Philosophy for Beginners

Philosophy for Beginners

Oxford University

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.

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16 April 2012, 12:38 pm
Reading List (Slides)

Reading list for the Philosophy for Beginners series of podcasts.

16 April 2012, 12:33 pm
1 hour 27 minutes

Philosophy of language and mind

Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language?

9 January 2009, 2:36 pm
1 hour 30 minutes

Metaphysics and Epistemology

Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it?

9 January 2009, 12:14 pm
1 hour 32 minutes

Ethics and politics

Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state?

9 January 2009, 12:11 pm
1 hour 34 minutes

The philosophical method - logic and argument

Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic.

9 January 2009, 12:04 pm
1 hour 32 minutes

A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.

A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.

13 November 2008, 3:10 pm
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