The Modern Intellectual Tradition : from Descartes to Derrida /
Lawrence Cahoone ; The Teaching Company.
- 1st ed.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2010.
- 6 DVDs (1080 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (137 p. : ill. ; 19 cm)
- The Great Courses Philosophy and Intellectual History Modern Philosophy .
Includes 36 x 30 min. lectures. Also includes a Course Guidebook.
Includes glossary, biographical notes and bibliographical references.
"The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida offers you an introduction to the basics of modern and contemporary Western approaches to the philosophies of both reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology), right through the end of the 20th century, when some philosophers were even questioning the value of philosophy itself. Led by author and award-winning Professor Lawrence Cahoone of the College of the Holy Cross, these 36 lectures will take you on an engaging intellectual journey that encompasses prominent figures from all the major traditions of Western philosophy." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS: Disc 1 Lecture 1. Philosophy and the Modern Age Lecture 2. Scholasticism and the Scientific Revolution Lecture 3. The Rationalism and Dualism of Descartes Lecture 4. Locke's empiricism, Berkeley's Idealism Lecture 5. Neo-Aristotelians : Spinoza and Leibniz Lecture 6. The Enlightenment and Rousseau Disc 2 Lecture 7. The Radical Skepticism of Hume Lecture 8. Kant's Copernican Revolution Lecture 9. Kant and the Religion of Reason Lecture 10. The French Revolution and German Idealism Lecture 11. Hegel, the Last Great System Lecture 12. Hegel and the English Century Disc 3 Lecture 13. The Economic Revolution and its Critic, Marx Lecture 14. Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason Lecture 15. Nietzsche's Critique of Morality and Truth Lecture 16. Freud, Weber, and the Mind of Modernity Lecture 17. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Pragmatism Lecture 18. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Analysis Disc 4 Lecture 19. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Phenomenology Lecture 20. Physics, Positivism and Early Wittgenstein Lecture 21. Emergence and Whitehead Lecture 22. Dewey's American Naturalism Lecture 23. Heidegger's Being and Time Lecture 24. Existentialism and the Frankfurt School Disc 5 Lecture 25. Heidegger's Turn Against Humanism Lecture 26. Culture, Hermeneutics, and Structuralism Lecture 27. Wittgenstein's Turn to Ordinary Language Lecture 28. Quine and the End of Positivism Lecture 29. New Philosophies of Science Lecture 30. Derrida's Deconstruction of Philosophy Disc 6 Lecture 31. The Challenge of Postmodernism Lecture 32. Rorty and the End of Philosophy Lecture 33. Rediscovering the Premodern Lecture 34. Pragmatic Realism - Reforming the Modern Lecture 35. The Reemergence of Emergence Lecture 36. Philosophy's Death Greatly Exaggerated
"The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida offers you an introduction to the basics of modern and contemporary Western approaches to the philosophies of both reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology), right through the end of the 20th century, when some philosophers were even questioning the value of philosophy itself. Led by author and award-winning Professor Lawrence Cahoone of the College of the Holy Cross, these 36 lectures will take you on an engaging intellectual journey that encompasses prominent figures from all the major traditions of Western philosophy." (Publisher's Website) DVD CONTENTS:
Disc 1 Lecture 1. Philosophy and the Modern Age Lecture 2. Scholasticism and the Scientific Revolution Lecture 3. The Rationalism and Dualism of Descartes Lecture 4. Locke's empiricism, Berkeley's Idealism Lecture 5. Neo-Aristotelians : Spinoza and Leibniz Lecture 6. The Enlightenment and Rousseau
Disc 2 Lecture 7. The Radical Skepticism of Hume Lecture 8. Kant's Copernican Revolution Lecture 9. Kant and the Religion of Reason Lecture 10. The French Revolution and German Idealism Lecture 11. Hegel, the Last Great System Lecture 12. Hegel and the English Century
Disc 3 Lecture 13. The Economic Revolution and its Critic, Marx Lecture 14. Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason Lecture 15. Nietzsche's Critique of Morality and Truth Lecture 16. Freud, Weber, and the Mind of Modernity Lecture 17. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Pragmatism Lecture 18. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Analysis
Disc 4 Lecture 19. Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Phenomenology Lecture 20. Physics, Positivism and Early Wittgenstein Lecture 21. Emergence and Whitehead Lecture 22. Dewey's American Naturalism Lecture 23. Heidegger's Being and Time Lecture 24. Existentialism and the Frankfurt School
Disc 5 Lecture 25. Heidegger's Turn Against Humanism Lecture 26. Culture, Hermeneutics, and Structuralism Lecture 27. Wittgenstein's Turn to Ordinary Language Lecture 28. Quine and the End of Positivism Lecture 29. New Philosophies of Science Lecture 30. Derrida's Deconstruction of Philosophy
Disc 6 Lecture 31. The Challenge of Postmodernism Lecture 32. Rorty and the End of Philosophy Lecture 33. Rediscovering the Premodern Lecture 34. Pragmatic Realism - Reforming the Modern Lecture 35. The Reemergence of Emergence Lecture 36. Philosophy's Death Greatly Exaggerated GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope
LECTURE GUIDES Lecture 1: Philosophy and the Modern Age Lecture 2: Scholasticism and the Scientific Revolution Lecture 3: The Rationalism and Dualism of Descartes Lecture 4: Locke's Empiricism, Berkeley's Idealism Lecture 5: Neo-Aristotelians : Spinoza and Leibniz Lecture 6: The Enlightenment and Rousseau Lecture 7: The Radical Skepticism of Hume Lecture 8: Kant's Copernican Revolution Lecture 9: Kant and the Religion of Reason Lecture 10: The French Revolution and German Idealism Lecture 11: Hegel, the Last Great System Lecture 12: Hegel and the English Century Lecture 13: The Economic Revolution and its Critic, Marx Lecture 14: Kierkegaard's Critique of Reason Lecture 15: Nietzsche's Critique of Morality and Truth Lecture 16: Freud, Weber, and the Mind of Modernity Lecture 17: Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Pragmatism Lecture 18: Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Analysis Lecture 19: Rise of 20th Century Philosophy - Phenomenology Lecture 20: Physics, Positivism and Early Wittgenstein Lecture 21: Emergence and Whitehead Lecture 22: Dewey's American Naturalism Lecture 23: Heidegger's Being and Time Lecture 24: Existentialism and the Frankfurt School Lecture 25: Heidegger's Turn Against Humanism Lecture 26: Culture, Hermeneutics, and Structuralism Lecture 27: Wittgenstein's Turn to Ordinary Language Lecture 28: Quine and the End of Positivism Lecture 29: New Philosophies of Science Lecture 30: Derrida's Deconstruction of Philosophy Lecture 31: The Challenge of Postmodernism Lecture 32: Rorty and the End of Philosophy Lecture 33: Rediscovering the Premodern Lecture 34: Pragmatic Realism - Reforming the Modern Lecture 35: The Reemergence of Emergence Lecture 36: Philosophy's Death Greatly Exaggerated
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Timeline Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
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Modern Philosophy Intellectual History Intellectual Tradition Historical Philosophy