Philosophical Overdose (videos of July 2017)

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24:02 Philosophy of Mathematics - The Philosopher's Zone You can count from 1 to 2, from 2 to 3, and so on without end. You know that you're not going to run out of numbers to count, but how do you know? Are numbers mere mental constructs, something inve...
41:24 David Hume John Passmore talks to Bryan Magee about David Hume in this 1987 interview.
1:30 Heidegger on Marx & World Change Martin Heidegger discusses Karl Marx's famous quote: "The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point, however, is to change it." ("Die Philosophen haben die We...
1:28:31 Every Thing Must Go - James Ladyman James Ladyman discusses scientific realism and structural realism.
50:52 Being, Univocity, & Logical Syntax Adrian Moore focuses on the idea of the univocity of Being, championed by Duns Scotus and given prominence more recently by Deleuze. Although interested in how this idea can be established, profess...
5:04 Richard Rorty on Pragmatism Richard Rorty discusses his own version of pragmatism, neopragmatism.
31:30 Derrida
22:11 Karl Popper Interview Karl Popper discusses his life and views about various things, including Marx, science, relativism, the uncertainty of knowledge, why we can only falsity theories rather than prove them, and why le...
1:15:40 Deflating Consciousness Keith Frankish tries to convince Robert Wright that consciousness does not exist in the way we ordinarily tend to think. This is an episode of Wright's show from: http://meaningoflife.tv
27:40 Epicurus - Atoms, Pleasure, & Death James Warren of Cambridge University talks to Peter Adamson about Epicurus, his atomism, his hedonism and the Epicurean arguments against the fear of death. This is an episode of Adamson's podcast ...
1:42:41 Coherence and Truth Hasok Chang gives his second talk in a series titled Pragmatist Realism: Philosophy, History and Science. This is from the university of Tartu.
1:38:56 The Revival of Pragmatism in the Philosophy of Science Hasok Chang gives the first lecture in a series titled Pragmatist Realism: Philosophy, History and Science. This is from the university of Tartu.
45:07 Philosopher Karl Popper - A Portrait Karl Popper was an Austro-British philosopher regarded as one of the greatest philosophers of science in the 20th century. He is known for his attempt to repudiate the classical observationalist-in...
41:54 Cogito Ergo Sum Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most famous statements in philosophy: "Cogito ergo sum". In his Discourse on the Method, published in 1637, the French polymath Rene Descartes wrote a sen...
44:43 Linguistic Philosophy - Bernard Williams Bernard Williams and Bryan Magee discuss Linguistic Philosophy in this 1978 BBC program.