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. If there's any problem, let me know, and I can take it down.Feel free to let me know if there's anything you'd like me to post, including one of...
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Nov 14, 2026 · 1:47:55
Professor J.M. Bernstein introduces Hegel and discusses his initial moves and philosophical project, including the departure from Kant and Kantianism. This is the first lecture…
Nov 14, 2026 · 8:05
A brief introductory clip about Aristotle's ethics. It comes from the series on great ideas of philosophy. Uploaded 07-04-24#philosophy #aristotle #ethics Learn more about your…
Nov 14, 2026 · 17:16
A clip of Iris Murdoch discussing the similarities and differences between literature and philosophy in an interview with Bryan Magee from 1977 that I quite like. This is a…
Nov 14, 2026 · 37:27
Audio recording of a lecture by Ronald M. Dworkin on his book "Justice for Hedgehogs" at the Carnegie Council in 2011. The title is a reference to the Ancient Greek poet…
Nov 14, 2026 · 56:33
Professor Dan Robinson gives the third in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. Causality arises from a habit of the mind formed by…
Nov 14, 2026 · 52:09
We are all familiar with the notion that time passes, but what does this mean? In this talk, Dr Simon Prosser argues that time does not pass. He begins by outlining some…
Nov 14, 2026 · 1:14:56
Donald Davidson discusses his views on epistemology and perception with Michael Martin. Among other things, he discusses the traditional definition of knowledge as justified true…
Nov 14, 2026 · 13:58
Professor John Searle considers the issue of whether a digital computer can think, presenting his famous Chinese Room thought experiment. This comes from John Searle's 1984 BBC…
Nov 14, 2026 · 9:44
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:…
Nov 14, 2026 · 1:15:03
Audio recording of a 1962 lecture given by professor Ernest Nagel at Yale on the current issues in the philosophy of science. Uploaded 01-01-25#philosophy #science…
Nov 14, 2026 · 57:20
Leo Rauch gives a lecture on Existentialism and Heidegger in 1967 at the Cooper Union Forum as part of a series on Forces in American Philosophy. Uploaded 09-07-24#philosophy…
Nov 14, 2026 · 17:13
A news segment on Deep Blue's victory over world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997, which features commentary from both Daniel Dennett and Hubert Dreyfus on the possible…
Nov 14, 2026 · 1:39:16
Audio recording of a 1994 lecture by Michael Dummett on Frege and the philosophy of mathematics at the LSE on the occasion of his Lakatos Award for an outstanding contribution to…
Nov 14, 2026 · 4:09
Audio recording of a short clip of Thomas Kuhn talking about his famous book 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'. This is an excerpt from: "an intellectual autobiography in…
Nov 14, 2026 · 54:14
This is an introductory program on ethics. It comes from the series on great ideas of philosophy a number of years back. Uploaded 03-03-24#philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy…
Nov 14, 2026 · 11:35
Clips of Hans-Georg Gadamer from a 1970 lecture on language and understanding. This is a version of an upload from the other channel. The translation is my own. More Gadamer:…
Nov 14, 2026 · 1:08:27
A talk given by Noam Chomsky a few years back at the Collège de France. He discusses, among other things, what he calls Plato's problem, Orwell's problem, and Descartes' problem,…
Nov 14, 2026 · 30:14
This is from an episode of the podcast Philosopher's Zone from a few years back. For more about the Philosopher's Zone:…
Nov 13, 2026 · 11:07
A few clips of Noam Chomsky discussing language, freedom, and Marx. This comes from a 1994 interview from the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. Uploaded 29-05-24#philosophy…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:25:22
Audio recording of a 1991 lecture by James W. Rachels on Darwin and animal ethics at a conference on the ethics of animal experimentation at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at…
Nov 13, 2026 · 11:05
Clips of Gilbert Harman, Ronald Dworkin, James Rachels, John Finnis, and others discussing moral relativism and emotivism. These clips come from an episode of the 1998 Εxαminϵd…
Nov 13, 2026 · 10:13
This comes from a 1996 program called Brainspotting. Read more on personal identity: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/Uploaded 30-06-21#philosophy #parfit…
Nov 13, 2026 · 47:01
Dan Robinson gives the 6th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Empiricists have no explanation for how we move from "mere forms of thought" to…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:18:12
This is a talk given by Jonathan Hand in 2019 at St. John's college.Uploaded 22-06-21#philosophy #hegel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:10:03
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 evaluates proposals by…
Nov 13, 2026 · 8:05
A few introductory clips about Plato and Aristotle on aesthetics. This comes from a program on aesthetics and the philosophy of art in a series on great ideas in philosophy a few…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:37:08
Galen Strawson delivers a lecture on the philosophy of perception at the Marc Sanders Foundation back in 2014. Uploaded 17-11-25More on these philosophical issues regarding the…
Nov 13, 2026 · 55:34
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 Chicago from back in…
Nov 13, 2026 · 21:26
A clip of James Conant comparing and discussing a metaphor from Kant and the later Wittgenstein. It is from the 5th Wittgenstein Summer School in Kirchberg am Wechsel in Lower…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:15:38
Audio recording of a 1959 lecture by Iris Murdoch at Yale as part of the Bergen lecture series. Uploaded 26-12-24#philosophy #aesthetics #literature Learn more about your ad…
Nov 13, 2026 · 48:22
Dan Robinson gives the 7th lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Kant argues that: "The synthetic unity of consciousness is... an objective…
Nov 13, 2026 · 16:10
A few introductory clips on Descartes' individualistic versus Hegel's social notion of the self. These clips come from the 1998 Εxαminϵd Life series. Uploaded 18-04-24#philosophy…
Nov 13, 2026 · 18:02
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 book, From Disgust to…
Nov 13, 2026 · 4:04
In this brief clip, one of the deepest and most perplexing questions of the universe is addressed: Did Kurt Gödel have a sense of humor? This is a re-upload from the previous…
Nov 13, 2026 · 4:58
A clip of Frank Jackson discussing his famous knowledge argument involving Mary and why he ended up changing his mind about it. This clip comes from an interview with Alan…
Nov 13, 2026 · 39:11
Audio recording of a 1968 lecture by William Barrett on existentialism and modern man at the Cooper Union Forum in New York. Uploaded 11-05-24#philosophy #existentialism #sartre…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:02:01
A talk given by Catherine Elgin on her book "True Enough", the development of an epistemology that explains how science and art embody and convey understanding. Philosophy…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:01:43
Audio recording of a 2016 lecture by the philosopher and cultural theorist Kwame Anthony Appiah as part of his Reith Lectures on Mistaken Identities. He argues against a…
Nov 13, 2026 · 12:20
A few introductory clips on Kant's ethics and his famous principle of the categorical imperative. Among some of the featured speakers include James Rachels, Gilbert Harman, and…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:46:33
Audio recording of professor Walter Kaufmann discussing Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and some of its philosophical aspects, as well as the death of tragedy, in a lecture given at…
Nov 13, 2026 · 36:03
Audio recording of an interview with the philosopher and cognitive scientist Jerry Fodor from a few years back. Fodor discusses various approaches and issues in contemporary…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:19:56
Audio recording of Isaiah Berlin delivering the 1963 Alexander S. Keller lecture on romanticism, politics, and ethics at the University of Hartford. Uploaded 16-03-25#philosophy…
Nov 13, 2026 · 1:57:06
Frances Kamm gives a talk called "Who Turned the Trolley? Is There a Problem?" which is the first in a series of lectures on the Trolley Problem called "The Trolley Problem…
Nov 13, 2026 · 22:04
Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston debate the existence of God in this famous radio debate from 1948. Copleston here presents the argument from contingency, which is a kind…
Nov 12, 2026 · 54:29
The legacy of the political philosopher John Rawls is discussed by Michael Sandel (Harvard University), Steve Macedo (Princeton University), and Anthony Laden (the University of…
Nov 12, 2026 · 5:29
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 Philosopher's Zone from back…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:38:59
Adam Toon gives the first lecture in a series of six on the nature of the mind called "The Story of the Mind: Cartesianism, Behaviourism and Fictionalism". These lectures were…
Nov 12, 2026 · 5:59
A version of an upload from the previous channel. It comes from a 1974 interview with Popper. The translation is my own. For more Popper:…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:06:39
Brian Leiter discusses the thought of Nietzsche at Davidson College a few years back. The truth is terrible, Nietzsche tells us. There is no God, the universe lacks any ultimate…
Nov 12, 2026 · 51:28
When is it permissible to kill civilians in war? Jeff McMahan discusses the ethics of killing civilians in war in a talk at Ohio State University back in 2008. More on the…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:32:24
Dr. Peter Dennis gives a public lecture on the nature of rationality at the LSE in 2015. Peter Dennis is an LSE Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific…
Nov 12, 2026 · 21:04
A reupload of audio recording of Karl Popper discussing his views on observation and induction, specifically how knowledge and science do not start from observation, but that all…
Nov 12, 2026 · 6:14
A reading of the beginning of Thomas Nagel's 1971 article "The Absurd", which I've always quite liked.Uploaded 01-12-24#philosophy #existentialism #ethics Learn more about your…
Nov 12, 2026 · 58:51
In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses free will and the problem of moral responsibility. This comes from a 2010 series on General Philosophy.…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:08:07
One of America’s most prominent philosophers says his field has been tilting at windmills for nearly 400 years. Representationalism (or indirect realism)---the idea that we don’t…
Nov 12, 2026 · 55:53
Professor Dan Robinson gives the sixth in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. In the third of his Essays on The Intellectual Powers…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:38:45
What is causation? In this first lecture in this series on the nature of causation, Marianne Talbot discusses Hume's famous account of causation, which is a version of the…
Nov 12, 2026 · 48:38
Audio recording of a lecture by Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls' political philosophy. After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical and political…
Nov 12, 2026 · 4:34
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 Juliαn Sαnchez on…
Nov 12, 2026 · 55:32
An interesting discussion from an episode of Odyssey on WBEZ Chicago from back in 2002 with host Gretchen Helfrich. The participates were professor Stanley Fish and professor…
Nov 12, 2026 · 4:34
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 the Middle Ages.…
Nov 12, 2026 · 57:07
Professor Dan Robinson gives the seventh in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. In his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals…
Nov 12, 2026 · 10:55
Gadamer discusses Hegel's account of self-consciousness. Among other things, he touches on Hegel's master-slave dialectic. The translation is my own.Uploaded 18-07-21More…
Nov 12, 2026 · 16:25
Audio recording of a short program in which Antony Flew discusses the life and thought of the great 17th-century British empiricist philosopher, John Locke. This comes from a…
Nov 12, 2026 · 4:12
A short clip of Isaiah Berlin discussing freedom, touching on his famous distinction between negative and positive freedom.Uploaded 10-07-21Isaiah Berlin interview on freedom:…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:01:34
Audio recording of a 1963 lecture by Alan Donagan on G. E. Moore's ethical non-naturalism and the reaction against it. This was his second talk in a series on contemporary ethics…
Nov 12, 2026 · 56:29
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 University of California…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:00:19
Professor Dan Robinson gives the final lecture in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. “Like all other sciences, morals must have…
Nov 12, 2026 · 1:15:24
Audio recording of a 1979 lecture by Hans-Georg Gadamer on tradition and education that was delivered in English at the University of Dallas. Uploaded 29-04-26#philosophy…
Nov 12, 2026 · 5:54
A short, somewhat random clip of Ray Monk discussing the distinction between concepts and percepts (or "intuitions" in the Kantian jargon), as well as some of the possible…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:59:07
Frances Kamm gives a talk called "How Was the Trolley Turned?" which is the second in a series of lectures on the Trolley Problem called "The Trolley Problem Mysteries: May We…
Nov 11, 2026 · 6:01
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 the process. These…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:38:23
Adam Toon gives the second lecture in a series of six on the nature of the mind called "The Story of the Mind: Cartesianism, Behaviourism and Fictionalism". These lectures were…
Nov 11, 2026 · 48:35
Audio recording of a lecture by Professor Jonathan Wolff (University of Oxford) on Equality and Hierarchy in 2018 as part of the Aristotelian Society lectures. For more…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:11:52
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Ernest Nagel on the supremacy of method at Columbia University. Uploaded 19-03-26#philosophy #science #epistemology #philosophyofscience…
Nov 11, 2026 · 16:52
Audio recording of a short program in which Anthony Quinton discusses the life and thought of the great 17th-century rationalist philosopher, Baruch Spinoza. This comes from a…
Nov 11, 2026 · 10:46
A few clips of Noam Chomsky discussing the limits of knowledge and thought in a 1977 interview with Bryan Magee, and sounding like a dyed-in-the-wool Kantian in the process. This…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:04:11
Audio recording of a 1957 lecture by Ernest Nagel on philosophical concepts of atheism at the Cooper Union Forum as part of a series on Basic Beliefs. Uploaded…
Nov 11, 2026 · 17:57
Audio recording of David Benatar discussing his anti-natalist views in a short interview with Andy Park in a 2024 episode of this ABC Radio National program called The Drawing…
Nov 11, 2026 · 32:35
Audio recording of a 1973 lecture by Willard Van Orman Quine on the question of whether there are any limits to knowledge. Note, this is reupload. More details will be added…
Nov 11, 2026 · 44:13
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 from the resulting…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:40:33
In this fourth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss and contrast Cartesian skepticism with Kantian skepticism, but particularly focuses on Kantian issues of perception and…
Nov 11, 2026 · 5:12
A short of clip of Karl Popper discussing the Open Society from a 1974 interview. The translation is mine. For more Popper:…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:25:32
Alex Voorhoeve and Sarah Broadie discuss the work of the renowned philosopher Philippa Foot at the LSE back in 2013. They discuss her work on the following philosophical issues.…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:19:00
An interview with Hannah Arendt about her life and work in 1964 with Günter Gaus. This is a version of a re-upload. The translation is my own, but parts also come from the…
Nov 11, 2026 · 21:33
Another re-upload from the previous channel. This comes from a course on the history of philosophy by James Anderson a few of years back. I thought it provided a relatively…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:30:04
In this talk, Professor Christine Korsgaard discusses the nature of rights, especially from a Kantian perspective and within the context of non-human animals. This was the Guelph…
Nov 11, 2026 · 15:24
A clip of Martha Nussbaum discussing the nature of anger and her radical view that anger is always normatively flawed. This comes from a lecture Martha Nussbaum gave on anger…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:15:42
Professor Peter Singer delivers a public lecture at the University of Sydney in 2011 on whether understanding evolution helps us to understand ethics and morality. This was part…
Nov 11, 2026 · 58:06
Professor Daniel Dennett gives a public lecture on evolution and free will at Stanford University in 2009. Uploaded 05-01-25#philosophy #freewill #dennett #darwin #causality…
Nov 11, 2026 · 50:55
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 in vivid contrast to…
Nov 11, 2026 · 1:29:46
Audio recording of a lecture by Ronald M. Dworkin as part of his 1988 Tanner lectures on human values at Stanford University on the foundations of liberalism. This was the first…
Nov 11, 2026 · 59:57
Isaiah Berlin gives the 3rd lecture in a series of 6 on Romanticism and its roots.Uploaded 06-06-21All 6 lectures:…
Nov 11, 2026 · 35:08
An episode from the 1998 Εxαmined Life series. Uploaded 14-11-25#philosophy #politicalphilosophy #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Nov 11, 2026 · 27:00
Isaiah Berlin at his very best. This comes from his brilliant series on Romanticism, which you should definitely check out:…
Nov 11, 2026 · 4:40
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 not determinism is…
Nov 10, 2026 · 49:09
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 2012. Uploaded…
Nov 10, 2026 · 9:23
A version of a video from the old channel. This comes from a 1959 interview with Wilfrid Lemoyne from Radio-Canada. The translation is my mine. More Short Clips:…
Nov 10, 2026 · 21:22
Erich Fromm discusses mental health and society in a 1960 interview. Uploaded 03-02-24#philosophy #psychology #erichfromm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Nov 10, 2026 · 9:16
A few clips on Karl Popper and his anti-inductivist conception of science, which come from the 1998 Εxαminϵd Life series. Uploaded 15-03-24#philosophy #karlpopper #epistemology…
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