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Thinking illustrated
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Приєднався 28 лют 2020
Welcome to the channel Thinking illustrated!
The purpose of this channel is to provide illustrations of well, thinking! Primarily these will be illustrations of thoughts within philosophy, since this is what I mostly teach, but who knows, other content might appear as well! In my experience of teaching, illustrations often make it easier to understand certain philosophical thinking and so I thought I would put the videos I make online just in case others find them helpful as well (teachers, students, and all other interested parties!)
Enjoy!
The purpose of this channel is to provide illustrations of well, thinking! Primarily these will be illustrations of thoughts within philosophy, since this is what I mostly teach, but who knows, other content might appear as well! In my experience of teaching, illustrations often make it easier to understand certain philosophical thinking and so I thought I would put the videos I make online just in case others find them helpful as well (teachers, students, and all other interested parties!)
Enjoy!
Modal Concepts and Possible Worlds
In this video I explain different modal concepts, such as possible and impossible, necessary and contingent; different types of modality, such logical, metaphysical, and nomological; and the difference between de dicto and de re modality. I also illustrate how these different concepts can be illustrated by using possible worlds.
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When do objects compose another? - The Special Composition Question (Ordinary Objects)
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This video introduces the special composition question and responses that philosophers have given to it. The video's content also outlines, implicitly, a number of different accounts that philosophers give when thinking about ordinary objects. For more online resources on this check out the articles on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy below: www.ie...
The Knowledge Argument - Mary's Room
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In this video I set out the Knowledge Argument against Physicalism about mental phenomena and then outline some responses that physicalists have given to the argument. This argument is also known as 'May in the black-and-white room', 'Mary the super-scientist', or 'Black and White Mary'. Something I don't mention in the video, since it's not that important to the argument itself, is that Frank ...
Why is God so hidden? - The Divine Hiddenness Argument
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In this video I outline the argument from divine hiddenness that has been constructed by J L Schellenberg against the existence of God. If you want to read more about Schellenberg's formulation of the argument then have a look at his books: (1993) Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason. Cornell University Press. (2017) The Hiddenness Argument. Oxford University Press.
The Problems of Evil
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In this video I outline some of the different problems of evil which have been given to argue against theism. Below are some helpful references which will further elaborate on some of the problems of evil that I outline . For the logical problem of evil see J. L. Mackie’s book: The Miracle of Theism. More recently Graham Oppy has given arguments from evil in this form: ‘Arguments from Moral Evi...
How does the Bayesian Bar relate to Bayes Theorem?
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In this video I explain how the Bayesian Bar relates to Bayes Theorem. If you haven't already done so, I recommend you first watch the video 'How to Think About Probability Visually - The Bayesian Bar' first, as it will help you to understand this one. ua-cam.com/video/RNQeOJoeiW0/v-deo.html This video employs as an example a probabilistic version of the Fine-Tuning argument for Theism. If you ...
Time Travel and the Trinity - Brian Leftow's Latin Trinity
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In this video I explain Professor Brian Leftow's model of the Trinity, which attempts to show that what the doctrine of the Trinity claims is possible. If you want to read more about Brian's view, here is a link to his paper 'A Latin Trinity' - place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2267&context=faithandphilosophy Note: In Brian's paper the dancer is female, and a Rockette. Unfort...
How to Think About Probability Visually - The Bayesian Bar
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In this video I share with you a useful visual tool that I learned from the philosopher John Hawthorne for thinking about probabilistic reasoning, called the Bayesian Bar. This video provides an introduction to the bar and in another video, linked below, I'll show you how the bar relates to Bayes Theorem. ua-cam.com/video/4zlaFnYqGYo/v-deo.html You might also find it helpful to look at a short ...
