I respect Prof. Millican a great deal, despite I don't agree with him on some the points. He is gentle, and willing to open dialogue with opposition in a friendly, respectable manner.
It was brilliant! I had a philosophy exam on Saturday and luckily, the subject I picked was political life and the role of the State; the summary on Hobbes and Locke really helped ;) Even referenced to this lecture ^^
I just got into philosophy, I was given A treatise of human nature by david hume... but I got lost in even the introduction... And It's my understanding that this is really a beginner level work... so.. any tips?
There are many avatars of Hume. He's one of those people who changed everything. Derrida's friend Deleuze wrote his first book on Hume, to take only one example. Hume pervades most subsequent thought, although different thinkers have more or less radical interpretations.
Hania Sisco In accordance to Hume, nature is the source of our ideas through copy principle. How? We form ideas about nature (life) when we observe the things and the images of these things are copied in our mind through customs and experience. This process allows you to know how the things work but it does not allow you to know the essence of the things because you know the effect of the things only (their movement, action, their appearance to you... etc.). So what about science? Hume believes that the purpose of science is not to make ultimate understanding of the enquiry ... Milican explained well in the minute: 1:58 onwards.
I am glad I am not in this class, everyone is sick. I can't concentrate on what he is talking about because there are so many people coughing! The professor is pretty good.
How myopic are the philosophers-where is the origin the fabric the esscence-mute on that i beleive. Lets get our degrees first and leave real philosophy for later
I am so happy and so grateful that videos like these are uploaded and freely accessible!
at the expense of your service provider
Rob Tyler I am watching this from the public library.
+moody nothing is free. Someone is paying for that library.
Daniel Hill Guess we're all prisoner of the system and our condition.
Usama Khan 2 things you cannot avoid.
Hume is a giant amongst our species.
I respect Prof. Millican a great deal, despite I don't agree with him on some the points. He is gentle, and willing to open dialogue with opposition in a friendly, respectable manner.
This is infinitely better than my Intro to philosophy class at my public uni.
It was brilliant! I had a philosophy exam on Saturday and luckily, the subject I picked was political life and the role of the State; the summary on Hobbes and Locke really helped ;) Even referenced to this lecture ^^
Lesson 3.1 is incredible!
I just got into philosophy, I was given A treatise of human nature by david hume... but I got lost in even the introduction... And It's my understanding that this is really a beginner level work... so.. any tips?
There are many avatars of Hume. He's one of those people who changed everything. Derrida's friend Deleuze wrote his first book on Hume, to take only one example. Hume pervades most subsequent thought, although different thinkers have more or less radical interpretations.
Thanks. You just saved my finals.
Thank you for posting this!
Can someone explain Hume's Copy Principle to me please? Thanks!
Hania Sisco In accordance to Hume, nature is the source of our ideas through copy principle. How? We form ideas about nature (life) when we observe the things and the images of these things are copied in our mind through customs and experience. This process allows you to know how the things work but it does not allow you to know the essence of the things because you know the effect of the things only (their movement, action, their appearance to you... etc.). So what about science? Hume believes that the purpose of science is not to make ultimate understanding of the enquiry ... Milican explained well in the minute: 1:58 onwards.
I am glad I am not in this class, everyone is sick. I can't concentrate on what he is talking about because there are so many people coughing! The professor is pretty good.
1:45 like Wittgenstein says, a serious work of philosophy could be composed entirely of jokes
awesomee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't Derrida a modern day avatar of Hume so to speak?
How myopic are the philosophers-where is the origin the fabric the esscence-mute on that i beleive. Lets get our degrees first and leave real philosophy for later
another charlatan.... just listen for a change.