Fourth and final lecture in the 2011 John Locke lecture series. Philosophy is a demanding intellectual discipline, with many facets: logic, epistemology, philosophy of nature and science, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, rhetoric, philosophy of language and mind. But a long tradition of ancient Greek philosophers, beginning with Socrates, made their philosophies also complete ways of life. For them reason, perfected by philosophy-not religion, not cultural traditions and practices-constitutes the only legitimate authority for determining how one ought to live. They also thought philosophically informed reason should be the basis for all our practical attitudes, all our decisions, and in fact the whole of our lives. In these lectures we examine the development of this pagan tradition in philosophy, from its establishment by Socrates, through Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicurus, the Pyrrhonian Skeptics, and Plotinus and late ancient Platonism.
6 July 2011, 6:09 pm
1 hour 1 minute
2011 Lecture 3: The Stoic Way of Life
Third lecture in the 2011 John Locke Lecture Series. Philosophy is a demanding intellectual discipline, with many facets: logic, epistemology, philosophy of nature and science, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, rhetoric, philosophy of language and mind. But a long tradition of ancient Greek philosophers, beginning with Socrates, made their philosophies also complete ways of life. For them reason, perfected by philosophy-not religion, not cultural traditions and practices-constitutes the only legitimate authority for determining how one ought to live. They also thought philosophically informed reason should be the basis for all our practical attitudes, all our decisions, and in fact the whole of our lives. In these lectures we examine the development of this pagan tradition in philosophy, from its establishment by Socrates, through Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicurus, the Pyrrhonian Skeptics, and Plotinus and late ancient Platonism.
6 July 2011, 6:08 pm
1 hour 1 second
2011 Lecture 2: Aristotle's Philosophy as Two Ways of Life
Second lecture in the 2011 John Locke Lecture Series. Philosophy is a demanding intellectual discipline, with many facets: logic, epistemology, philosophy of nature and science, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, rhetoric, philosophy of language and mind. But a long tradition of ancient Greek philosophers, beginning with Socrates, made their philosophies also complete ways of life. For them reason, perfected by philosophy-not religion, not cultural traditions and practices-constitutes the only legitimate authority for determining how one ought to live. They also thought philosophically informed reason should be the basis for all our practical attitudes, all our decisions, and in fact the whole of our lives. In these lectures we examine the development of this pagan tradition in philosophy, from its establishment by Socrates, through Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicurus, the Pyrrhonian Skeptics, and Plotinus and late ancient Platonism.
6 July 2011, 6:06 pm
59 minutes 28 seconds
2011 Lecture 1: Philosophy in Antiquity as a Way of Life
Part of the 2011 John Locke Lecture Series; this year presented by Professor John Cooper, Princeton University, on 'Ancient Greek Philosophies as a Way of Life'. Philosophy is a demanding intellectual discipline, with many facets: logic, epistemology, philosophy of nature and science, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of art, rhetoric, philosophy of language and mind. But a long tradition of ancient Greek philosophers, beginning with Socrates, made their philosophies also complete ways of life. For them reason, perfected by philosophy-not religion, not cultural traditions and practices-constitutes the only legitimate authority for determining how one ought to live. They also thought philosophically informed reason should be the basis for all our practical attitudes, all our decisions, and in fact the whole of our lives. In these lectures we examine the development of this pagan tradition in philosophy, from its establishment by Socrates, through Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicurus, the Pyrrhonian Skeptics, and Plotinus and late ancient Platonism.
6 July 2011, 6:04 pm
59 minutes 51 seconds
2009 Lecture 5: Normative Structures
Fifth and final lecture in the 2009 John Locke lectures entitled Being Realistic about Reasons.
20 December 2010, 1:45 pm
59 minutes 31 seconds
2009 Lecture 4: Epistemological Problems
Fourth lecture in the 2009 John Locke Lecture series entitled Being Realistic about Reasons.
20 December 2010, 1:43 pm
59 minutes 29 seconds
2009 Lecture 3: Motivation and the Appeal of Expressivism
Third lecture in the 2009 John Locke lecture series entitled Being Realistic about Reasons.
20 December 2010, 1:37 pm
52 minutes 15 seconds
2009 Lecture 2: Normativity and Metaphysics
Second lecture in the 2009 John Locke lectures entitled Being Realistic about Reasons.
20 December 2010, 1:35 pm
55 minutes 12 seconds
2009 Lecture 1: Being Realistic about Reasons Introduction
First lecture of the 2009 John Locke Lectures entitled 'Being Realistic about Reasons.
20 December 2010, 1:33 pm
1 hour 9 minutes
2010 Lecture 6: Whither the Aufbau?
Sixth and final lecture in the John Locke lecture series entitled Constructing the World.
15 December 2010, 6:17 pm
1 hour 4 minutes
2010 Lecture 5: Hard Cases: Mathematics, Normativity, Ontology, Intentionality
Fifth lecture in the 2010 John Locke lecture series entitled Constructing the World.