Ranked #1
Identity, Individuality and Discernibility
Identity, Individuality and Discernibility
Ladyman (Bristol) explains the recent debates about the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles and results about we... Read more
15 Feb 2012
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Ranked #2
Aristotle on the Problem of Common Sensibles
Aristotle on the Problem of Common Sensibles
Anna Marmodoro gives a talk on Aristotle and his philosophy Aristotle draws a distinction between qualities that are per... Read more
12 Feb 2014
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Ranked #3
Empedocles' Dynamic, Changeless World
Empedocles' Dynamic, Changeless World
In this talk Anna Marmodoro, Corpus Christi, Oxford, explore the view that Empedocles' world is both dynamic and changel... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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47mins
Ranked #4
There are Mechanisms, and Then There are Mechanisms
There are Mechanisms, and Then There are Mechanisms
Mechanisms are at centre-stage right now in philosophy of science, especially in discussions of causal explanation and c... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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46mins
Ranked #5
Freedom and Indifference in Marcus Aurelius
Freedom and Indifference in Marcus Aurelius
John Sellars, Wolfson College, Oxford, gives a talk as part of the series "Marcus Aurelius: Philosophical, Historical, ... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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45mins
Ranked #6
Aristotle on the Happiness of the City
Aristotle on the Happiness of the City
Don Morison (Rice) gives a talk for the Power Structualism in Ancient Ontology series. Abstract: 'The happiness of the c... Read more
18 Feb 2014
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39mins
Ranked #7
The Metaphysics of Rovelli's Relational Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
The Metaphysics of Rovelli's Relational Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Mauro Dorato (University of Rome) gives a talk for the Metaphysics of Relations Conference, held on 3rd-5th October 2012... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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39mins
Ranked #8
On Weakness/Strength and Sickness/Health in Ancient Daoist Philosophy
On Weakness/Strength and Sickness/Health in Ancient Daoist Philosophy
Hans-Georg Moeller (University College Cork), gives a talk for the Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classic... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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39mins
Ranked #9
Galen and the Ontology of Powers
Galen and the Ontology of Powers
Jim Hankinson (University of Texas at Austin) gives a talk for the Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classic... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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1hr 4mins
Ranked #10
There Are (Probably) No Relations
There Are (Probably) No Relations
Jonathan Lowe (University of Durham) gives a talk for the Metaphysics of Relations Conference, held on 3rd-5th October 2... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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52mins
Ranked #11
Powers, Functions and Parts: the Stoics (and Others) on the Nature of the Passions
Powers, Functions and Parts: the Stoics (and Others) on the Nature of the Passions
Professor Jim Hankinson, University of Texas at Austin, gives a talk for the Power Structuralism in Ancient Ontologies p... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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58mins
Ranked #12
Limitations of Power
Limitations of Power
Bird (Bristol) warns against overextending the case for a powers ontology, arguing that it cannot answer typical questio... Read more
15 Feb 2012
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59mins
Ranked #13
Elemental Change in Empedocles
Elemental Change in Empedocles
John shows how recognising that the Empedoclean roots - fire, water, earth, and air - are subject to forms of generation... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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59mins
Ranked #14
Immanent Intelligence and the Natural Faculties in Galen
Immanent Intelligence and the Natural Faculties in Galen
Brooke Holmes (Princeton University) gives a talk for the Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and La... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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53mins
Ranked #15
Religious Debate and Religious Competition in the Age of Marcus Aurelius
Religious Debate and Religious Competition in the Age of Marcus Aurelius
Mark Edwards, Christ Church College, Oxford, discusses religion in the age of Marcus Aurelius as part of the series "Mar... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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52mins
Ranked #16
Aristotle's Dynamics in Physics VII 5: the Importance of Being Conditional
Aristotle's Dynamics in Physics VII 5: the Importance of Being Conditional
Henry Mendell (California State) gives a talk for the Power Structualism in Ancient Ontologies series Abstract: Historia... Read more
18 Feb 2014
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56mins
Ranked #17
Relations All The Way Down?
Relations All The Way Down?
Stephen Mumford (Nottingham University) gives a talk for the Metaphysics of Relations Conference, held on 3rd-5th Octobe... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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51mins
Ranked #18
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations - Is there a Core Project?
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations - Is there a Core Project?
Professor Christopher Gill, University of Exeter, meditates on Marcus Aurelius as part of the series, "Marcus Aurelius: ... Read more
23 Aug 2013
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54mins
Ranked #19
Positionalism Revisited
Positionalism Revisited
Maureen Donnelly (SUNY at Buffalo) gives a talk for the Metaphysics of Relations Conference, held on 3rd-5th October 201... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #20
Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and Late Antiquity
Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and Late Antiquity
Philip van der Ejik gives a talk for the Causing Health and Disease: Medical Powers in Classical and Late Antiquit confe... Read more
12 Dec 2012
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51mins