Best Tercentenary Podcasts (2024)

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Prof. Amartya Sen - David Hume and the Demands of Ethics 1:25:17

6+ y ago1:25:17

1:25:17

Nobel Prize laureate Professor Amartya Sen presents a lecture entitled David Hume and the Demands of Ethics.The Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University gave his lecture as part of the University’s celebration of philosopher David Hume’s 300th birthday.Professor Susan Manning chaired the event, which also featured Professor Emma …

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Lord Sutherland - David Hume and Civil Society 1:16:41

6+ y ago1:16:41

1:16:41

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood presents, "David Hume and Civil Society". David Hume's thinking was radical and thorough. This was his strength, but also a source of ammunition to his enemies. He has been interpreted as being scathingly negative in all of his conclusions - whether about morality, religion or basic epistemology. The lecture will argue …

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Prof Paul Guyer - Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason 1:19:12

6+ y ago1:19:12

1:19:12

"Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason" by Professor Paul Guyer, was presented as part of the prestigious Edinburgh Philosophy lecture series, the Nature of Knowledge Lectures. Recorded Wednesday 14 December 2011 Audio version.By Liam.Duffy@ed.ac.uk

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Hume: Philosophy, History and the Science of Man - Dr Nicholas Phillipson 1:04:09

6+ y ago1:04:09

1:04:09

The importance of the Treatise and Hume's project for establishing a Science of Man for the Scottish Enlightenment has been overlooked. It is suggested that the response it elicited from the Scottish intellectual community played a decisive role in shaping Scottish ideas of history and moral philosophy. In fact, its publication was arguably the dec…

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The Relevance of Hume for Modern Economics - Prof Sheila Dow 1:03:09

6+ y ago1:03:09

1:03:09

Hume's contribution to modern economics is normally thought of in terms of his early statement of the quantity theory of money, and to a lesser extent his views on trade and development. At a methodological level the influence from his empiricism is commonly traced to the development of econometrics. But if we explore his philosophy more fully, we …

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Hume, The Circumstances of Justice, and Paternalism - Prof Mike Ridge 1:00:43

6+ y ago1:00:43

1:00:43

David Hume's theory of justice led him to articulate and argue for a very influential theory of what has come to be called the "circumstances of justice" - those circumstances in which justice is both possible and necessary. John Rawls, among others, has been very influenced by Hume's account of the circumstances of justice, and it has received muc…

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The Illusion of Conscious Will: On Wegner's use of Hume's Associationism - Dr Tillman Vierkant 1:06:22

6+ y ago1:06:22

1:06:22

One of the most provocative and influential books of the last decade in the cognitive sciences has been Dan Wegner's 'the illusion of conscious will'. In his book Wegner extensively makes use of Hume's theory of causality to make his claim that conscious will is an illusion. In this lecture I will examine, whether Hume's theory really supports Wegn…

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Hume as Religious Sceptic - Prof David Fergusson 58:00

6+ y ago58:00

58:00

This lecture will focus on three aspects of Hume's scepticism surrounding religious belief and practice: the challenge to the traditional arguments for the divine existence; the attack on the reliability of reports of miracles; and his account of the negative effects of institutional Christianity. The extent to which Hume's views animate contempora…

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Prof. Amartya Sen - David Hume and the Demands of Ethics

11y ago

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Nobel Prize laureate Professor Amartya Sen presents a lecture entitled David Hume and the Demands of Ethics. The Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University gave his lecture as part of the University’s celebration of philosopher David Hume’s 300th birthday. Professor Susan Manning chaired the event, which also featured Professor Emm…

1
Lord Sutherland - David Hume and Civil Society

12+ y ago

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Lord Sutherland of Houndwood presents, "David Hume and Civil Society". David Hume's thinking was radical and thorough. This was his strength, but also a source of ammunition to his enemies. He has been interpreted as being scathingly negative in all of his conclusions - whether about morality, religion or basic epistemology. The lecture will argue …

1
Prof Paul Guyer - Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason

13y ago

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"Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason" by Professor Paul Guyer, was presented as part of the prestigious Edinburgh Philosophy lecture series, the Nature of Knowledge Lectures. Recorded Wednesday 14 December 2011 Audio version.By The University of Edinburgh

1
Hume: Philosophy, History and the Science of Man - Dr Nicholas Phillipson

13y ago

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The importance of the Treatise and Hume's project for establishing a Science of Man for the Scottish Enlightenment has been overlooked. It is suggested that the response it elicited from the Scottish intellectual community played a decisive role in shaping Scottish ideas of history and moral philosophy. In fact, its publication was arguably the dec…

1
The Relevance of Hume for Modern Economics - Prof Sheila Dow

13y ago

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Hume's contribution to modern economics is normally thought of in terms of his early statement of the quantity theory of money, and to a lesser extent his views on trade and development. At a methodological level the influence from his empiricism is commonly traced to the development of econometrics. But if we explore his philosophy more fully, we …

1
Hume, The Circumstances of Justice, and Paternalism - Prof Mike Ridge

13y ago

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David Hume's theory of justice led him to articulate and argue for a very influential theory of what has come to be called the "circumstances of justice" - those circumstances in which justice is both possible and necessary. John Rawls, among others, has been very influenced by Hume's account of the circumstances of justice, and it has received muc…

1
The Illusion of Conscious Will: On Wegner's use of Hume's Associationism - Dr Tillman Vierkant

13y ago

—

One of the most provocative and influential books of the last decade in the cognitive sciences has been Dan Wegner's 'the illusion of conscious will'. In his book Wegner extensively makes use of Hume's theory of causality to make his claim that conscious will is an illusion. In this lecture I will examine, whether Hume's theory really supports Wegn…

1
Hume as Religious Sceptic - Prof David Fergusson

13y ago

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This lecture will focus on three aspects of Hume's scepticism surrounding religious belief and practice: the challenge to the traditional arguments for the divine existence; the attack on the reliability of reports of miracles; and his account of the negative effects of institutional Christianity. The extent to which Hume's views animate contempora…

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Prof. Amartya Sen - David Hume and the Demands of Ethics 1:25:17

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Lord Sutherland - David Hume and Civil Society 1:16:41

1
Prof Paul Guyer - Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason 1:19:12

1
Hume: Philosophy, History and the Science of Man - Dr Nicholas Phillipson 1:04:09

1
The Relevance of Hume for Modern Economics - Prof Sheila Dow 1:03:09

1
Hume, The Circumstances of Justice, and Paternalism - Prof Mike Ridge 1:00:43

1
The Illusion of Conscious Will: On Wegner's use of Hume's Associationism - Dr Tillman Vierkant 1:06:22

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Hume as Religious Sceptic - Prof David Fergusson 58:00

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Prof. Amartya Sen - David Hume and the Demands of Ethics

1
Lord Sutherland - David Hume and Civil Society

1
Prof Paul Guyer - Hume, Kant, and the Passion for Reason

1
Hume: Philosophy, History and the Science of Man - Dr Nicholas Phillipson

1
The Relevance of Hume for Modern Economics - Prof Sheila Dow

1
Hume, The Circumstances of Justice, and Paternalism - Prof Mike Ridge

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The Illusion of Conscious Will: On Wegner's use of Hume's Associationism - Dr Tillman Vierkant

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Hume as Religious Sceptic - Prof David Fergusson

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