# Aspects of Western Philosophy

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Dr. Sreekumar Nellickappilly
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106052)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106052)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Greek Philosophy: Ionians, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus and Democritus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/215a83a4b647) (Video)
2. [Sophists, Socrates; philosophy of man; relativism and subjectivism; the idea of good](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/06974a276872) (Video)
3. [Platos idealism: theory of ideas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/1f03f1d12a3d) (Video)
4. [Plato: theory of knowledge, method of dialectic; theory of soul](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/87c6e77535c0) (Video)
5. [Aristotles criticism of Platonic idealism and the concepts of Form and Matter](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/dbea445dfdf1) (Video)
6. [Aristotles theory of causation; potentiality and actuality](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/73fb4da4d279) (Video)
7. [Medieval philosophy: St. Augustine and the Problem of evil; St. Thomas Aquinass concepts of faith and reason; proofs for the existence of God.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/8a4f4d6b3f61) (Video)
8. [Modern Philosophy: mail characteristic features; renaissance and scientific revolution; rationalism and empiricism: main features.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/fc1587fcc820) (Video)
9. [Descartes: the method in philosophy; the concepts of doubt and indubitable knowledge.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/4aab2c700b14) (Video)
10. [Descartes: the mind-body dualism; the concept of God and proofs for Gods existence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/f4e90e268ab7) (Video)
11. [Spinoza: the concepts of Substance, attributes and modes.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/227c4816fa81) (Video)
12. [Spinozas pantheism-God and nature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/bd91293339ac) (Video)
13. [Leibniz: Monadology; the mind-body problem revisited; concept of God; the concept of pre-established harmony](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/73ebb84f1c38) (Video)
14. [The empiricism of John Locke: ideas and their classification; refutation of innate ideas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/caee8a70488f) (Video)
15. [John Locke: theory of knowledge; concept of substance; the primary and secondary qualities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/678c5f3eb781) (Video)
16. [Berkeley: the refutation of the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, immaterialism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/5a6894a17090) (Video)
17. [Berkeleys critique of abstract ideas, esse est percipi, the problem of solipsism; God and self](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/1c4788454b83) (Video)
18. [Hume : Impressions and ideas, knowledge concerning relations of ideas and knowledge concerning matters of fact, induction and causality.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/5823dc05b554) (Video)
19. [The external world and the self, personal identity, rejection of metaphysics, scepticism, reason and the passions.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/c3925e0589d7) (Video)
20. [Critical Philosophy: characteristic features; kantd objectives: the classification of judgements, possibility of synthetic a priori judgements, the Copernican revolution](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/2ee9645c1c89) (Video)
21. [Kant: forms of sensibility, categories of understanding; the process of knowledge acquisition; phenomenon and noumenon,](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/4ebc74c21569) (Video)
22. [The Ideas of Reason-soul, God and world as a whole; antinomies; rejection of speculative metaphysics.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/33ee5cd5226f) (Video)
23. [Kants ethics; freedom and immortality, problems with Kant.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/8a6c3f8a673c) (Video)
24. [Hegel : The conception of Geist (spirit), the dialectical method, concepts of being, non-being and becoming,](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/267be45fef5c) (Video)
25. [Absolute idealism; consciousness, self consciousness and reason.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/baa4b49321f2) (Video)
26. [Karl Marx: historical materialism; the significance of the proletariat; the base structure-superstructure division.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/a000691e7328) (Video)
27. [Nietzsche : Critique of western culture, religion and morality; will to power; the idea of superman.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/a5f264a59452) (Video)
28. [Linguistic turn in British philosophy: Russells logical atomism and the refutation of idealism.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/ef3f737e9182) (Video)
29. [Wittgenstein : early Wittgensteins conception of language and reality; the picture theory of meaning](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/1ae67c69acc7) (Video)
30. [Later Wittgensteins conception of language games and forms of life; meaning and use.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/9549246af65f) (Video)
31. [Logical positivism; against metaphysics and a scientific conception of philosophy; the limitation of logical positivism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/bbb328857b83) (Video)
32. [Husserl : Phenomenology and the methods of reduction; the principle of intentionality.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/b82dabddaa1a) (Video)
33. [Phenomenological reduction, eidetic reduction and transcendental reduction; transcendental subjectivity; the pure subject.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/55e79d60180f) (Video)
34. [Heidegger : phenomenological hermeneutics; concept of Being; man as being-in-the-world; destruction of the western intellectual tradition.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/7d97c2aad0ea) (Video)
35. [Authentic and inauthentic existence; Truth as disclosure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/87034c2fb943) (Video)
36. [Existentialism: main features; existence precedes essence; freedom and responsibility; finiteness and situatedness of human existence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/38fdb9d1a9e1) (Video)
37. [Sartres conception of human existence; man is condemned to be free; rejection of essentialism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/fe1ce894d783) (Video)
38. [The concept of being-in-itself, being-for-itself and being-for-others](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/9a9950def387) (Video)
39. [Postmodernism: major trends and chief characteristic features; conceptions of human subject; different postmodern approaches](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/02f616cf1933) (Video)
40. [Deconstruction, feminism, discourse theory etc.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106052/bf979ea6f2d1) (Video)