Michael Ayers on Locke and Berkeley: Section 3

Locke and Berkeley

This program examines the philosophies of British empiricists John Locke and George Berkeley. Philosopher Michael Ayers of Oxford interprets Locke's skeptical theory that all knowledge is sensory and speculative, and that the true nature of the world can never be known as an attack on Descartes' theory of innate ideas. Conversely, Berkeley insists that we cannot have sensory knowledge of material substances because the exist only in the mind. Even the laws of nature, Berkeley says are merely the regularities of our own perceptions or ideas.

Section 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5jwktbnrZY

Section 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKmp0jXE0c0

Section 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0sJlhroEa0

Section 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ctxZtbH_mw

Section 5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KutXFg5rlU

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Bryan
• Magee
• Michael
• Ayers
• John
• Locke
• Berkeley
• Empiricism

[hootiepaladin]

@cporot10

Hmm, thought he teaches at Sommerset Community College.

[cporot10]

Just for clarification: Michael Ayers is a Professor Emeritus at Wadham College, Oxford University.

[SamuellMatthews]

@alanrich1000 He's like that to all of them; I think it's to 'dumb it down' for us, the viewing public

[baabaa1000]

@alanrich1000

thank you for the use of the word 'avuncular!'

[alanrich1000]

It is interesting how Magee is avuncular with Ayers because Ayers is not a professor - the hierarchy of academia.

[supportedhousinggrad]

It is very useful to be able to run videos whilst doing other things. It is good to see this programme which I am not sure I viewed as a child.

[trisix99]

all good. thanks so much for uploading flame.

[theinternetscholar]

"equations buried in reality" . . . i love that line, it's comforting that in a way you can generalize chaos into order

[Leibo07]

Fine stuff, as usual, flame. thanks