"All epistemology begins in fear... fear that the senses are too feeble and the intellect too frail; fear that memory fades, even between adjacent steps of a mathematical demonstration; fear that authority and convention blinds; fear that God may keep secrets of demons deceive."
- Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison
- Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison
Just let me usher you into the crazy rabbit hole
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The Matrix (1999)
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The Truman Show (1998)
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Time to go a little savvier
Metaphysics and Epistemology - Philosophy for Beginners
- Talbot, M. (Presenter). (2009, January 9). Oxford University Philosophy for Beginners. [Episode 4] Podcast retrieved from: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/philosophy_for_beginners
- Enough with beating around the bush, let's get down to business. This is an hour and half of shaky female voice explaining questions concerning What exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it. Enjoy.
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Introduction to Knowledge - General Philosophy
- Millican, P. (Presenter). (2010, February 19). Oxford University General Philosophy. [Episode 5] Podcast retrieved from: http://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/general_philosophy
- There are four sub-topic under the topic of Knowledge, in this series of philosophy lectures: Introduction to Knowledge, The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge (you know the challenging part's here when they start to use abbreviation for technical terms, like JTB), Gettier and Other Comlications, and Scepticism, Externalism and the Ethics of Belief.
- Click here to watch the podcast via iTunes U.
Can this get even crazier? - Death
- Kagan, S. (Lecturer). (2007). Yale University Death. [Episode 10, 11,12,13] Podcast retrieved from: http://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-176
- If you have went through what I just recommended above, you probably gonna have some question regarding Descartes' "I think, therefore I am." These four lectures on Personal Identity will, let's face it, not solve your problem, but help you dig deeper into the topic.
- Click here to watch the podcast via iTunes U.