4.4 Modern Responses to Dualism
Part 4.4. Looks at some of the modern responses to Cartesian Dualism including Gilbert Ryle's and G. Strawson's responses to the idea.
1.4 The Birth of the Early Modern Period: From Galileo to Descartes
Part 1.4. Outlines Galileo's revolutionary theories of astronomy and mechanical science and introduces Descartes' (the father of modern philosophy) ideas of philosophical scepticism.
1.2 The Birth of Modern Philosophy
Part 1.2. Gives a very brief history of philosophy from the 'birth of philosophy' in Ancient Greece through the rise of Christianity in Europe in the Middle Ages through to the Renaissance, the Reformation and the birth of the Modern Period.
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
He's got the whole world in his hands: US History and its discontents in the Obama Era
Robin Kelley's inaugral lecture comments on the absence of discussion about race as connected to Barak Obama's presidency, particularly in light of American history and politics.
Contract, Obligation, Rights and Reciprocity in the New Modern Welfare State
This lecture, delivered by Lord Raymond Plant on 18 April 2007, opened the inaugural workshop in the Foundation's programme on 'The Social Contract Revisited'.
A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8 - Islington and Stoke Newington parishes
The volume is the first to cover parts of Middlesex which lay from 1889 until 1965 within the administrative county of London, with histories of the parishes of Islington and Stoke Newington.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12 - Wootton Hundred (South) including Woodstock
The Victoria County History's account of the Borough of New Woodstock
A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9 - Burton-upon-Trent
This volume covers the town of Burton-upon-Trent on the county's eastern boundary, along with its suburbs and satellite villages on either side of the river, including Stapenhill which was formerly in a separate parish in Derbyshire.
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 8 - The Poldens and the Levels
Somerset's Polden hills divide the county's central marshlands, Sedgemoor to the south and the Brue Valley to the north.
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 13 - Bampton Hundred (Part One)
Covers the area of the sixteen ancient parishes of Bampton hundred, in the west of the county, bordering onto Gloucestershire to the west and Berkshire to the south.
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 10 - Westbury and Whitstone Hundreds
The history of the six parishes in Westbury hundred and the sixteen in Whitstone hundred. Both hundreds abut the River Severn.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 10 - Lexden Hundred (Part) including Dedham, Earls Colne an
Exploring the area of Lexden Hundred to the north and west of Colchester.
A History of the County of Essex: Volume 4 - Ongar Hundred
Covers the 26 parishes of Ongar hundred, including Chipping and High Ongar, Chigwell, Stondon Massey and Theydon Bois.
Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 10 - Officials of Royal Commissions of Inquiry 1870-1939
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A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8 - The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick
An account of the topography, economy, architecture and political and religious life of Coventry and the Borough of Warwick.
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8 - Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds
Includes the towns of Warminster and Westbury, and the parishes of the three hundreds.
A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 7 - Holderness Wapentake, Middle and North Divis
Covers the area of the East Riding between the north sea to the east and the the river Hull to the west, bordering the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull.
Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 2 - Officials of the Secretaries of State 1660-1782
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Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1 - Treasury Officials 1660-1870
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