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The great ideas of philosophy / Daniel N. Robinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher number: 4200 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (Course guidebook)Publication details: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, c2004Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 329p. : ill. ; 19 cm. Includes DVDISBN:
  • 1565859812
  • 9781565859814
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 MUK 109 ROB
Contents:
Volume 1. Lecture 1. From the Upanishads to Homer ; Lecture 2. Philosophy: Did the Greeks invent it? ; Lecture 3. Pythagoras and the divinity of number ; Lecture 4. What is there? ; Lecture 5. The Greek tragedians on man's fate ; Lecture 6. Herodotus and the lamp of history -- Lecture 7. Socrates on the examined life ; Lecture 8. Plato's search for truth ; Lecture 9. Can virtue be taught? ; Lecture 10. Plato's 'Republic': Man writ large ; Lecture 11. Hippocrates and the science of life ; Lecture 12. Aristotle on the knowable.
Volume 2. Lecture 13. Aristotle on friendship ; Lecture 14. Aristotle on the perfect life ; Lecture 15. Rome, the Stoics, and the rule of law ; Lecture 16. The Stoic bridge to Christianity ; Lecture 17. Roman law: Making a city of the once-wide world ; Lecture 18. The light within: Augustine on human nature -- Lecture 19. Islam ; Lecture 20. Secular knowledge: The idea of university ; Lecture 21. The reappearance of experimental science ; Lecture 22. Scholasticism and the theory of natural law ; Lecture 23. The Renaissance: Was there one? ; Lecture 24. Let us burn the witches to save them.
Volume 3. Lecture 25. Francis Bacon and the authority of experience ; Lecture 26. Descartes and the authority of reason ; Lecture 27. Newton: The saint of science ; Lecture 28. Hobbes and the social machine ; Lecture 29. Locke's Newtonian science of the mind ; Lecture 30. No matter? The challenge of materialism -- Lecture 31. Hume and the pursuit of happiness ; Lecture 32. Thomas Reid and the Scottish school ; Lecture 33. France and the philosophes ; Lecture 34. 'The Federalist Papers' and the great experiment ; Lecture 35. What is Enlightenment? Kant on freedom ; Lecture 36. Moral science and the natural world.
Volume 4. Lecture 37. Phrenology: A science of the mind ; Lecture 38. The idea of freedom ; Lecture 39. The Hegelians and history ; Lecture 40. The aesthetic movement: Genius ; Lecture 41. Nietzsche at the twilight ; Lecture 42. The liberal tradition: J.S. Mill -- Lecture 43. Darwin and nature's "purposes" ; Lecture 44. Marxism: Dead but not forgotten ; Lecture 45. The Freudian world ; Lecture 46 The radical William James ; Lecture 47. William James' pragmatism ; Lecture 48. Wittgenstein and the discursive turn.
Volume 5. Lecture 49. Alan Turing in the forest of wisdom ; Lecture 50. Four theories of the good life ; Lecture 51. Ontology: What there "really" is ; Lecture 52. Philosophy of science: The last word? ; Lecture 53. Philosophy of psychology and related confusions ; Lecture 54. Philosophy of mind, if there is one -- Lecture 55. What makes a problem "moral" ; Lecture 56. Medicine and the value of life ; Lecture 57. On the nature of law ; Lecture 58. Justice and just wars ; Lecture 59. Aesthetics: Beauty without observers ; Lecture 60. God: Really?
Daniel N. Robinson, Oxford University, lecturer.Summary: Presents sixty lectures by Professor Robinson, tracing the origins of philosophy and its history across the centuries.
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Course guidebook includes Professor biography, course scope, lecture outline, timeline, glossary, bibliographical notes, and bibliography.

Course no. 4200

Volume 1. Lecture 1. From the Upanishads to Homer ; Lecture 2. Philosophy: Did the Greeks invent it? ; Lecture 3. Pythagoras and the divinity of number ; Lecture 4. What is there? ; Lecture 5. The Greek tragedians on man's fate ; Lecture 6. Herodotus and the lamp of history -- Lecture 7. Socrates on the examined life ; Lecture 8. Plato's search for truth ; Lecture 9. Can virtue be taught? ; Lecture 10. Plato's 'Republic': Man writ large ; Lecture 11. Hippocrates and the science of life ; Lecture 12. Aristotle on the knowable.

Volume 2. Lecture 13. Aristotle on friendship ; Lecture 14. Aristotle on the perfect life ; Lecture 15. Rome, the Stoics, and the rule of law ; Lecture 16. The Stoic bridge to Christianity ; Lecture 17. Roman law: Making a city of the once-wide world ; Lecture 18. The light within: Augustine on human nature -- Lecture 19. Islam ; Lecture 20. Secular knowledge: The idea of university ; Lecture 21. The reappearance of experimental science ; Lecture 22. Scholasticism and the theory of natural law ; Lecture 23. The Renaissance: Was there one? ; Lecture 24. Let us burn the witches to save them.

Volume 3. Lecture 25. Francis Bacon and the authority of experience ; Lecture 26. Descartes and the authority of reason ; Lecture 27. Newton: The saint of science ; Lecture 28. Hobbes and the social machine ; Lecture 29. Locke's Newtonian science of the mind ; Lecture 30. No matter? The challenge of materialism -- Lecture 31. Hume and the pursuit of happiness ; Lecture 32. Thomas Reid and the Scottish school ; Lecture 33. France and the philosophes ; Lecture 34. 'The Federalist Papers' and the great experiment ; Lecture 35. What is Enlightenment? Kant on freedom ; Lecture 36. Moral science and the natural world.

Volume 4. Lecture 37. Phrenology: A science of the mind ; Lecture 38. The idea of freedom ; Lecture 39. The Hegelians and history ; Lecture 40. The aesthetic movement: Genius ; Lecture 41. Nietzsche at the twilight ; Lecture 42. The liberal tradition: J.S. Mill -- Lecture 43. Darwin and nature's "purposes" ; Lecture 44. Marxism: Dead but not forgotten ; Lecture 45. The Freudian world ; Lecture 46 The radical William James ; Lecture 47. William James' pragmatism ; Lecture 48. Wittgenstein and the discursive turn.

Volume 5. Lecture 49. Alan Turing in the forest of wisdom ; Lecture 50. Four theories of the good life ; Lecture 51. Ontology: What there "really" is ; Lecture 52. Philosophy of science: The last word? ; Lecture 53. Philosophy of psychology and related confusions ; Lecture 54. Philosophy of mind, if there is one -- Lecture 55. What makes a problem "moral" ; Lecture 56. Medicine and the value of life ; Lecture 57. On the nature of law ; Lecture 58. Justice and just wars ; Lecture 59. Aesthetics: Beauty without observers ; Lecture 60. God: Really?

Daniel N. Robinson, Oxford University, lecturer.

Presents sixty lectures by Professor Robinson, tracing the origins of philosophy and its history across the centuries.

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