The great ideas of philosophy. Part 5 of 5

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Philosophy is best understood as a "great conversation" held across hundreds of years. All philosophers have the same eternal questions: What is the nature of the world and what can we know about it? What is the best kind of life? How should we govern ourselves and each other? There are no final answers, but some answers are far better than others. These lectures link the concerns of geniuses across centuries with the same fundamental questions, making their debates our own.  Read more... Abstract: Philosophy is best understood as a "great conversation" held across hundreds of years. All philosophers have the same eternal questions: What is the nature of the world and what can we know about it? What is the best kind of life? How should we govern ourselves and each other? There are no final answers, but some answers are far better than others. These lectures link the concerns of geniuses across centuries with the same fundamental questions, making their debates our own Content: Lecture 49: Alan Turing in the forest of wisdom -- Lecture 50: Four theories of the good life -- Lecture 51: Ontology, what there "really" is -- Lecture 52: Philosophy of science, the last word? -- Lecture 53: Philosophy of psychology and related confusions -- Lecture 54: Philosophy of mind, if there is one -- Lecture 55: What makes a problem "moral" -- Lecture 56: Medicine and the values of life -- Lecture 57: On the nature of law -- Lecture 58: Justice and just wars -- Lecture 59: Aesthetics, beauty without observers -- Lecture 60: God, really?