Daniel N. Robinson Audio & Video

A lecture series examining Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. This series looks at German Philosopher Immanuel Kant's seminal philosophical work 'The Critique of Pure Reason'.

Under “David Hume”, the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy begins with, “The most important philosopher ever to write in English”. His most formidable contemporary critic was the fellow Scot, Thomas Reid, the major architect of so-called Scottish Common Sense Philosophy.

The course covers traditional psychologists such as Freud, Skinner, Jung, Watson, Piaget, and Erikson, as well as philosophers and other thinkers who have had an impact on the field.

These lectures link the concerns of geniuses across centuries with the same fundamental questions, making their debates our own.

It's as essential to human existence as water is to a fish, and yet every night we surrender it gratefully. As human beings, we recognize that we have it, but we can never be sure anyone else does. It has been the subject of debate for philosophers and scientists for millennia, but we've yet to pin down or even understand its true essence and purpose.

The United States is often thought of as a "young" nation. But in fact, it is the oldest continuing democracy in the world.

Daniel N. Robinson, Oxford University; Georgetown University.