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Philosophy Overdose
A collection of public and academic philosophy videos, mostly analytic philosophy but occasionally continental philosophy too. The channel looks for thought-provoking lectures and interviews, particularly what is rare and involves famous figures. There is occasionally an attempt at translation as well, especially that of German and French.Nothing here is monetized, the channel is wholly non-commercial. Everything here is for the purpose of education and spreading around good philosophy content…
Episodes
Philosophy OverdoseWhat Justifies the State?
An episode from the 1998 Εxαmined Life series. #philosophy #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy
Philosophy Overdose5 Idealisms and their Refutations - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the 5th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The very possibility of self-awareness (an "inner sense" with…
Philosophy Overdose3 Space, Time and the "Analogies of Experiences" - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the 3rd lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Kant's so-called "Copernican" revolution in metaphysics begins…
Philosophy OverdoseDavid Papineau on Consciousness
David Papineau discusses consciousness from a materialist perspective and why dualist intuitions won't go away in an interview with Joe Gelonesi in an episode…
Philosophy OverdoseWittgenstein - The Unsayable and Limits of Thought
In this clip, Ray Monk, Barry Smith, and Marie McGinn discuss the early Wittgenstein's thought in regards to the famous last proposition of the Tractatus…
Philosophy OverdoseReason, Tone and Judgment - Raimond Gaita (2013)
Professor Raimond Gaita gives the first talk in a series on 'Prejudice, Reason and Understanding' at the Australian National University as part of the Freilich…
Philosophy OverdoseRevising Logic - Graham Priest
A re-upload of a talk which was given by Graham Priest on revising logic at a conference on paradox and logical revision at the University of Munich back in…
Philosophy OverdoseErnest Nagel on the Philosophy of Science (1954)
Audio recording of a 1954 lecture given by Professor Ernest Nagel on the philosophy of science at the Cooper Union Forum. #philosophy #philosophyofscience…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Problem of Free Will
A talk given by professor Pamela Hieronymi on the problem of free will and moral responsibility a few years back at the University of Alabama."Among the…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Hallmark of a Philosophical Question (Isaiah Berlin and Bryan Magee)
A very short clip of Isaiah Berlin in conversation with Bryan Magee. This is from a 1977 program on philosophy. The full interview can be found here…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Virtual and The Real (David Chalmers)
Distinguished philosopher Dr. David Chalmers discusses some of the philosophical issues that arise regarding virtual reality technology in a lecture back in…
Philosophy OverdoseSidney Morgenbesser on Naturalism (1966)
Audio recording of a 1966 lecture given by Sidney Morgenbesser on philosophical naturalism at the Cooper Union Forum as part of a series on Philosophy for…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Problem of Self-Knowledge
A talk given by Barry Smith a few years back on the nature of self-knowledge (i.e. knowledge of one's own inner states of mind) and some of the philosophical…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Guts of the Frankfurt School: Reexamining Marx and the Marriage with Freud (Marcuse and Bryan Magee)
The full interview can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U23Ho0m_Sv0#philosophy #bryanmagee #marx #freud #politicaltheory #politicalphilosophy…
Philosophy OverdoseResurrection of the Body? Physicalism and the Possibility of Life After Death
Can a Christian be a physicalist? And is there a coherent story to tell about how a physical entity can survive bodily death? In this talk, Rebekah Rice…
Philosophy OverdoseDivine Command Theory and the Euthyphro Objection
Russ Shafer-Landau explains the Euthyphro Dilemma and why it presents a serious problem to Divine Command Theory. This comes from a talk on objective morality…
Philosophy OverdoseGadamer on Augustine on Time (1987)
A short clip of Hans-Georg Gadamer discussing Augustine on time. This is re-upload. The translation is mine. More Gadamer…
Philosophy OverdosePerception, Abstraction and Idealism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses the problem of perception, the distinction between primary and secondary qualities…
Philosophy OverdoseG. A. Cohen does Isaiah Berlin (1991)
G. A. Cohen impersonates Sir Isaiah Berlin in this short clip from 1991. #philosophy #isaiahberlin
Philosophy OverdoseWittgenstein on the Mind - Norman Malcolm (1968)
Rare audio recording of a 1968 lecture by Norman Malcolm on Ludwig Wittgenstein's views about the nature of the mind. He explains why Wittgenstein rejected the…
Philosophy Overdose8 The Paralogisms and Antinomies of Pure Reason - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the final lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Reason, properly disciplined, draws permissible inferences…
Philosophy OverdoseWhat is Distinctive of Human Thought?
Descartes famously argued that animals were mere machines, without thought or consciousness. Few would now share this view. But if other animals have conscious…
Philosophy OverdoseFree Will Pessimism
A short clip of Galen Strawson discussing his master argument against the very possibility of free will and moral responsibility; one which applies whether or…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Supremacy of Method - Ernest Nagel (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Ernest Nagel on the supremacy of method at Columbia University. #philosophy #science #epistemology #philosophyofscience…
Philosophy OverdoseNietzsche on Nihilism and the Death of God - Ken Gemes
Audio recording of the first of two lectures by Ken Gemes on Nietzsche. In this first talk, Ken Gemes introduces Nietzsche as the philosopher of the death of…
Philosophy OverdoseHume on the Argument from Design
Michael Levine discusses David Hume on the teleological argument or the argument from design with Alan Saunders in this clip from an episode of the…
Philosophy OverdoseHonderich vs Penrose on Consciousness (1999)
Ted Honderich pushes Sir Roger Penrose about his view about consciousness and whether it involves a relation of identity, presenting something of a dilemma in…
Philosophy OverdoseRobert Nozick on Karl Popper's Anti-Inductivism (2001)
Audio recording of Robert Nozick presenting an argument against Karl Popper's anti-inductivist view of scientific knowledge in a clip from a 2001 interview by…
Philosophy OverdoseWittgenstein's Contribution to Philosophy
Wittgenstein scholar Peter Hacker discusses the life and philosophical thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein in a lecture from a few years back at the Chαbad Society…
Philosophy OverdoseJohn Locke's Political Philosophy
After briefly discussing Thomas Hobbes, Professor Charles Anderson discusses the thought of John Locke. This comes from a course on Political, Economic, &…
Philosophy OverdosePolitical Philosophy and John Rawls
Audio recording of a lecture by Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls' political philosophy. After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical…
Philosophy OverdoseWhat Distinguishes a Person from a Word? The Thought of C. S. Peirce
A lecture given on the thought of Charles Sanders Peirce by Grant Franks in 2017 at St. John's College.#philosophy #epistemology #philosophyofmind #kant…
Philosophy OverdosePrerequisites of Language Acquisition - Noam Chomsky (1964)
Noam Chomsky discusses language and the innate structures of the mind in a 1964 lecture at UC Berkeley and sponsored by the Philosophy Colloquium. 00:00…
Philosophy OverdoseCreativity in Science - Ernest Nagel (1968)
Audio recording of a public lecture by professor Ernest Nagel on the nature of creativity, particularly in connection with science. This talk was given at the…
Philosophy OverdoseNietzsche on the Value of Truth - Ken Gemes
Audio recording of the second lecture by Ken Gemes on Nietzsche. Nietzsche claims that with the rejection of religious underpinning of the value of truth (e.g…
Philosophy OverdosePhilosophy and Our Mental Life - Hilary Putnam (1973)
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Hilary Putnam as part of a symposium on "Computers and the Mind" at the University of California (Berkeley). The question…
Philosophy OverdoseIsaiah Berlin Interview on Freedom (1974)
This is from an episode of the podcast Philosopher's Zone from a few years back. For more about the Philosopher's Zone…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Hiddenness of God (Peter van Inwagen)
Audio recording of a lecture by Peter van Inwagen on the problem of divine hiddenness at Calvin College back in 2004. This was the second of his Jellema…
Philosophy OverdoseSame-Sex Marriage Arguments
Professor Martha Nussbaum discusses the main arguments against same-sex marriage in a clip which comes from a 2010 lecture at the Harvard Book Store on her…
Philosophy Overdose2 Romanticism - First Attack on Enlightenment (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin gives the 2nd lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.All 6 lectures…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Afterlife: How People Who Don’t Yet Exist Matter More to Us than People Who Do
Samuel Scheffler (University Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University) delivers the first of his 2012 Tanner lectures at Berkeley with commentary…
Philosophy OverdoseAldous Huxley on the Ultimate Revolution (1962)
Audio recording of a 1962 lecture by Aldous Huxley at UC Berkeley. He discusses some of the themes of his famous work Brave New World regarding authoritarian…
Philosophy OverdoseWittgenstein vs Socrates on Definitions and Explanations (James Klagge)
Wittgenstein described some of his views as being the opposite of Socrates'. Socrates famously sought essential definitions for concepts such as Truth…
Philosophy OverdoseExamining the Ethics of the Unthinkable: The Holocaust and Bioethics - Arthur Caplan (1989)
Audio recording of a keynote speech by Professor Arthur L. Caplan at a 1989 conference on the meaning of the Holocaust for bioethics at the University of…
Philosophy Overdose2 The Broader Philosophical Context - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)
Dan Robinson gives the 2nd lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. The significant advances in physics in the 17th century stood…
Philosophy OverdoseWittgenstein's Notion of Family Resemblance
Audio from: https://youtu.be/v_hQpvQYhOIMore Short Clips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE8v8UVlc7JuuNHwvhkaOvzcYou may also want to check…
Philosophy OverdoseFallibilism's Payoff - Catherine Elgin
Catherine Elgin discusses fallibilism in a 2016 lecture at the University of Edinburgh. Elgin's talk "True Enough": https://youtu.be/P5pKJGXuCNE#philosophy…
Philosophy OverdoseLanguage, Thought, and Politics
John Searle (the University of California, Berkeley) and Michael Silverstein (the University of Chicago) discuss George Orwell on the relation between…
Philosophy OverdoseWhat Is Probability? Difficulties Understanding Probability
Professor David Wallace discusses the nature of probability and some of the philosophical puzzles that arise regarding how to understand and make sense of…
Philosophy OverdoseWords and Philosophy - Hugh Mellor (1978)
Audio recording of a series of six short ratio talks by Hugh Mellor back in 1978 on the use of words in philosophy. Among other things, he dispells the myth…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Legacy of John Rawls
The legacy of the political philosopher John Rawls is discussed by Michael Sandel (Harvard University), Steve Macedo (Princeton University), and Anthony Laden…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Absurdity of Moral Relativism and Subjectivism - A Polemic
Skeletons will dance, positions will be refuted. This is a re-upload from the previous channel. It was made in 2016. You may also like the following…
Philosophy OverdoseKarl Popper on Observation and Induction (1989)
A reupload of audio recording of Karl Popper discussing his views on observation and induction, specifically how knowledge and science do not start from…
Philosophy OverdoseRussell-Copleston Debate on God's Existence (1948)
Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston debate the existence of God in this famous radio debate from 1948. Copleston here presents the argument from…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Making of a Philosopher - What is Meant by 'Can't'? (Isaiah Berlin)
A very short clip of Isaiah Berlin in conversation with Bryan Magee from a 1977 program on philosophy which can be found here…
Philosophy OverdoseThe Loss of Absolute Authority - Hannah Arendt (1972)
Hannah Arendt believed that the will of the totalitarian ruler occupied the place left vacant by the absolute authority over the world attributed to God during…
Philosophy OverdoseIntro to the Philosophy of Mathematics (Ray Monk)
A good introduction to the philosophy of mathematics by Ray Monk. He considers the issue of the nature of mathematical truth - what mathematics is actually…
Philosophy OverdoseTheories of Welfare - Ethics and Society Course
The nature of well-being is discussed in this introductory lecture from a 2023 course on Ethics and Society by Professor Samuel Zincke Elgin at UCSD, the…
Philosophy OverdosePragmatism and Truth - Rorty, Putnam, and Conant (2002)
Audio recording of a discussion between Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and James Conant on pragmatism and truth. This comes from an episode of Odyssey on WBEZ…
Philosophy OverdoseKnowledge and Scepticism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses the traditional analysis of knowledge, Gettier cases, externalism, scepticism, and…