Part 8.4. The final part of this series. Explores the distinction between mind and body and whether this makes a difference to the idea of personal identity.

8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

Dec 1st, 2010 10m 58s

Part 8.4. The final part of this series. Explores the distinction between mind and body and whether this makes a difference to the idea of personal identity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http

General Philosophy Lecture 8 (Slides)

Dec 1st, 2010

PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 8.

8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 9m 37s

Part 8.3. Criticisms of Locke's view of personal identity; if personal identity is dependent on memory then how does forgetting personal history and the concept of false memory change Locke's view of personal identity. Creative Commons Attribu

8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 9m 37s

8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 15m 1s

Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'personal history' distinguish personal identity and the idea of memory as crucial for personal identity. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike

8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 15m 1s

Part 8.2. Looks at John Locke's view of personal identity; how consciousness and 'personal history' distinguish personal identity and the idea of memory as crucial for personal identity.

8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 8m 50s

Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, whether someone is the same person over time and Leibniz's law of sameness. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http

8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

Dec 1st, 2010 8m 50s

Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, whether someone is the same person over time and Leibniz's law of sameness.

7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

Dec 1st, 2010 9m 46s

Part 7.4. A brief explanation of Hume's argument for sentimentalism and Robert Kane's views on free will and determinism.

General Philosophy Lecture 7 (Slides)

Dec 1st, 2010

PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 7.

7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

Dec 1st, 2010 9m 46s

Part 7.4. A brief explanation of Hume's argument for sentimentalism and Robert Kane's views on free will and determinism. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-n

7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

Dec 1st, 2010 10m

Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined.

7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

Dec 1st, 2010 10m

Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.

7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

Dec 1st, 2010 14m 3s

Part 7.2. Looks at Hobbes' and Hume's views of free will and the three concepts of freedom, and considers the idea of moral responsibility as dependent on free will.

7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

Dec 1st, 2010 14m 3s

Part 7.2. Looks at Hobbes' and Hume's views of free will and the three concepts of freedom, and considers the idea of moral responsibility as dependent on free will. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wal

7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

Dec 1st, 2010 18m 44s

Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for a concept of freedom to allow free choice, the problems associated with this and asking whether we really have freedom of ch

7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

Dec 1st, 2010 18m 44s

General Philosophy Lecture 6 (Slides)

Nov 30th, 2010

PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 6.

6.4 Making Sense of Perception

Nov 30th, 2010 16m 32s

Part 6.4. A brief overview of contemporary accounts of perception; including phenomenalism (that objects are logical constructions from sense data) and direct realism (that we perceive objects and the external world directly). Creative Commons

6.4 Making Sense of Perception

Nov 30th, 2010 16m 32s

6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

Nov 30th, 2010 10m 11s

Part 6.3. Criticisms of the resemblance theory of perception and an introduction to idealism - that perceptions of the external world are all within the mind as ideas. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & W

6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

Nov 30th, 2010 10m 11s

Part 6.3. Criticisms of the resemblance theory of perception and an introduction to idealism - that perceptions of the external world are all within the mind as ideas.

6.2 Problems with Resemblance

Nov 30th, 2010 10m 49s

Part 6.2. Explores Berkeley's and Locke's arguments concerning the resemblance of qualities and objects; that the perceived qualities of objects exist only in the mind or whether secondary qualities are intrinsically part of the object. Creati