2.4 Isaac Newton and Instrumentalism

Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

Course Lectures

• 1.1 An Introduction to General Philosophy

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 1.2 The Birth of Modern Philosophy

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 1.3 From Aristotle to Galileo

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 1.4 The Birth of the Early Modern Period: From Galileo to Descartes

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 2.1 Recap of General Philosophy

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 2.2 Introduction to Thomas Hobbes

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 2.3 Robert Boyle's Corpuscularian Theory

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 2.4 Isaac Newton and Instrumentalism

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 2.5 Introduction to John Locke

  Peter Millican

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• 2.6 George Berkeley and Idealism

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 3.1 Introduction to David Hume

  Peter Millican

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• 3.2 David Hume: Concluding Remarks

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 3.3 The Problem of Induction

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 4.1 Scepticism of the External World

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 4.2 Possible Answers to Scepticism of the External World

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 4.3 Introduction to Cartesian Dualism

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 4.4 Modern Responses to Dualism

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 5.1 Introduction to Knowledge

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 5.2 The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 5.3 Gettier and Other Complications

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 5.4 Skepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 6.1 Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 6.2 Problems with Resemblance

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 6.3 Abstraction and Idealism

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 6.4 Making Sense of Perception

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 7.1 Free Will, Determinism and Choice

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 7.2 Different Concepts of Freedom

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 7.4 Making Sense of Free Will and Moral Responsibility

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 8.2 John Locke on Personal Identity

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 8.3 Problems for Locke's View of Personal Identity

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series

• 8.4 Persons, Humans and Brains

  Peter Millican

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  Catherine Brown gives the second lecture in the DH Lawrence series