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- The examined life. Can rules define morality? -- BJ319 .E918 1998
- What is morality? How has the definition changed since the enlightened era? These and other questions are discussed by philosophers.
- The examined life. Is ethics based on virtue? -- BJ319 .E93 1998
- A discussion of ethics in terms of who you are, how your life is going, etc. Looks at ethics from the point of view of philosophers in the past as well as modern day philosophers.
- The examined life. Moral dilemmas--can ethics help? -- BJ319 .E94 1998
- Discusses the moral dilemma faced daily by parents and doctors: should we do everything we can to treat sick and dying newborn babies, or do we stop treatment and let the babies die comfortably?
- The examined life. 06, What is real? -- BD331 .W53 1998
- Explores the conflict between Thomas Hobbes's materialism and George Berkeley's idealism and the 20th century conflict between the realists and the anti-realists. Philosophers include John Searle, Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty.
- The examined life. 06, What is real? -- BD331 .W53 1998
- Explores the conflict between Thomas Hobbes's materialism and George Berkeley's idealism and the 20th century conflict between the realists and the anti-realists. Philosophers include John Searle, Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty.
- The examined life. 10 Does God exist? -- BT102 .E93 1998X
- Discusses the attempts by philosophers through the ages to prove the existence of God.
- The examined life. 03, Is mind distinct from body? -- B52 .I84 1998
- Examines how Descartes dualistic view has been subject to waves of attacks from materialism, including the present exponents of artificial intelligence and neuroscience. The program features commentary by John Searle, Daniel Dennett, Paul Churchland, and various other philosophers.
- The examined life. 03, Is mind distinct from body? -- B52 .I84 1998
- Examines how Descartes dualistic view has been subject to waves of attacks from materialism, including the present exponents of artificial intelligence and neuroscience. The program features commentary by John Searle, Daniel Dennett, Paul Churchland, and various other philosophers.
- The examined life. Are we social beings? -- BF697 .E92 1998
- Discusses the influence of culture on identity.
- The examined life. 07, How do we encounter the world? -- B829.5 .H68 1998
- Examines the views of Husserl, Heidegger, and others in which reality is a phenomenon of consciousness.
- The examined life. 09, Is time real? -- BD620 .I8 1998
- Questions whether time is something measured only by clocks and calendars or exists as a separate entity in its own right. The program explores theories of time presented by Aristotle, Augustine and Kant, and contrasts Newton's theories of time with Einstein's theory of relativity.
- The examined life. 09, Is time real? -- BD620 .I8 1998
- Questions whether time is something measured only by clocks and calendars or exists as a separate entity in its own right. The program explores theories of time presented by Aristotle, Augustine and Kant, and contrasts Newton's theories of time with Einstein's theory of relativity.
- The examined life. 11, can we know God through experience? -- BT102 .C36 1998
- Considers whether certain mystical experiences are indications of the existence of a Divine Being, and what kind of evidence is necessary for religious belief.
- The examined life. 13, does knowledge depend on experience? -- BJ41 .D64 1998
- Focuses on the 17th and 18th century empiricism of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume, and the 20th century empiricism and naturalism of W.V.O Quine, who is interviewed.
- The examined life. 13, does knowledge depend on experience? -- BJ41 .D64 1998
- Focuses on the 17th and 18th century empiricism of John Locke, George Berkeley, and David Hume, and the 20th century empiricism and naturalism of W.V.O Quine, who is interviewed.
- The examined life. 15, how does science add to knowledge? -- B765.H54 H68 1998
- Highlights the classic, Baconian inductivist view that grew out of the Scientific Revolution and the challenges posed by Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. Includes consideration of Kuhn's views about the role that paradigm theories play in scientific revolutions.
- The examined life. 15, how does science add to knowledge? -- B765.H54 H68 1998
- Highlights the classic, Baconian inductivist view that grew out of the Scientific Revolution and the challenges posed by Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn. Includes consideration of Kuhn's views about the role that paradigm theories play in scientific revolutions.
- The examined life. 16, does science give us truth? -- B765.H54 D64 1998
- Looks at correspondence, coherence, and pragmastist theories of truth, and how conflicts have carried over into realist vs. antirealist views of science, including the Einstein-Bohr debate about quantum mechanics.
- The examined life. 16, does science give us truth? -- B765.H54 D64 1998
- Looks at correspondence, coherence, and pragmastist theories of truth, and how conflicts have carried over into realist vs. antirealist views of science, including the Einstein-Bohr debate about quantum mechanics.
- The examined life. Does the end justify the means? -- BJ319 .E92 1998
- If the benefits are large enough, does that justify a political decision to build a dam and destroy property and livelihood for the Malaysians? This and other questions are debated by modern philosophers.
- The examined life. 23, what justifies the state? -- B793 .W53 1998
- Asks whether the state is merely an artificial arrangement we construct to make life better, as social contract theorists claim, or whether it's a natural organism through which people achieve their potential.
- The examined life. 25, what is art? -- N66 .W53 1998
- Looks at several views on the nature of art, and how these have been affected by changes in artistic styles and techniques, Danto, Duchamp, Lyotard and others are interviewed on the significance of contemporary conceptual art.
- The examined life. 26, what is the meaning of life? -- BD431.W53 1998
- Evaluates how the meaning and purpose of life have been viewed in light of religion, culture or history, as well as from an individual existential perspective. Program features the views of Hegel and Kirkegaard.
- The examined life. 26, what is the meaning of life? -- BD431.W53 1998
- Evaluates how the meaning and purpose of life have been viewed in light of religion, culture or history, as well as from an individual existential perspective. Program features the views of Hegel and Kirkegaard.
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