The big questions of philosophy
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629972374
- ISBN: 1629972371
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Physical Description:
sound disc
18 audio discs ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2016]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Course no. 4130. Thirty-six lectures, 30 min. each. Title from container. |
Formatted Contents Note: | How do we do philosophy? ; Why should we trust reason? ; How do we reason carefully? ; How do we find the best explanation? ; What is truth? ; Is knowledge possible? -- What is the best way to gain knowledge? ; Do we know what knowledge is? ; When can we trust testimony? ; Can mystical experience justify belief? ; Is faith ever rational? ; Why is there something rather than nothing? -- What is God like? ; How could God allow moral evil? ; Why would God cause natural evil? ; Are freedom and foreknowledge compatible? ; Do our souls make us free? ; What does it mean to be free? -- What preserves personal identity? ; Are persons mere minds? ; Are persons just bodies? ; Are you really you? ; How does the brain produce the mind? ; What do minds do, if anything? -- Could machines think? ; Does God define the good? ; Does happiness define the good? ; Does reason define the good? ; How ought we to live? ; Why bother being good? -- Should government exist? ; What justifies a government? ; How big should government be? ; What are the limits of liberty? ; What makes a society fair or just? ; What is the meaning of life? |
Participant or Performer Note: | David Kyle Johnson, King's College, lecturer. |
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Subject: | Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Ancient Philosophie ancienne Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Modern |
Genre: | Lecture lectures. Lectures. Audiobooks. Lectures. Audiobooks. Conférences. Livres audio. |
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- 4 of 4 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | B 791 .J64 2016 | 680143 | Stacks | Available | - |
Lummi Library | B 791 .J64 2016 Vol. 1 | 680144 | Audio Shelf | Available | - |
Lummi Library | B 791 .J64 2016 Vol. 2 | 680145 | Audio Shelf | Available | - |
Lummi Library | B 791 .J64 2016 Vol. 3 | 680146 | Audio Shelf | Available | - |