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The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida
- Narrated by: Lawrence Cahoone
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
What is reality? Ask yourself whether you can actually know the answer, much less be sure that you can know it, and you've begun to grapple with the metaphysical and epistemological quandaries that have occupied, teased, and tormented modern philosophy's greatest intellects since the dawn of modern science and a century before the Enlightenment.
These 36 lectures are the perfect introduction to the basics of modern and contemporary Western approaches to the philosophies of both reality (metaphysics) and knowledge (epistemology), right through the end of the 20th century. Led by Professor Cahoone, you'll partake in an engaging intellectual journey that encompasses prominent figures from all the major traditions of Western philosophy.
You'll explore the ideas behind modern philosophy's most important movements, including dualism, rationalism, empiricism, idealism, existentialism, and postmodernism. You'll plunge into the thought of some of philosophy's most important thinkers, including Descartes, Locke, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Peirce, Nietzsche, James, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Rorty, and Derrida, learning how many of them were in fact considered radicals, their views appreciated far less in their own era than in later ones.
And you'll gain a clear sense of how each of these movements and thinkers fits into philosophy's broader progression, often pushing philosophy in dramatically new directions right up to the present day, as well as how philosophy is intimately related to a multitude of other disciplines.
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- AManda
- 01-02-17
great introduction to the subject
a complex subject made very accessible, I wish more lectures by this author were available
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- Richard Neat
- 12-02-20
excellent series of lectures.
really most enjoyable and informative. introduces several thinkers I was unfamiliar with and I will buy further titles.
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- Ben Woods
- 31-07-22
Comprehensive Overview of Western Philosophy
You will need some background in the Western Philosophical Tradition to get the most out of this series but it is an excellent overview covering most of the key figures and, crucially, how they relate to each other. And Lawrence Cahoon's performance is at just the right place.
Thoroughly recommend!
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- Philipp Fehre
- 02-04-19
really nice introduction to philosophy
Nice introduction, with lots of pointers where to go next. Really got me interested to learn more! The lecturer is also very good.
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- Daren Messenger Samard Chisti
- 30-06-19
Great summary of contemporary thought
really good summary of the epistemological problems raised by post modern thinkers. It's read as a journey and includes contemporary thinkers after Derrida and Foucault, in a way it covers the modern thinkers, the post modern thinkers, the pre modern thinkers as a response to Heidegger and Wittgenstein and the pro modern thinkers etc There's so much more than previously knew and much more reading for me now after this
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-19
Beautiful!
Loved it! I am going to listen to it again! To some extent it helped me to clarify my own understanding of reality. There is a beauty of philosophy there revealed and also the beauty of us humans in our quest for truth.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-11-17
Top class course
As a seasoned philosopher I found this course to be surprisingly stimulating, challenging, interesting, and enjoyable. The lectures were delivered clearly and with passion. I'm just sorry to reach the end of the course.
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- mr
- 23-03-19
Simply excellent
This is without doubt the best non-fiction title I have listened to in eight years as an Audible member. Clear, accessible and thought provoking, it provides an excellent overview of the key epistemological and metaphysical ideas of the modern era. Cannot recommend highly enough.
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- Kanishka Sinha
- 16-09-16
Best intermediate book on Philosophy
I loved it. I listen to it before I go to bed and so I'm a little dozy to understand it all. But I've listened to it several times and each time I get a little closer.
Awesome :-)
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- 11-10-13
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Where does The Modern Intellectual Tradition: From Descartes to Derrida rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This is one of the best audio books/courses available for download. I was a little dubious at first, not only because of its cerebral content, but also due to its length (30+ hours), but each lecture is a digestible 20-30 minutes. Worked into a daily routine, it's thus relatively easy to complete the full course in a matter of weeks - think of your daily commute to work!
What about Professor Lawrence Cahoone’s performance did you like?
I've some familiarity with modern philosophy, but felt that there were many holes in my knowledge. Cahoone's concise and accessible style has greatly helped me fill these gaps. I'm still very impressed by how he balances eloquence of articulation with clarity. The use of everyday examples to illustrate abstract concepts is very helpful.
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