1.2 The Birth of Modern Philosophy
15:551.3 From Aristotle to Galileo
18:143.1 Introduction to David Hume
19:35The Problem of Induction
23:00Introduction to Cartesian Dualism
22:13The Traditional Analysis of Knowledge
16:39Gettier and Other Complications
14:49Introduction to Primary and Secondary Qualities
14:33The Problem of Induction
This lecture dissects David Hume's classic formulation of the problem of induction, examining its implications for scientific reasoning and empirical knowledge. Millican explores the philosophical challenges to justifying inductive inferences.
A series of lectures delivered by Peter Millican to first-year philosophy students at the University of Oxford. The lectures comprise the 8-week General Philosophy course and were delivered in late 2009.
Slides for all his lectures can be found here:
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