Lysis

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2.Volume 2 focuses on the debates surrounding the emergence of the so-called 'New Realism.' Inspired by the early works of the American pragmatists, the new realists opposed idealistic and transcendental metaphysics, and advocated for various forms of empirical and scientific naturalism.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill.John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. The essay first appeared as a series of three articles published in Fraser's Magazine in 1861; the articles were collected and reprinted as a single book in 1863. It went through four editions during Mill's lifetime with minor additions and revisions. Although Mill includes discussions of utilitarian ethical principles in other works such as On Liberty and The Subjection of Women , Utilitarianism contains Mill's only major discussion of the fundamental grounds for utilitarian ethical theory.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Poetics by Aristotle.Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal of situation, and character in the context of Greek tragedy, comedy and epic poetry. But it still applies today. It is especially popular with screenwriters as seen in many script gurus’ how-to books.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Bertrand Russell.This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" details the impact of the 1900 World Congress of Philosophers on Russell's development and the hope that new methods in mathematics could be applied to the solution of ancient philosophical problems. Many of the subsequent essays show the evolution of this hope as Russell worked on the foundations of mathematics and applied the new methods to the reconstruction of physical objects on the basis of sense-data, and the redefinition of matter and cause.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell.Provides a brief indication of the beliefs of philosopher Bertrand Russell, focusing on his hopes for the future. The topics included are: nature and man, the good life, moral rules, individual and social salvation, and science and happiness.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Lysis.Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Philosophy of Logical Atomism by Bertrand Russell.'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism' is a series of lectures by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) that touches on numerous topics, including the nature of propositions, the relations of propositions to facts and of different types of words to the varieties of things, what kinds of facts there are, existence, monism and pluralism, and aspects of philosophical logic and of reference. Guiding the lectures, at least according to Russell's headnote to his lectures, is Russell's intent to fully flesh out ideas he learned from his former pupil, Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951).Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Some Turns of Thought in Modern Philosophy by George Santayana.This episode includes AI-generated content.

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 1 by Various.This episode includes AI-generated content.

Selections from the Principles of Philosophy by René Descartes.This episode includes AI-generated content.