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A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise of the 8-week General Philosophy course, delivered to first year undergraduates. These lectures aim to provide a thorough introduction to many philosophical topics and to get students and others interested in thinking about key areas of philosophy. Taking a chronological view of the history of philosophy, each lecture is split into 3 or 4 sections which outline a particular philosophical problem and how different philosophers have attempted to resolve the issue. Individuals interested in the 'big' questions about life such as how we perceive the world, who we are in the world and whether we are free to act will find this series informative, comprehensive and accessible.

Recent Episodes
  • 1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy
    Feb 19, 2010 – 05:21
  • 1.2 The Background of Early Modern Philosophy
    Feb 19, 2010 – 15:52
  • 1.3 Science from Aristotle to Galileo
    Feb 19, 2010 – 18:11
  • 1.4 From Galileo to Descartes
    Feb 19, 2010 – 10:46
  • General Philosophy Lecture 1 (Slides)
    Feb 19, 2010 –
  • 2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1
    Mar 16, 2010 – 05:42
  • 2.2 Thomas Hobbes: The Monster of Malmesbury
    Mar 16, 2010 – 11:33
  • 2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton
    Mar 16, 2010 – 13:58
  • 2.4 John Locke
    Mar 16, 2010 – 12:08
  • 2.5 Nicolas Malebranche and George Berkeley
    Mar 16, 2010 – 09:26
  • 2.6 David Hume
    Mar 16, 2010 – 12:40
  • 2.7 Overview: Kant and Modern Science
    Apr 8, 2010 – 17:16
  • General Philosophy Lecture 2 (Slides)
    Apr 8, 2010 –
  • 3.1 Hume's Argument Concerning Induction
    Apr 8, 2010 – 12:51
  • 3.2 Responses to Hume's Famous Argument
    Apr 8, 2010 – 09:57
  • General Philosophy Lecture 3 (Slides)
    Apr 8, 2010 –
  • 4.1 Scepticism about the External World
    Apr 8, 2010 – 09:57
  • 4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism
    Apr 8, 2010 – 09:06
  • 4.3 Cartesian Dualism
    Apr 8, 2010 – 14:33
  • 4.4 The Mind-Body Problem
    Apr 8, 2010 – 18:22
  • General Philosophy Lecture 4 (Slides)
    Apr 8, 2010 –
  • 5.1 Introduction to Knowledge
    Nov 29, 2010 – 10:27
  • 5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge
    Nov 29, 2010 – 16:34
  • 5.3 Gettier and Other Complications
    Nov 29, 2010 – 14:44
  • 5.4 Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief
    Nov 29, 2010 – 12:30
  • General Philosophy Lecture 5 (Slides)
    Nov 29, 2010 –
  • 6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities
    Nov 30, 2010 – 14:28
  • 6.2 Problems with Resemblance
    Nov 30, 2010 – 10:49
  • 6.3 Abstraction and Idealism
    Nov 30, 2010 – 10:11
  • 6.4 Making Sense of Perception
    Nov 30, 2010 – 16:32
  • General Philosophy Lecture 6 (Slides)
    Nov 30, 2010 –
  • 7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice
    Dec 1, 2010 – 18:44
  • 7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom
    Dec 1, 2010 – 14:03
  • 7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
    Dec 1, 2010 – 10:00
  • 7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
    Dec 1, 2010 – 09:46
  • General Philosophy Lecture 7 (Slides)
    Dec 1, 2010 –
  • 8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity
    Dec 1, 2010 – 08:50
  • 8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity
    Dec 1, 2010 – 15:01
  • 8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity
    Dec 1, 2010 – 09:37
  • 8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains
    Dec 1, 2010 – 10:58
  • General Philosophy Lecture 8 (Slides)
    Dec 1, 2010 –
Recent Reviews
  • Isaac.co
    Easy course
    The ideas are presented in matter in which even a high school student can get a good grasp with the ideas at hand.
  • Felonious D
    Great overview of western philosophy
    From the Greeks to Hume. Very digestible for the layman.
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