General Philosophy

Part 2.7. Concludes a historical survey of philosophy with Immanuel Kant, who thought Hume was wrong in his idea of huma... Read more

Part 7.1. Explores the problem of free will and the ideas of moral responsibility, determinism and choice; the need for ... Read more

Part 2.6. Introduces 18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume, 'The Great Infidel', including his life, works and a ... Read more

Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is ca... Read more

Part 3.1. Briefly introduces the problem of induction: that is, the problem that it is difficult to justify claims to kn... Read more

Part 4.3. Introduces Descartes' idea of dualism, that there is a separation between the mind and the body, as well as so... Read more

Part 5.1. Looks at the problem of knowledge; how can we know what we know, three types of knowledge and A J Ayer's two c... Read more

Part 4.1. Introduces the problem of how do we have knowledge of the world, how do we know what we perceive is in fact wh... Read more

Part 3.2. Responses to and justifications of Hume's argument concerning the problem of induction.

Part 6.4. A brief overview of contemporary accounts of perception; including phenomenalism (that objects are logical con... Read more

Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at ... Read more

Part 5.4. Looks at the role the concept of knowledge plays in life, the different levels of knowledge we require in cert... Read more

Part 5.3. The difference between internalist and externalist accounts of knowledge; whether we need external factors to ... Read more

Part 5.2. Explores the idea of conscious and unconscious knowledge (should a person know that they know something or doe... Read more

Part 6.3. Criticisms of the resemblance theory of perception and an introduction to idealism - that perceptions of the e... Read more