussion between Socrates and Cephalus, in which they are thinking about the relationship between wealth, good character, and happiness.
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Jun 16
Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like To Be A Bat? - Subjective Experiences Of Other Species
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "What Is It Like To Be A Bat", and focuses upon he portion of his article in which he begins to explore what subjective experience of other species would be and whether we have the capacity to imag ... Show More
13m 21s
Jun 15
Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like To Be A Bat? - Reductionist Accounts And Conscious Experience
This lecture discusses the 20th century Analytic philosopher, Thomas Nagel's essay "What Is It Like To Be A Bat", and focuses upon the first part of the article, in which Nagel raises a number of general problems for adopting a physicalist reductionist analysis of mind to resolve ... Show More
11m 17s
Jun 12
Thomas Hobbes, De Corpore - "Of Identity And Difference" - Sadler's Lectures
This lecture discusses key ideas from the modern philosopher Thomas Hobbes' work De Corpore, specifically ch 11. "Of Identity and Difference", part 7 In this section, Hobbes explores questions and problems of what makes a thing remain the same thing throughout its changes over ti ... Show More
10m 2s