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Philosophy has been studied for thousands of years. It involves the use of reason and argument to search for the truth about reality - about the nature of things, ethics, aesthetics, language, the mind, God and everything else. This series of five introductory lectures, aimed at students new to philosophy, presented by Marianne Talbot, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford, will test you on some famous thought experiments and introduce you to some central philosophical issues and to the thoughts of some key philosophers.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Introductory philosophy lectures • logic, argument, symbolic logic • metaphysics, epistemology, knowledge • philosophy of language, mind, rationality, consciousness • ethics, political justice • history of philosophy, Pre-Socratics to presentThis podcast offers an introductory survey of philosophy designed for listeners who are new to the subject. It presents philosophy as a disciplined search for truth using reasoned argument, and it moves across several core areas of the field while highlighting how philosophers frame and investigate big questions.
Across the series, listeners are introduced to the philosophical method itself, with attention to logic and argumentation, including elements of symbolic logic and the role of careful reasoning in evaluating claims. The podcast also explores metaphysics and epistemology by asking what kinds of things exist, what their nature might be, and how (or whether) we can know about reality.
Another strand focuses on philosophy of mind and language, addressing questions about rationality and consciousness and examining how language can represent thoughts and experiences. Ethical and political themes are also central, with discussion of how people ought to live and what principles might underpin a just society.
In addition to thematic introductions, the podcast situates these topics within a broad historical arc, spanning major developments from early Greek philosophy to more recent thought. Throughout, it draws on well-known problems and thought experiments to illustrate how philosophical questions are posed and how different approaches attempt to answer them.
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Philosophy of language and mind 2009-Jan-09 87 minutes |
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Metaphysics and Epistemology 2009-Jan-09 90 minutes |
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Ethics and politics 2009-Jan-09 92 minutes |
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The philosophical method - logic and argument 2009-Jan-09 94 minutes |
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A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day. 2008-Nov-13 92 minutes |