CHAPTERS
01:01 Why this guy?
02:53 Slowing Down
04:42 The Value of Thinking
07:20 Intersections
10:33 Teaching Philosophy vs. Teaching Philosophically
13:45 Managing Resistance
16:13 Flashlight Tag
19:45 Becoming a Sociosopher
21:16 So, who are we?
E13. Charles W. Mills
READING
Blackness Visible, excerpts from the Preface and chapter 5
CHAPTERS
03:13 Introduction
07:26 Race in Philosophy
14:21 The Preface
25:56 Ch. 5: The Problem
36:55 Ch. 5: Personhood
55:23 New Approaches
59:36 Conclusion
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E12. Simone de Beauvoir
READING
“The Second Sex,” excerpts from the Introduction
CHAPTERS
01:54 Introduction
06:44 What is a Woman?
14:56 Woman as Other
19:02 Women’s Complicity
26:56 How Did This Begin?
28:18 Justifications of Men
41:08 Existentialist Morality
51:00 Exclusion of Women from Philosophy
58:15 Conclusion
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E11. Friedrich Nietzsche
READING
The Gay Science, Preface, sections 124-124, 343-344, and 346
CHAPTERS
02:03 Introduction
04:08 Relationship to Schopenhauer
08:54 Why a Critique of Morality?
12:53 Origin of good and evil
21:20 Inversion of Morals
30:40 Development of the Subject
37:42 Development of the Conscience
44:36 Threat of Nihilism
55:50 Revaluation of all Values
59:34 Conclusion
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E10. Arthur Schopenhauer
READING
“On the Sufferings of the World” & “On the Vanity of Existence”
CHAPTERS
01:19 Introduction
05:30 Two-Part Universe
07:35 World as Will & Representation
18:31 Inversion of Reason & Will
22:28 Argument for Pessimism
29:08 Suffering
35:19 Moral Action
39:44 Path of Asceticism
54:50 Conclusion
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E9. Immanuel Kant
READING
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, excerpts from Section II
CHAPTERS
00:01:59 Introduction
00:03:15 Autonomy & Reason
00:08:20 Deontology & approaches to ethical theory
00:10:30 Hypothetical & Categorical Imperative
00:19:24 First Formulation
00:24:10 Second Formulation
00:32:38 Examples from the text
00:38:45 Perfect & Imperfect Duties
00:43:00 Good Will, Emotions, and more on Duty
00:49:38 Strengths & Questions for Kant
01:00:09 Conclusion
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E8. David Hume
READING
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book 1, chapters 1-3
CHAPTERS
01:42 Introduction
06:25 Impressions & Ideas
08:37 Simple & Complex Impressions
13:14 Simple Ideas & Simple Impressions
17:26 Impressions of Sensation & Impressions of Reflection
34:51 Principles of Association
48:59 Conclusion
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E7. Rene Descartes
READING
Meditations on First Philosophy, excerpts from Meditations I & II
CHAPTERS
03:49 Introduction
06:25 Meditation I Begins
17:49 1st Thought Experiment (Dreaming)
28:28 2nd Thought Experiment (Deceiving God/Genius)
41:50 Meditation 2 Begins
42:02 Cogito (“I think, I am”)
51:02 Wax Example
57:19 Conclusion
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E6. Epictetus
READING
Discourses, Book I, excerpts from chapters 1, 2, 4, 15, and 24
CHAPTERS
01:10 Introduction
02:41 Stoic Metaphysics
07:46 Stoic Happiness
14:09 Stoic Theory of Emotions
29:08 Excerpts from Epictetus
54:37 Conclusion
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E5. Plato
READING
Discourses, Book I, excerpts from chapters 1, 2, 4, 15, and 24
CHAPTERS
01:08 Introduction
02:49 Branches of Philosophy
04:22 Allegory of the Cave
32:45 Analogy of the Divided Line
56:24 Conclusion
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E4. William James
READING
"The Will to Believe"
CHAPTERS
0:01:15 Introduction
0:06:05 Section 1 (genuine option)
0:12:22 Section 2 (psychology of human opinion)
0:19:01 Section 3 (the willing nature)
0:25:32 Section 4 (thesis)
0:31:31 Section 5 (faith in truth)
0:35:13 Section 6 (criterion for truth)
0:40:05 Section 7 (quest for the avoidance of error)
0:45:34 Section 8 (suspension of judgment)
0:49:44 Section 9 (when the passional nature decides)
1:00:19 Section 10 (courage)
1:08:38 Conclusion
E3. Sextus Empiricus
READING
Outlines of Pyrrhonism, excerpts from chapters 1, 4, 6-8, 10, 12-14
CHAPTERS
01:21 Introduction
06:34 Chapter 1 (schools of philosophy)
08:22 Chapter 4 (definition)
15:17 Chapter 6 (cause)
20:40 Chapter 7 (dogmatizing)
29:37 Chapter 8 (doctrine)
35:14 Chapter 10 (assent to appearances)
38:30 Chapter 12 (end)
47:31 Chapters 13 & 14 (modes)
55:01 Conclusion
E2. Mary Midgley
READING
What is Philosophy For?, excerpts from sections 1-13
CHAPTERS
02:13 Introduction
06:03 Section 1 (pattern creation)
09:06 Section 2 (Socrates)
14:03 Section 4 (learning how to think)
15:44 Section 8 (progress)
20:16 Section 9 (conceptual geography)
28:19 Section 10 (plumbing)
36:15 Section 11 (the concept of toleration)
45:23 Section 12 (facilitating change)
51:27 Section 13 (philosophy is relevant)
56:44 Conclusion
E1. Introduction
CHAPTERS
00:59 What this Course Is
02:31 How to Succeed in the Class
05:11 How to Use this Podcast