Philosophical Problems

The mind appears to be of a radically different nature to the everyday material items we normally encounter. Insofar as ... Read more

This lecture is a discussion of the problem of induction. I begin by looking at the structure of logical reasoning with ... Read more

This lecture deals with philosophical scepticism about the physical world. This is the idea that we do not really have a... Read more

Do we know that others have minds? This lecture considers two main types of response to the “problem of other minds”: th... Read more

This lecture looks at what creationism is all about and some of the arguments that proponents of creationism use to argu... Read more

This lecture continues the discussion of scepticism introduced in the preceding lecture. There is discussion of differe... Read more

This lecture builds a more sophisticated response to the demarcation problem (over and above Popper’s response) that inc... Read more

This lecture provides some advice about writing essays in philosophy. Copyright 2013 Jack Reynolds / La Trobe University... Read more

Does it make sense to think we can duplicate persons, so that people can divide just like cells? Since splitting means... Read more

What makes me the person I am? Two popular answers are that my identity depends on the continuing existence of my body,... Read more