Podcast Episodes featuring David Hume

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EP 31: David Hume

I Learned Nothing - February 24, 2018 02:14 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 157 ratings
Ben explains David Hume to Pat.

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AS138: David Hume, Of Miracles Part 2

Serious Inquiries Only - May 21, 2015 04:56 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratings
Continuing from Monday, we’re finishing up Of Miracles by Hume. It’s quite an important piece in skeptic history, and seeks to provide an argument against miracle testimony of many kinds. The post AS138: David Hume, Of Miracles Part 2 appeared first on Atheistically Speaking.

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AS137: David Hume, Of Miracles

Serious Inquiries Only - May 18, 2015 06:58 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 978 ratings
The Portable Atheist, part 6! Rather than claim I will come back to the Portable Atheist in a month and then wait like 4 months as I have previously, I decided to be proactive and get right to it! This time, it’s “Of Miracles” by David Hume,  very important work for skepticism. This will be … Co...

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Episode #053 ... David Hume pt. 3 - Custom

Philosophize This! - March 16, 2015 03:02 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 14.2K ratings
On this episode of the podcast we talk about David Hume's thoughts on the soul, the self and how "custom is the great guide of human life." All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help.  Website: https://www...

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Episode #052 ... David Hume pt. 2 - Design

Philosophize This! - March 05, 2015 03:28 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14.2K ratings
On this episode of the podcast, we continue our discussion of David Hume. This time, we focus on Hume's response to the Teleological Argument, which goes a little something like this: “Look at how perfectly everything works! All of this must have been designed by God.” We also learn about Hume’s ...

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Episode #051 ... David Hume pt. 1

Philosophize This! - February 25, 2015 06:24 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 14.2K ratings
On this episode of the podcast, we talk about David Hume! First, we learn about Hume’s ‘is’ versus ‘ought’ distinction and how not being mindful of this pitfall can lead us down a dangerous path. Next, we discuss the limitations of science and learn what Hume thought should fill in the gaps it le...

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David Hume

In Our Time: Philosophy - October 06, 2011 10:15 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 793 ratings
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the philosopher David Hume. A key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, Hume was an empiricist who believed that humans can only have knowledge of things they have themselves experienced. Hume made a number of significant ...

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Episode 8, with guest David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Prize-winning legendary photojournalist

Polioptics - May 02, 2011 13:50 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
David Hume Kennerly is our interview guest this week. Show produced by Katherine Caperton Original Air Date: April 30, 2011 on SiriusXM Satellite Radio "POTUS" Channel 124.  Click above to listen On our XM-Sirius broadcast, we obviously talk a lot about images. Images are what give us a se...

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On David Hume with Simon Blackburn

Notebook on Cities and Culture - December 02, 2008 06:24 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 124 ratings
A conversation about the greatest British philosopher of all time with Simon Blackburn, professor of philosophy at Cambridge University and the University of North Carolina and author of How to Read Hume. [download] [MOI home] [MOI archive]

Books written by David Hume

Ten Great Works of Philosophy
Robert Paul Wolff, René Descartes, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, William James, Plato, Aristotle, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, Various

592 pages - ★★★★ - 85 ratings