Introduction to Philosophy
Overview
In Introduction to Philosophy, a nine-hour course, Dr. Bonevac guides us through the major traditions of Western philosophy in eight engaging lectures on ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. We explore three key ethical frameworks—virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism—before tackling fundamental questions about reality, from realism to idealism. The course then examines theories of knowledge, weighing skepticism’s doubt, rationalism’s innate ideas, and empiricism’s reliance on experience. Finally, we consider how these philosophical traditions continue to shape debates about morality, reality, and human understanding today.
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16/01/2026
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Course 1
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Once Upon a Time... The Objects
The Ideal Exhibition with Hervé Tullet
The Great Philosophers
Alice Roberts: Our Hospital Through Time
Time Team
The Illegal Trip
Is It True That...?
Volcano Stories
Movie Magic
Bill Nye the Science Guy
The Western Tradition
Great Minds
Omnibus
Zoboomafoo
Digging for Britain
New Sex Ed
Journey into the Cosmos
The Really Wild Show
Life, Death and Reincarnation
The Search for Solutions