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John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, chapters 10-19
Locke's discussion of the powers of a commonwealth (legislative, executive, federative), and the terms of acceptable rebellion
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John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, chapters 1-9
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Locke's right-based social contract theory and how his state of nature differs from Hobbes's.
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan
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Key ideas of Hobbes's Leviathan: social contract, state of nature, state of war, sovereignty and the liberties of subjects
Robert Filmer's Patriarchalism
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Robert Filmer's (1588-1653) defense of the divine right of kings
Aristotle's Politics
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Key ideas of Aristotle's Politics
Locke's distinction between primary and secondary qualities
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From Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, Book II, Chapter 8
John Rawls: "Justice as Fairness" (1958)
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The 1958 article where Rawls lays out an embryonic version of his version of the social contract which would be reworked later in A Theory of Justice
Philippa Foot: Virtues and Vices
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Philippa (ONE L) Foot's analysis of moral virtues and discussion of whether a thief can show courage.
J.L. Mackie's "Argument from Queerness" against Moral Realism
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Mackie argues for an "error theory" about moral statements - they are just false because there are no objective moral facts to make them true.
W.D. Ross: The Right and The Good
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W.D. Ross's version of intuitionism as laid out in his 1930 book The Right and The Good
Possible Worlds
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David Lewis's Modal Realism (unicorns are real!), and its pros and cons.
David Lewis: "Are we free to break the laws?"
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David Lewis's compatibilist response to the Consequence Argument
Peter van Inwagen: "An Argument for Incompatibilism"
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Van Inwagen's first version of the consequence argument for the incompatibility of free will and determinism
Thomas Nagel: "What is it like to be a bat?"
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Thomas Nagel argues that humans cannot understand how physicalism about mental states could be possible, while also imagining hanging upside down to sleep.
David Armstrong's Materialist Theory of Mind
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Armstrong's article "The Nature of Mind," where he contrasts his view with Ryle's Dispositional Behaviorism and offers and account of (self) consciousness.
Gilbert Ryle on Descartes' Myth
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Gilbert Ryle on Descartes' Myth
W.V.O. Quine: "Epistemology Naturalized"
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W.V.O. Quine: "Epistemology Naturalized"
G.E. Moore: "Proof of an External World"
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G.E. Moore: "Proof of an External World"
Edmund Gettier: "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"
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Edmund Gettier: "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?"
The Later Wittgenstein
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The Later Wittgenstein
Philosophy of Science: Popper and Kuhn
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Philosophy of Science: Popper and Kuhn
Quine: Two Dogmas of Empiricism
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Quine: Two Dogmas of Empiricism
A.J. Ayer and Logical Positivism
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A.J. Ayer and Logical Positivism
H.P. Grice on Meaning
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H.P. Grice on Meaning
Kripke on Proper Names
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Kripke on Proper Names
John Searle: Proper Names
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John Searle: Proper Names
Russell: On Denoting
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Russell: On Denoting
Donnellan: Reference and Definite Descriptions
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Donnellan: Reference and Definite Descriptions
Frege: Sense, Reference and "The Thought"
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Frege: Sense, Reference and "The Thought"
Can animalism save Marquis's anti-abortion argument?
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Can animalism save Marquis's anti-abortion argument?

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  • @thomasdanch
    @thomasdanch 8 годин тому

    W. Believed that human brains have an ability to structure logically organized perception, starting with word formation. This is thereby translated into meaning we vainly call games, without knowing what the rules are and without ever being able to describe the rules.My dog who does not know human language, has a brain that processes fetching balls, but does not know word ball

  • @OBGynKenobi
    @OBGynKenobi 18 годин тому

    Chapter 1-9 BRIEFLY EXPLAIN?!!!!

  • @JulietCharlotte-y5c
    @JulietCharlotte-y5c 23 години тому

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  • @ScientificGenius
    @ScientificGenius День тому

    Very helpful summary, thank you!

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    @MaudWinston-t8n 2 дні тому

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  • @peterrizzo6336
    @peterrizzo6336 3 дні тому

    FLO is one of the strongest arguments. Also animalism isn't exactly needed, it's OKAY to use but it's not needed at all. FLO is successful and is stand alone.

  • @WilhelminaBruno-f6n
    @WilhelminaBruno-f6n 3 дні тому

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  • @orse631
    @orse631 3 дні тому

    Thank you so much for these videos!

  • @ginogarcia8730
    @ginogarcia8730 3 дні тому

    ohh just realized the other one is 1-9. Woohoo 10-19.

  • @danwylie-sears1134
    @danwylie-sears1134 4 дні тому

    Where did anyone get the idea that the judge of a disagreement has to be "above", i.e. more powerful than, the parties who are trying to settle the disagreement? Conflict is always and everywhere more costly than peaceful settlement, and the more so as the parties to a disagreement are more powerful. The more power a party has, the more they have to lose by conflict. So the more powerful a party is, the more they'll be inclined to favor peaceful means. On the other hand, the more power a judge has, the more they have the potential to further their own whims or interests at the expense of the parties. So it's in the interest of parties to have a judge be as weak as possible. And it's easier to commit to a process that's expected to be mutually beneficial than it is to commit to one that has a high likelihood of being detrimental to at least one party. Commitment is still difficult. But people can do it, because hominids who couldn't make credible commitments didn't survive long enough to become our ancestors.

  • @Ricback2
    @Ricback2 4 дні тому

    A dog who knows astrophysics can have half a dozen walls a day.

  • @ginogarcia8730
    @ginogarcia8730 4 дні тому

    this is so basic for me to ask but may I ask what are the symbols to the left of each important 'fundamental' law? is that a phi? or just your style to indicate a important concept

    • @senestre
      @senestre 4 дні тому

      in english it's the "section" sign, in a lot of other languages it's just the "paragraph" sign

    • @ginogarcia8730
      @ginogarcia8730 4 дні тому

      @@senestre awe cool, thankss

    • @SimonCushing
      @SimonCushing 4 дні тому

      Sorry, yes - that's the symbol for "section". As well as being divided into 19 chapters, the Second Treatise is divided into 243 sections (i.e. paragraphs)

    • @ginogarcia8730
      @ginogarcia8730 4 дні тому

      @@SimonCushing awe thank you... i had a feeling i seen that symbol before and ChatGPT didn't really help. Thank youu

    • @danwylie-sears1134
      @danwylie-sears1134 4 дні тому

      It's a path integral: the limit of sums added up along segments of a curve, with the limit being taken as the segments get shorter. The symbol itself is derived from an Italian version of the letter G, and is traditionally written on the second line from the bottom of the upper staff. It was supposedly discovered in 1823 by Ichthys Gulpo on a set of gold tablets in a gravel pit near the town of Pilcrow in East Sussex. By the time the hoax was exposed and people realized it was just a funny-looking version of the letter G from Ichthys's initials, it was already in use. 😉 ¶ ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ⌀ ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ø ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ⸿θ⸿ ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ⌀ ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ø ϕ§∮φ∯𝄞 ∯∮§ϕ ⁋ The foregoing was, um, ¿researched? without the aid of Cat GPT (regardless of whether or not the cat in question speaks French). But I hope that this comment will be included in some of the vast data set that are scraped from the internet to train future catbots.

  • @dowatfeelsgood
    @dowatfeelsgood 5 днів тому

    If we are holding people responsible for their actions, isn't that determined as well?

  • @Wesinhuman
    @Wesinhuman 6 днів тому

    The video goes dark at the end. But wonderful content, please continue!

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    @EsatBargan 8 днів тому

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  • @micahgmiranda
    @micahgmiranda 8 днів тому

    Have you never seen Ghost in the Shell? You really owe it to yourself to see one of the greatest films of all time. Note: I'm not talking about the Scarlett Johnson film but the animated film from 1995.

  • @CecilliaDonald-u9f
    @CecilliaDonald-u9f 9 днів тому

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  • @gk10101
    @gk10101 9 днів тому

    at the topmost level, the political state exists as a paradox. no group can exist without individuals and individuals won't exist without being part of a group which has at least as much power as any other group. from there we see that a Republic is the best possible form of government because it allows groups to duke it out for control within the government. the inherent problem with all governments is also a paradox - governments are corrupt to the degree they are allowed to operate in secret but it is impossible for a government to not have some level of secrecy.

  • @commane21
    @commane21 11 днів тому

    Marquette?! Continental philosophy, is taught and practiced in so many graduate departments in the United States, that it’s a bit silly to pick out Marquette as a leading example.

  • @gk10101
    @gk10101 16 днів тому

    ruling by divine authority doesn't end well because the king is a single easy target. its better to rule from the shadows by proxy. that's why the ones in the know prefer republics. also the different secret factions can duke it out for control in private and the public is none the wiser.

  • @whalesharko4465
    @whalesharko4465 17 днів тому

    So glad to see someone talking about the philosophy in this book, it's got such interesting concepts and touches - I like the idea that everything Micky knows about science and the world is related to his fascination with history. But also the idea that Mickey 8 (who was only missing 6 months of Mickey's life) can have such different ethics and attitude to Mickey 7 I can't help but wonder how different this book would look from Mickey 8's perspective.

  • @pikachuimut
    @pikachuimut 21 день тому

    Master, please always share your knowledge here. Thanks.

  • @kredit787
    @kredit787 22 дні тому

    Polybius provides government degeneration this way: aristocracy, oligarchy, democracy, ochlocracy(mob rule), monarchy, tyranny, then cycle repeats.

  • @KripkeSaul
    @KripkeSaul 22 дні тому

    Why the constant Kripke bashing?

  • @kredit787
    @kredit787 23 дні тому

    How is a moral statement false if it isn't propositional?

  • @RalsaTITI
    @RalsaTITI 25 днів тому

    THANK YOU

  • @hanciwang2841
    @hanciwang2841 25 днів тому

    Really excited to see the new lecture, thanks!

  • @gk10101
    @gk10101 26 днів тому

    all political philosophy is either delusion or a narrative to feed the sheep

  • @barneymayerson674
    @barneymayerson674 26 днів тому

    Great to see a new lecture!

  • @pluhformybruh
    @pluhformybruh 26 днів тому

    I've always had a small interest in Socrates/Plato/Aristotle and those aspects of Ancient Greece, but I havent done much research on my own. Separate from that, I've also nevwr been interested in politics in our current landscape. But this video popped up on autoplay and i was sure that it's some super popular video and i was really invested and surprised at how well and eloquently the professor explains things, so i was surprised this was just posted a few hours ago aith barely any veiws. This is why i love UA-cam. Some random dude will post a magnificent, free college lecture full of interesting things and i get to watch all i want. Great video, thank you.

  • @EsatBargan
    @EsatBargan 27 днів тому

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  • @cientificamente3628
    @cientificamente3628 27 днів тому

    These classes are wonderful, the teacher is excellent, thanks for making them available here!

  • @cgsrtkzsytriul
    @cgsrtkzsytriul 29 днів тому

    Did he investigate Godel’s Incompleteness Theorems? They pretty much blow up the idea that language can answer everything.

    • @pepijnstreng4643
      @pepijnstreng4643 4 дні тому

      He did write about them, although mathematicians nowadays mostly think that he didn't understand them exactly. On the other hand, I don't think Godels theorems are very problematic for Wittgenstein's late works. They were mostly just a big blow to Russell's Principia Mathematica.

  • @milosmitic7330
    @milosmitic7330 Місяць тому

    So useful, thank you. 🙏🏻

  • @ALavin-en1kr
    @ALavin-en1kr Місяць тому

    There cannot be identical at the physical; psychological; or mental level. Humans can only find unity in a shared spirituality. Religions can, and needs to be, diverse but their shared spirituality should bond humans, not divide them.

  • @markpovell
    @markpovell Місяць тому

    Just to add to the praise that others have already given - this is a very cogent and accessible series of lectures covering stuff that as someone who lacks a philosophical training I have long been aware of but found difficult to know where to start unravelling - a sincere thank you to Simon

  • @Walter10065
    @Walter10065 Місяць тому

    Love this for everyone who thinks philosophy is nonsense it’s perfect

  • @じゃみっと
    @じゃみっと Місяць тому

    Hi Simon, I hope you received my index.

  • @Menschenthier
    @Menschenthier Місяць тому

    Fantastic - thank you very much! One question: Which text is the example of the planetary orbit from? "Word and Object"?

    • @SimonCushing
      @SimonCushing Місяць тому

      www.cambridge.org/core/books/criticism-and-the-growth-of-knowledge/74C4E5A7D52C5D11F65849CCD0710012

    • @Menschenthier
      @Menschenthier Місяць тому

      @@SimonCushing ah, I didn't get that the example is not from Quine but from Lakatos - thanks so much!

  • @ratfuk9340
    @ratfuk9340 Місяць тому

    I'm a nitpicker and just wanted to point out that anarchists don't reject societies but unjustified hierarchy. Anarchists fall into many camps but especially the more classical ones are perfectly happy with society so long as its organized without unjust hierarchy.

  • @ratfuk9340
    @ratfuk9340 Місяць тому

    Oscar Wilde in The Soul of a Man under Socialism: "We are often told that the poor are grateful for charity. Some of them are, no doubt, but the best amongst the poor are never grateful. They are ungrateful, discontented, disobedient, and rebellious. They are quite right to be so. Charity they feel to be a ridiculously inadequate mode of partial restitution, or a sentimental dole, usually accompanied by some impertinent attempt on the part of the sentimentalist to tyrannise over their private lives. Why should they be grateful for the crumbs that fall from the rich man’s table? They should be seated at the board, and are beginning to know it. As for being discontented, a man who would not be discontented with such surroundings and such a low mode of life would be a perfect brute. Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion. Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. For a town or country labourer to practise thrift would be absolutely immoral. Man should not be ready to show that he can live like a badly-fed animal. He should decline to live like that, and should either steal or go on the rates, which is considered by many to be a form of stealing. As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg. No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented, and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him." Analytic philosophy and ethics just don't mix well imo. There can be interesting points here and there (like Benatar's asymmetry argument) but it seems to me that trying to make sense of ethics in this manner is a losing battle.

  • @ratfuk9340
    @ratfuk9340 Місяць тому

    Thanks for these