Philosophy
Philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day, via Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, and others.
Philosophy
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
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 Discourse on the Method. After...
Prof. John Cottingham
Reading University
Philosophy
The Philosophy of Free Will
In this course, Professor Thomas Pink (King's College, London) explores the philosophical problem of free will. The course begins by thinking about what free will actually is, before going on to ask why free will is actually a problem for...
Prof. Thomas Pink
King's College, London
Philosophy
Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit
In this course, Professor Robert Stern (University of Sheffield) explores Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. The course begins with a discussion of Hegel's life and times and the political and philosophical context in which he lived, before introducing his overall philosophical...
Prof. Robert Stern
Sheffield University
Philosophy
Spinoza: Ethics
In this course, Professor Susan James (Birkbeck, University of London) discusses Spinoza's Ethics, widely considered to be his magnum opus. In the first module, we think about Spinoza's ontological framework, including his remarkable claim that there is only one substance,...
Prof. Susan James
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy
Nietzsche and the Death of God
In this course, Professor Ken Gemes (Birkbeck, University of London) explores the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The course begins with the famous ‘death of God’ speech from ‘The Gay Science’, and focuses on what Nietzsche meant when he spoke about...
Prof. Ken Gemes
Birkbeck College, London
Philosophy
Sartre: Being and Nothingness
In this course, Ms Kate Kirkpatrick (University of Oxford) explores Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’, a text regarded by many as one of the greatest works of 20th-century philosophy. Having introduced Sartre himself and the historical and philosophical context in...
Dr Kate Kirkpatrick
Oxford University