The philosophical method - logic and arg...

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

Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it? 

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

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

Calum and Adam sit down with Dr Greg Restall to get an introduction to the field of logic within Philosophy. They talk about what logic can be like at the start of your university philosophy career, and how the "baby logician" can avoid falling into the trap of becoming a "debate ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic. Logic, the study of reasoning and argument, first became a serious area of study in the 4th century BC through the work of Aristotle. He created a formal logical system, based on a type of argument called a syllogism, whic ... Show More

Part three of a six-part series on critical reasoning. In this lecture we will focus on how to identify and analyse arguments, and how to set arguments out logic book-style to make them easier to evaluate. 

البشر مهتمة ليس فقط بماهية الأشياء، لكن كيف من الممكن ان تكون الاشياء. و بالضرورة أصبحوا مشغولين عبر العصور بكيف تتصل الأشياء ببعضها ولماذا؟ بدراسة الاحتمالات، والاستنباط مما نعرف على ما لا نعرف! .. عندما نستدل على حتمية موت انسان لان حتمية الفناء عامة لكل البشر، هو انتقال من الم ... Show More

أى نظرية عامة للمنطق الأستنتاجي لابد وأن تحقق هدفين: الأول، تفسير العلاقات بين المقدمات والنتيجة داخل الحُجة. والثاني تقديم طرق وأدوات للتفريق ما بين الاستنتاج الصالح و الغير صالح. وفي الواقع هناك منظومتين فقط في تاريخ علم المنطق حاولتا التعامل مع هذين الهدفين، وهما منظومة المنطق ... Show More

In this episode, I discuss Jean Baudrillard's essay on chess from Screened Out. If you want to support me, you can do that with these links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theoryandphilosophy paypal.me/theoryphilosophy Twitter: @DavidGuignion Tiktok: @theoryphilosophy IG: @theo ... Show More

If you understand mathematics and logic, you have the basis for understanding everything else. • The ultimate foundations are math and logic: 0:00 • It’s better to read a great book slowly than to fly through a hundred books quickly: 1:22 • Learn persuasion and programming: 2:08 ... Show More