HoP 023 - MM McCabe on Knowledge in Plato

How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.” 

Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas. 

Dans cette série on analyse les citations des plus grands philosophes ! #philosophie #baccalauréat 

In this week's episode, we learn about Plato's "Symposium", which you might think of as philosophy's version of fan fiction. We also learn about Plato's "Theory of Forms" and ask ourselves what makes a tree, well, a tree. This leads to discussion of Plato's famous "Allegory of th ...  Show more

Is philosophy an unbiased quest for the true account of the world?

From Plato to Aristotle, Russell to Wittgenstein, we traditionally see philosophers as engaged in the disinterested pursuit of truth: a view philosophers themselves are inclined to encourage. But in a pos ...

Do we believe things because they are true or because they are convenient?

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Massimo Pi ...