Philosophy & Religious Studies
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Barnaby Walker (University of Warwick) explores the work of the seventeenth-century philosopher John Locke. We begin with a general overview of Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding and its key themes, before ...
7 lectures
1:25:52
Dr Barney Walker
Warwick University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Professor Cottingham (University of Reading) explores René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. In the first module, we provide a brief introduction to Descartes himself and his philosophical system, as described in his...
6 lectures
0:49:57
Prof. John Cottingham
Reading University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Arif Ahmed (University of Cambridge) explores the question ‘What is knowledge?’. In the first module, we introduce the idea of ‘analysing’ knowledge and arrive at the classical, tripartite definition of knowledge as justified...
5 lectures
0:55:23
Dr Arif Ahmed
University of Cambridge
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Laura Gow explores the theory of perception known as direct realism. In the first module, we think about why perception is so important to us, before contrasting direct realism with another popular theory of perception: indirect...
7 lectures
0:59:52
Dr Laura Gow
Liverpool University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Barney Walker (University of Warwick) considers three aspects of knowledge and belief. In the first three modules, we explore the idea of knowledge as justified true belief, focusing in particular on the concept of analysing...
5 lectures
0:59:44
Dr Barney Walker
Warwick University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course, Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett (University of Birmingham) explores the limits of knowledge (scepticism). In the first module, we contrast normal incredulity to philosophical scepticism, and examine various ways to remove grounds for...
7 lectures
1:10:24
Dr Ema Sullivan-Bissett
Birmingham University
Philosophy & Religious Studies

In this course Professor Simon Blackburn FBA (University of Cambridge) explores truth. In the first module, we consider the three main classical approaches to truth: correspondence, coherence and pragmatism. After that, in the second lecture we...
5 lectures
0:52:40
Professor Simon Blackburn
University of Cambridge