Metaphysics and Epistemology

Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language? 

Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state? 

Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic. 

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful and Compassionate What is knowledge? What distinguishes sacred knowledge? What is metafiqh? Epistemology is a branch of philosophy that deals with the theory of knowledge. Unique and brilliant in its approach, Islamic tradition has its own epis ... Show More

What is existence itself? 

What is mathematics? Does it provide us with "epistemological bedrock" - a finally, once and for all certainly true foundation? What does fallibilism say about any of this? Is mathematical knowledge not immune from error? 

The origin of our universe is one of the greatest mysteries we face. Why is there something rather than nothing? How did we come to exist in a world with such precise laws of nature? How we answer these questions determines everything, from the meaning of our lives to the secrets ... Show More

Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, explores the definition and origin of metaphysics, and then discusses some of the enduring metaphysical questions. 

<p>What is Enlightenment, anyway?</p> 

On The Phenomenology of Spirit, ch. 3, "Force and the Understanding." What is "force" as physics describes it? And scientific law? Do these terms denote objects in the world, or models for how we describe the world? Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if ... Show More

In the fourth and final lecture, we examine the notion of ‘objective fact’ on which scientific theories are built; what sort of fact is such that we can build a scientific theory on it?