Beste David Hume podcaster (2025)

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

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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 Emma …

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

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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 …

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

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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.Av Liam.Duffy@ed.ac.uk

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

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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…

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

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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 …

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

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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…

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

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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

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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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5c. Of the Ancient and Modern Philosophies 52:05

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Third and Final part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.Av Peter Millican

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5b. Of Skepticism with Regard to the Senses 24:33

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Second part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.Av Peter Millican

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5a. Of Skepticism with Regard to Reason 16:18

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First part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.Av Peter Millican

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4f. The Point of Hume's Analysis of Causation 9:06

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Sixth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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4e. Understanding Hume on Causation 25:54

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Fifth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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4d. Of the Necessary Connection 36:03

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Fourth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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4c. Belief and Probability 29:03

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Third part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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4b. The Argument Concerning Induction 35:51

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Second part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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4a. Relations, and a Detour to the Causal Maxim 20:37

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First part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.Av Peter Millican

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3b. Space and Time 27:21

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Second part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.Av Peter Millican

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3a. Hume's Theory of General (or Abstract) Ideas 22:10

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First part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.Av Peter Millican