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Read This TodayDavid Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingExplore David Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding! Discover its relation to his Treatise, his unique empiricism, profound skepticism, and the enduring critiques of his philosophy on knowledge, religion, and morality. A concise dive into Hume's intellectual journey.Works Cited Page"A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Summary and Study Guide." SuperSummary, 2025."Chapter Seven Critique of Hume's Metaphysical Nihilism." ACJOL.Org.CloudDogBrew. "Hume's Treatise of Human Nature (Secondary Sources)." Reddit, r/askphilosophy.Fieser, James. "David Hume (1711—1776)." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2023.Garrett, Don, and Peter Millican. Reason, In...2025-06-1350 min
Read This TodayJohn Locke's An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingExplore John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding! Dive into the origins and limits of human knowledge, ideas, and perception. A foundational text in empiricism that shaped modern thought.Works Cited Page (MLA Format):Anonym. "The Epistemology of Descartes and Locke. A Comparative Analysis of the Fundamentals of the Theories." GRIN Verlag, 2020. GRIN, www.grin.com/document/946804."An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Jan. 2024, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Understanding.Flage, Daniel E. "Berkeley, George." Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Hume, David. An Enquiry concerning...2025-06-131h 02
Mente Ateísta🗣️Deus Não Existe: Um Argumento Científico | Debates (Peter Millican) | Oxford UnionO vídeo da Oxford Union apresenta o Professor Peter Millican argumentando contra a existência de Deus em um debate. Ele afirma que o ônus da prova recai sobre os crentes, não nos céticos ou agnósticos. Millican critica a ideia de um ser todo-poderoso e moralmente perfeito com base na falta de evidências científicas e no problema do mal. Ele também questiona o argumento da afinação do universo e contrapõe argumentos morais que atribuem a moralidade unicamente à religião. O professor sugere que nossas crenças devem ser baseadas em evidências...2025-06-0211 min
Cold and Lonely TruthDebate: Does God Exist? William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican (2011)A 2011 debate between William Lane Craig and Peter Millican on the topic of Does God Exist?2024-04-292h 18
Unbelievable?Classic Replay: Is the fine-tuning of the Universe evidence for God? Robin Collins vs Peter MillicanFrom 2016: Science has revealed that the fundamental constants and forces of the cosmos appear to be exquisitely fine-tuned to allow a universe in which life can develop. Is God the best explanation of the incredibly improbable odds of the universe we live in being a life-permitting one? Robin Collins is a Christian philosopher and a leading advocate of the argument for God from cosmic design. Peter Millican is an atheist philosopher at Oxford University. They debate the issues.
For Robin Collins: http://home.messiah.edu/~rcollins/
For Peter Millican: http://www.millican.org/
• Subscribe to the Unbelievable? podcast: https://pod.lin...2023-10-241h 18Unbelievable?Classic Replay: Debating the Ontological ArgumentFrom March 2015: Can God be proved by definition? That's the claim of the Ontological Argument for God's existence.
Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams and sceptic philosopher Peter Millican from Oxford University explore the different versions of the argument. Williams defends the argument, Millican believes it is flawed.
For Peter S Williams: www.peterswilliams.com Peter SW YouTube Playlist on the OA and Peter SW teaching on the argument
For Peter Millican: http://www.millican.org/ and Graham Oppy's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Ontological Arguments
For Millican's 2011 debate with William Lane Craig Click here.
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The Kibbe and Friends ShowK&F Show #268: Clay Millican Wins NHRA AGAIN!; Movie Review “Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry”Presented with Holley! The fall events at Holley are just around the corner and Holley MOPARTY is less than 60 days away. We'll be there and you should be too! Click here to see ALL of Holley's upcoming events (LS, Ford, Electric, even EFI tuning classes).
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K&F Show Summary: In the mind of...2023-07-201h 16Unbelievable?Classic Replay: William Lane Craig vs Peter Atkins - Manchester debate
From October 2011, the full recording of the final debate of the UK Reasonable Faith Tour.
William Lane Craig is a Christian philosopher, Peter Atkins is an atheist scientist. In this their second encounter, they debated arguments for and against the existence of God.
Craig's other debates from the 2011 Tour:
vs Stephen Law: https://youtu.be/w7FhphWDokA
vs Peter Millican: https://youtu.be/fEw8VzzXcjE
vs Andrew Copson & Arif Ahmed: https://youtu.be/GRIVUIVb5mc
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Mentality Meets podcast - Peter Larkum LtdLucy Nichol—Panic AttacksPlease review us on Apple Podcasts and help others find this interview.Watch this interview on YouTubeMIND SHIFT FORUM 2022Take the free 'Hope Assessment' and join us on the journey of becoming a person of hope in 2022. Each month you'll receive one practical email challenge and an episode of Mentality Meets, exploring stories and strategies to grow in hope. Sign up now.MENTALITYCheck out Peter's video course, Mentality. It gives you the need-to-know essentials of mental health in 1 hour. Learn how to spot the signs...2022-04-1144 min
Mentality Meets podcast - Peter Larkum LtdLucy Nichol—Panic AttacksPlease review us on Apple Podcasts and help others find this interview.Watch this interview on YouTubeMIND SHIFT FORUM 2022Take the free 'Hope Assessment' and join us on the journey of becoming a person of hope in 2022. Each month you'll receive one practical email challenge and an episode of Mentality Meets, exploring stories and strategies to grow in hope. Sign up now.MENTALITYCheck out Peter's video course, Mentality. It gives you the need-to-know essentials of mental health in 1 hour. Learn how to spot the signs...2022-04-1144 minUnbelievable?Classic Replay: William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican - Does God Exist?This special edition of the show featured the public debate between Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist Philosopher Peter Millican as part of the Reasonable Faith Tour 2011.
They debated "Does God Exist?" before a capacity crowd at Bill's Alma Mater, Birmingham University where he studied for his first Doctorate. First broadcast in Oct 2011.
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Ethics in AIEthics in AI Seminar: Responsible Research and Publication in AIEthics in AI Seminar - presented by the Institute for Ethics in AI Chair: Peter Millican, Gilbert Ryle Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at Hertford College, Oxford University
What role should the technical AI community play in questions of AI ethics and those concerning the broader impacts of AI? Are technical researchers well placed to reason about the potential societal impacts of their work?
What does it mean to conduct and publish AI research responsibly?
What challenges does the AI community face in reaching consensus about responsibilities, and adopting appropriate norms and governance mechanisms?
How can we maximise the benefits...2021-07-121h 26
Doubts Aloud PodcastEpisode 37 - Dumb and Dumber. Part 2 - DumberEpisode 37– Show Notes We continue the discussion from the last episode which had launched from the chapter in our favourite Apologetics book - "How Darwinism Dumbs Us Down: Evolution and Postmodernism". This time we discuss the theists’ side of deriving confidence in our knowledge (quoting the book): “an absolute mind as the basis for trust in human cognition”, i.e. being in God’s hands when it comes to what we can know.So what does happen when theists face their own source for determining truths and knowledge, which boils down to a reliance on God not deceiving...2021-02-061h 21
FuturemakersEbolaProfessor Peter Millican begins the final episode of this series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Whilst that pandemic officially ended in 2016, this virus has caused a brutal outbreak nearly every year since. After his discussion at the start of the series about whether Ebola may have been the disease that caused the Plague of Athens, has Peter arrived back where he started?2021-01-1450 minFuturemakersHIV/AIDSIn the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Professor Peter Millican leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV. Many of you may remember the emerging panic that became the media narrative around HIV and the disease it can lead to, AIDS, and in this episode Peter follows the story from the beginning, with medical experts who’ve worked on the front line of this pandemic since the early days.2021-01-1451 minFuturemakersCholeraProfessor Peter Millican makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow - a man who either played a central role in the history of epidemiology, or was just one of many trying to tackle that century's foremost threat; cholera. Peter discusses Snow's role, water pump handles, and how we may very well still be experiencing this devastating pandemic today.2021-01-1438 min
FuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: Coronavirus and ‘Disease X’Peter interviews the Oxford scientists working at the forefront of research into Disease X - a pathogen which the World Health Organization added to their shortlist of blueprint priority diseases in 2018 to represent the hypothetical cause of our next pandemic...
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of Athens to the West African Ebola outbreak, via the Black Death, Smallpox...2020-12-201h 23FuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: EbolaPeter begins the final episode of the series in 2014, at the onset of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Whilst that pandemic officially ended in 2016, this virus has caused a brutal outbreak nearly every year since. After his discussion at the start of the series about whether Ebola may have been the disease that caused the Plague of Athens, has Peter arrived back where he started?
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has e...2020-12-1350 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: HIV and AIDSIn the ninth episode of our History of Pandemics season, Peter leaves the perils of influenza behind, only to discover an entirely new virus: HIV. Many of you may remember the emerging panic that became the media narrative around HIV and the disease it can lead to, AIDS, and in this episode Peter follows the story from the beginning, with medical experts who’ve worked on the front line of this pandemic since the early days.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world...2020-12-1351 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: The 'Spanish' FluPeter arrives in the twentieth century, during the last years of the Great War, to a pandemic which you may have read a lot about during the early coverage of our current COVID-19 outbreak. After the Black Death, the so-called ‘Spanish’ Flu has one of the most famous monikers of any pandemic, but does it deserve such notoriety?
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major...2020-12-1347 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: The 'Russian' FluIn this episode, Peter discusses a controversial outbreak... So-called 'Russian' Flu is either the first influenza pandemic we’ll be discussing, or it wasn’t the flu at all. It was either a disease which emerged from and then devastated the country it was named after, or an outbreak which the Russian people barely noticed at the time. It either deserves its place as the seventh pandemic we’re covering in the series, or it’s the pandemic that never was, an outlier in our historical narrative…
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Prof...2020-12-1345 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: Cholera and John SnowPeter makes it to the nineteenth century to discuss the achievements of John Snow - a man who either played a central role in the history of epidemiology, or was just one of many trying to tackle that centuries’ foremost threat; cholera. Peter discusses Snow's role, water pump handles, and how we may very well still be experiencing this devastating pandemic today.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues wil...2020-12-1338 min
The ListenerS3 Ep2: History of Pandemics: The Plague of Justinian Podcast: Futuremakers (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: S3 Ep2: History of Pandemics: The Plague of JustinianPub date: 2020-11-29Notes from The Listener:Part of a series about plagues of centuries past. This one, from the sixth century, is often considered to be the first "plague pandemic", spreading through the eastern Mediterranean and northern Africa and eventually killing millions in Europe. It is named for the Emperor Justinian because he is thought to have contracted the disease and then recovered at the outbreak's height, when around 10,000 people a day were dying in h...2020-12-0355 minFuturemakersSmallpox, and JennerWelcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major smallpox outbreak, a disease that by this point has been plaguing populations around the globe for centuries. Professor Peter Millican will discover why milkmaids may be to central to the story of vaccination, how smallpox features in popular contemporary literature and what Napoleon thought of an English physician called Edward Jenner.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter...2020-12-0143 minFuturemakersThe Great Plaguein the final plague episode of the series, Professor Peter Millican talks to his guests about the last major outbreak of this horrific disease in seventeenth-century England. Along the way they dispel some myths – for example it wasn’t the Great Fire of London that finally defeated the disease – and he drops in on one of the outbreaks most famous commentators – Samuel Pepys. Stay tuned to the end for a bonus conversation on Shakespeare’s experience during the plague outbreaks which led up to this final Great Plague.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor...2020-12-011h 06FuturemakersThe Black DeathProfessor Peter Millican arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak. The Black Death is a gruesome name well-matched with a grim disease, and as you'll find out, it's not just the name which has survived to the modern period...
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of Athens to the West African Ebola outbreak, via the Black...2020-12-0145 minFuturemakersThe Plague of JustinianWelcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Professor Peter Millican discusses a plague that historians and medical experts agree was likely the first plague pandemic humanity experienced. You may not have heard much about the emperor Justinian I, or why he’s got a plague outbreak named after him, but by the end of this episode you’ll hear just how devastating and long-lasting this pandemic was.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the deva...2020-12-0155 minFuturemakersAthens: the first plague?Join Professor Peter Millican in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastating disease had just erupted. Our guests discuss whether this really was plague, the breakdown in law and order that began to emerge, and how the historian Thucydides survived the disease that hit his city.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of...2020-12-0146 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: Smallpox, and JennerWelcome to the eighteenth century, at a point when Europe is going through another major smallpox outbreak, a disease that by this point has been plaguing populations around the globe for centuries. Peter will discover why milkmaids may be to central to the story of vaccination, how smallpox features in popular contemporary literature and what Napoleon thought of an English physician called Edward Jenner.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and h...2020-11-2943 min
FuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: The Great PlagueIn the final plague episode of the series, Peter talks to his guests about the last major outbreak of this horrific disease in seventeenth-century England. Along the way they dispel some myths – for example it wasn’t the Great Fire of London that finally defeated the disease – and he drops in on one of the outbreaks most famous commentators – Samuel Pepys. Stay tuned to the end for a bonus conversation on Shakespeare’s experience during the plague outbreaks which led up to this final Great Plague.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Milli...2020-11-291h 06FuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: The Black DeathPeter arrives in the fourteenth century and meets history's most notorious plague outbreak. The Black Death is a gruesome name well-matched with a grim disease, and as you'll find out, it's not just the name which has survived to the modern period...
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of Athens to the West African Ebola outbreak, via the Black Death, S...2020-11-2945 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: The Plague of JustinianWelcome to the Eastern Roman Empire in the sixth century. This time, Peter discusses a plague that historians and medical experts agree was likely the first plague pandemic humanity experienced. You may not have heard much about the emperor Justinian I, or why he’s got a plague outbreak named after him, but by the end of this episode you’ll hear just how devastating and long-lasting this pandemic was.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pande...2020-11-2955 minFuturemakersHistory of Pandemics: Athens: the first plague?Join Peter in 5th century Athens, a crowded city in the midst of a siege, where a devastating disease had just erupted. Our guests discuss whether this really was plague, the breakdown in law and order that began to emerge, and how the historian Thucydides survived the disease that hit his city.
This episode is part of our History of Pandemics season - follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of Athens...2020-11-2946 minFuturemakersS3: The Future after COVID-19Just before our third season starts we talk with Dr Peter Drobac, a global health physician and Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, and Dr Aoife Haney, Research Lecturer in Innovation and Enterprise, about the social, economic and environmental changes that may well be heading our way after our current pandemic.
Coming soon... Follow Professor Peter Millican as he talks to researchers from around the world about some of the devastating pandemics humanity has experienced. Peter and his colleagues will discuss ten major outbreaks: from the Plague of Athens to the West African Ebola outbreak, via the B...2020-11-2241 minFuturemakersShould nuclear power be part of our energy system?Should nuclear power be part of our energy system? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with experts from Oxford. Nuclear energy is still a controversial idea for many people, with dangerous accidents and destructive bombs being at the top of their minds when they hear the words, yet other renewable energy sources are not without their critics, and arguably are not yet at a place where they can entirely replace our current energy systems. So what role can, or should, nuclear be playing in the UK energy sector as we move towards a sustainable future?
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FuturemakersClimate change: Who should we sue?To date, there have been climate change legal cases in at least 28 countries. From Greta Thunberg leading a group of young people in filing a lawsuit against five countries at the UN to the Hague Court of Appeals upholding a historic ruling against the Dutch government, increasing numbers of people are taking legal action together to demand governments do more.
And with various oil and gas companies being sued by US cities for costs of climate-related damages, today on Futuremakers, we’re asking: what does this rise in litigious climate action mean for society as we race to meet climate targ...2019-11-2456 minFuturemakersShould nuclear power be part of our energy system?Nuclear energy is still a controversial idea for many people, with dangerous accidents and destructive bombs being at the top of their minds when they hear the words, yet other renewable energy sources are not without their critics, and arguably are not yet at a place where they can entirely replace our current energy systems. So what role can, or should, nuclear be playing in the UK energy sector as we move towards a sustainable future?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Professor Nick Eyre, Director of the Centre for Research into Energy...2019-11-101h 02FuturemakersWhat did the Paris Climate Agreement change?On the 12th December 2015, at the 21st COP in Paris, representatives of 196 states reached an agreement to combat climate change that was celebrated around the world. With the long-term goal of keeping global temperature to below two degrees centigrade above pre-industrial levels, and covering areas such as nationally determined contributions and global stocktakes, Paris was heralded as a huge break-through. But four years on, and against the backdrop of the United States announcing its intention to withdraw from the agreement, what did the politicians at Paris actually achieve?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with F...2019-11-031h 04FuturemakersClimate change: do individual actions matter?With a lot of Government work relying on geo-political understanding between nation states and large multinational corporations, is there still potential for actions on an individual level to shape the future of the planet? Do actions such as changing our diets, varying how we commute or even joining in with mass demonstrations, have the possibility of being anywhere near as effective as changes that can be made on an international level? Can one person save the planet?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Professor Susan Jebb, a nutrition scientist who is co-director...2019-10-2755 min
In the Arena: The Debates and Lectures of William Lane CraigWilliam Lane Craig vs Peter Millican: Does God Exist?This debate was at Birmingham University between Dr. Craig and atheist Philosopher Peter Millican2019-10-2500 minFuturemakersHow do you build a greener country?What does the current infrastructure in the UK look like, and how far is it from where we need to be to meet our international commitments, or even our own challenge to be Net Zero by 2050?
How much do our working practices and lives contribute to how ‘green’ the country is, and how can we promote and preserve biodiversity across the globe?
How do we compare to other countries, and what can we learn from them?
Finally, how do you build a ‘greener’ country?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with
Professor...2019-10-2059 minFuturemakersClimate change and politics - why haven’t we done more?With the IPCC warning that policymakers have limited time to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5° C, beyond which the climate-related risks to humans and natural systems rise quickly, it’s clear that we need to act sooner rather than later. This may be why we’re seeing increasing public action from the likes of Extinction Rebellion and the Youth Strikes for Climate, but what action have we seen from governments in the UK and beyond since this stark warning was delivered? What confidence can we have in our leaders to bring about the changes we need over the next...2019-10-1355 minFuturemakersTwelve years to climate disaster?The IPCC’s 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C broke into the public consciousness through media reporting that we only had twelve years to limit climate change catastrophe.
But was this really the conclusion of the report?
If it was, do we really only have twelve years to fix our climate, and if not, how soon should we take action?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Professor Myles Allen, Coordinating Lead Author on the IPCC’s Special Report on 1.5 degrees, Professor Helen Johnson from Oxford’s Earth Sciences Department, whose work focuses on understandi...2019-10-061h 06FuturemakersS2: Trailer: Futuremakers season two coming soon...
Rising sea levels? Burning forests? 12 years to act?
These are the issues that will come to define our time. Join us as we bring together leading experts from Oxford and beyond to discuss the existential threats from climate change, and how we should rethink our governance, infrastructure, working practices and lives to help prevent them.
As Futuremakers returns for its second season, we're looking at the cutting-edge research into climate, energy, food, waste, water and biodiversity, and exploring the debates around how and where global climate action should be taken.
Join the discussion with...2019-09-2201 min
HumeRidge Church of ChristPs. Peter Millican || The bodily resurrectionGuest Pastor Peter Millican brought a powerful message about the hope of the bodily resurrection for those who believe in Jesus and how we should live in light of it. We hope you'll be impacted by this message.2019-07-1543 minFuturemakersCould quantum computing change the world?Peter Millican tries to discover the truth about a global race to develop the world’s first scalable quantum. Once we believed that the world around us behaved according to the laws of classical mechanics, and it took us hundreds of years to work out that actually something else was going on. Quantum computing offers what we believe to be the best way to process information based on the laws of physics as we now know them. But how did we discover that quantum mechanics could offer such developments in computing? And why did this realm remain hidden for so lo...2019-04-1146 minFuturemakersCould quantum computing change the world?Once we believed that the world around us behaved according to the laws of classical mechanics, and it took us hundreds of years to work out that actually something else was going on. Quantum computing offers what we believe to be the best way to process information based on the laws of physics as we now know them. But how did we discover that quantum mechanics could offer such developments in computing? And why did this realm remain hidden for so long?
For this special episode of Futuremakers, Peter Millican, Professor of Philosophy, set out to discover...2019-04-0746 minFuturemakersSeason Finale: AI selection boxIn the final episode of our series, we’re looking back at the themes we’ve discussed so far, and forward into the likely development of AI. Professor Peter Millican will be joined by Professor Gil McVean, to further investigate how big data is transforming healthcare, by Dr Sandra Wachter, to discuss her recent work on the need for a legal framework around AI, and also by Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt on where the field of artificial intelligence research has come from, and where it’s going. To conclude, Peter will be sharing some of his views on where humanity is hea...2019-01-081h 44
FuturemakersSeason Finale: AI selection boxIn the final episode of our series, we’re looking back at the themes we’ve discussed so far, and forward into the likely development of AI. Professor Peter Millican will be joined by Professor Gil McVean, to further investigate how big data is transforming healthcare, by Dr Sandra Wachter, to discuss her recent work on the need for a legal framework around AI, and also by Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt on where the field of artificial intelligence research has come from, and where it’s going. To conclude, Peter will be sharing some of his views on where humani...2018-12-231h 45
FuturemakersIs China leading the way in AI?In the penultimate episode of series one, we’re looking at the development of AI across the globe. China has set itself the challenge of being the world’s primary innovation centre by 2030, a move forecast to generate a 26% boost in GDP from AI related benefits alone, and some claim they’re already leading the way in many areas. But how realistic is this aim when compared to AI research and development across the world? And if China could dominate this field, what are the best, and worse, case scenarios for both it, AI technology, and the rest of the plan...2018-12-1646 minFuturemakersWhat does AI mean for the future of humanityJoin our host, philosopher Professor Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with three experts from Oxford University. So far in the series, we’ve heard that artificial intelligence is becoming ubiquitous and is already changing our lives in many ways, from how we search for and receive information, to how it is used to improve our health and the nature of the ways we work. We’ve already taken a step into the past and explored the history of AI, but now it’s time to look forward. Many philosophers and writers over the centuries have discussed the difficult ethica...2018-12-1259 minFuturemakersWhat does AI mean for the future of humanity?So far in the series we’ve heard that artificial intelligence is becoming ubiquitous and is already changing our lives in many ways, from how we search for and receive information, to how it is used to improve our health and the nature of the ways we work. We’ve already taken a step into the past and explored the history of AI, but now it’s time to look forward. Many philosophers and writers over the centuries have discussed the difficult ethical choices that arise in our lives. As we hand some of these choices over to machines, are we...2018-12-091h 00FuturemakersHas AI changed the way we find the truth?Around the world, automated bot accounts have enabled some government agencies and political parties to exploit online platforms in dispersing messages, using keywords to game algorithms, and discrediting legitimate information on a mass scale. Through this they can spread junk news and disinformation; exercise censorship and control; and undermine trust in the media, public institutions and science. But is this form of propaganda really new? If so, what effect is it having on society? And is the worst yet to come as AI develops?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Rasmus Nie...2018-12-021h 04FuturemakersFrom Ada Lovelace to Alan Turing – the birth of AI?Many developments in science are achieved through people being able to ‘stand on the shoulders of giants’ and in the history of AI two giants in particular stand out. Ada Lovelace, who inspired visions of computer creativity, and Alan Turing, who conceived machines which could do anything a human could do. So where do their stories, along with those of calculating engines, punched card machines and cybernetics fit into to where artificial intelligence is today?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Ursula Martin, Professor at the University of Edinburgh and a membe...2018-11-181h 11FuturemakersDoes AI have a gender?Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topics of gender and AI. As chatbots and virtual assistants become an ever-present part of our world, and algorithms increasingly support decision-making, people working in this field are asking questions about the bias and balance of power in AI. With the make-up of teams designing technology still far from diverse, is this being reflected in how we humanise technology? Who are the people behind the design of algorithms and are they re-enforcing society’s prejudices through the systems they create?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topi...2018-11-1259 minFuturemakersShould AI have gender?As chatbots and virtual assistants become an ever-present part of our world, and algorithms increasingly support decision-making, people working in this field are asking questions about the bias and balance of power in AI. With the make-up of teams designing technology still far from diverse, is this being reflected in how we humanise technology? Who are the people behind the design of algorithms and are they re-enforcing society’s prejudices through the systems they create?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Gina Neff, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the Oxfo...2018-11-111h 01FuturemakersIs AI good for our health?With AI algorithms now able to mine enormous databases and assimilate information far quicker than humans can, we’re able to spot subtle effects in health data that could otherwise have been easily overlooked. So how are these tools being developed and used? What does this mean for medical professionals and patients? And how do we decide whether these algorithms are making things better or worse?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Alison Noble, Technikos Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Engineering Science, Paul Leeson, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the...2018-11-0448 minFuturemakersIs AI good for our health?Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores the topic "Is AI good for our health?" With AI algorithms now able to mine enormous databases and assimilate information far quicker than humans can, we’re able to spot subtle effects in health data that could otherwise have been easily overlooked. So how are these tools being developed and used? What does this mean for medical professionals and patients? And how do we decide whether these algorithms are making things better or worse? Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Alison Noble, Technikos Professor of Biomed...2018-11-0247 minFuturemakersIs the banking sector about to change for ever?AI is already playing a role in the finance sector, from fraud detection, to algorithmic trading, to customer service, and many within the industry believe this role will develop rapidly within the next few years. So what does this mean for both the people that work in this sector, and for the role banking and finance plays in society?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Professor Stephen Roberts, Royal Academy of Engineering and Man Group Professor of Machine Learning, Professor Nir Vulkan, a leading authority on e-commerce and market design, and...2018-10-281h 03FuturemakersAre all algorithms biased?Our lives are increasingly shaped by automated decision-making algorithms, but do those have in-built biases? If so, do we need to tackle these, and what could happen if we don’t?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with Dr Sandra Wachter, a lawyer and Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, Dr Helena Webb a Senior Researcher in the Department of Computer Science, and Dr Brent Mittelstadt, a philosopher also based at the Oxford Internet Institute.2018-10-211h 11FuturemakersHow will the automation of jobs progress?In 2013 two Oxford academics published a paper entitled “The Future of Employment: How Susceptible Are Jobs to Computerisation?”, estimating that 47% of U.S. jobs were at risk of automation. Since then, numerous studies have emerged, arriving at very different conclusions. So where do these estimates diverge, and where do we think the automation of jobs might be heading?
Join our host, philosopher Peter Millican, as he explores this topic with one of the authors of that paper, Professor Mike Osborne, Dr Judy Stephenson, an expert on labour markets in pre-industrial England, and Professor David Clifton from our Depa...2018-10-211h 05FuturemakersTrailer: season one launching 22nd October!Down winding streets, beyond the dreaming spires, inside the college walls, debates are happening - in every study room and lecture theatre - about the future of society.
Futuremakers, from the University of Oxford, invites you to that debate. Join your host, philosopher Peter Millican, and three experts as we discuss the movements that are shaping the future of our society.
Our first series is all about Artificial Intelligence, and we’ll explore topics from the inherent bias of algorithms to the future automation of jobs. That’s Futuremakers – available to download now. 2018-10-1200 minUnbelievable?Is the fine-tuning of the Universe evidence for God? Robin Collins vs Peter MillicanScience has revealed that the fundamental constants and forces of the cosmos appear to be exquisitely fine-tuned to allow a universe in which life can develop. Is God the best explanation of the incredibly improbable odds of the universe we live in being a life-permitting one?
Robin Collins is a Christian philosopher and a leading advocate of the argument for God from cosmic design. Peter Millican is an atheist philosopher at Oxford University. They debate the issues.
For Unbelievable? The Conference 2016: http://www.premierchristianradio.com/unbelievable2016"
For Robin Collins: http://home.messiah.edu/~rcollins/
For Peter...2016-03-181h 20
The Peter S. Williams PodcastThe Ontological Argument vs. Peter MillicanI defend a version of the Ontological Argument in discussion with Oxford philosopher Peter Millican. Extracted from Justin Brierly's 'Unbelievable?' show on Premier Christian Radio - http://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable - first broadcast 7th March 2015 and podcast here with permission.2015-03-141h 03Unbelievable?Debating the Ontological Argument - Peter S Williams & Peter MillicanDebating the Ontological Argument - Peter S Williams & Peter Millican
Can God be proved by definition? That's the claim of the Ontological Argument for God's existence.
Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams and sceptic philosopher Peter Millican from Oxford University explore the different versions of the argument. Williams defends the argument, Millican believes it is flawed.
For Peter S Williams: www.peterswilliams.com Peter SW YouTube Playlist on the OA and Peter SW teaching on the argument
For Peter Millican: http://www.millican.org/ and Graham Oppy's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on Ontological...2015-03-061h 21Unbelievable?AC Grayling vs Peter S Williams - The God Argument - Unbelievable?
AC Grayling is one of the Uk's most well known atheist thinkers. His new book The God Argument claims to refute the key arguments for God and show why humanism is the best way forward.
Christian Philosopher Peter S Williams interacts with Grayling who he believes has badly misunderstood the arguments for God in his book. In a busy show they debate The Argument from Fine Tuning, The Cosmological Arguement and The Moral Argument.
For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013
For more discussion between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier...2014-06-231h 27Unbelievable?Unbelievable? 5 Nov 2011 - Is God a Delusion? William Lane Craig in Oxford
FOR FULL VIDEO OF THE EVENT http://youtu.be/fP9CwDTRoOE
On 25th October 2011 Professor William Lane Craig spoke to a capacity audience at Oxford's Sheldonian theatre.
He critiqued Richard Dawkins' book The God Delusion and interacted with a panel of academics.
THe event was Chaired by Professor Peter Millican of Hertford College, and the panel comprised Dr. Daniel Came, Dr Stephen Priest, and Dr John Parrington.
Richard Dawkins was invited to defend his book but refused. An empty chair was left for him in case he changed his mind.
This event was part of th...2014-06-232h 03Unbelievable?Unbelievable? 26 Oct 2011 - William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican - Does God Exist?
The Reasonable Faith Tour has concluded!
This Special Podast edition of the show features the full audio from the debate held at Birmingham University between Christian Philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist Philosopher Peter Millican.
William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. As well as publishing hundreds of academic works and articles he is well known for his debates with atheists around the world.
Peter Millican is Gilbert Ryle Professor of Philosophy at Oxford University and a noted Hume scholar.
They deb...2014-06-232h 23
In Our Time: ReligionBishop BerkeleyMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a...2014-03-2047 min
In Our Time: PhilosophyBishop BerkeleyMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of George Berkeley, an Anglican bishop who was one of the most important philosophers of the eighteenth century. Bishop Berkeley believed that objects only truly exist in the mind of somebody who perceives them - an idea he called immaterialism. His interests and writing ranged widely, from the science of optics to religion and the medicinal benefits of tar water. His work on the nature of perception was a spur to many later thinkers, including David Hume and Immanuel Kant. The clarity of Berkeley's writing, and his ability to pose a...2014-03-2047 minIn Our Time: PhilosophyThe Ontological ArgumentMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument. In the eleventh century St Anselm of Canterbury proposed that it was possible to prove the existence of God using reason alone. His argument was ridiculed by some of his contemporaries, but was analysed and improved by later thinkers including Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. Other philosophers have been less kind, with the Enlightenment thinker David Hume offering one possible refutation. But the debate continued, fuelled by interventions from such heavyweights as Immanuel Kant and Kurt Gödel; and it remains one of the most discussed problems in philosophy.W...2012-09-2742 minIn Our Time: ReligionThe Ontological ArgumentMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument. In the eleventh century St Anselm of Canterbury proposed that it was possible to prove the existence of God using reason alone. His argument was ridiculed by some of his contemporaries, but was analysed and improved by later thinkers including Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz. Other philosophers have been less kind, with the Enlightenment thinker David Hume offering one possible refutation. But the debate continued, fuelled by interventions from such heavyweights as Immanuel Kant and Kurt Gödel; and it remains one of the most discussed problems in philosophy.W...2012-09-2742 min
Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One5. Of the Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy (Slides)Accompanying slides for Lectures 5a to 5c of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0100 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4. Of Knowledge and Probability (Slides)Accompanying slides for Lectures 4a to 4f of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0100 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One3. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time (Slides)Accompanying slides for Lectures 3a to 3c of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0100 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One1. Introduction, Hume's Theory of Ideas and the Faculties (Slides)Accompanying Slides for Lectures 1a to 1c of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0100 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One5c. Of the Ancient and Modern PhilosophiesThird and Final part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.2012-08-0152 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One5b. Of Skepticism with Regard to the SensesSecond part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.2012-08-0124 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One5a. Of Skepticism with Regard to ReasonFirst part of Lecture 5 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of the Skeptical and Other Systems of Philosophy.2012-08-0116 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4f. The Point of Hume's Analysis of CausationSixth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0109 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4e. Understanding Hume on CausationFifth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0125 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4d. Of the Necessary ConnectionFourth part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0136 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4c. Belief and ProbabilityThird part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0129 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4b. The Argument Concerning InductionSecond part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0135 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One4a. Relations, and a Detour to the Causal MaximFirst part of Lecture 4 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Of Knowledge and Probability.2012-08-0120 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One3b. Space and TimeSecond part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.2012-08-0127 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One3a. Hume's Theory of General (or Abstract) IdeasFirst part of Lecture 3 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. Abstract Ideas, Space and Time.2012-08-0122 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One2. Hume's Theory of Relations (Transcript)Lecture 2 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0100 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One2. Hume's Theory of RelationsLecture 2 of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0120 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One1c. Hume's Faculty PsychologyThird part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0128 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One1b. The Theory of IdeasSecond part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0132 minIntroduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One1a. Hume's Theory of Ideas and the FacultiesFirst part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One.2012-08-0120 minIn Our Time: PhilosophyScepticismMelvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Scepticism, the idea that it may be impossible to know anything with complete certainty. Scepticism was first outlined by ancient Greek philosophers: Socrates is reported to have said that the only thing he knew for certain was that he knew nothing. Later, Scepticism was taught at the Academy founded by Plato, and learnt by students who included the Roman statesman Cicero. The central ideas of Scepticism were taken up by later philosophers and came to the fore during the Renaissance, when thinkers including Rene Descartes and Michel de Montaigne took up its challenge...2012-07-0542 min
General PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 6 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 6.2010-11-3059 minGeneral PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 5 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 5.2010-11-2959 minGeneral PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 4 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 4.2010-04-0859 minGeneral PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 3 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 3.2010-04-0859 minGeneral PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 2 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 2.2010-04-0859 minGeneral PhilosophyGeneral Philosophy Lecture 1 (Slides)PDF slides from Peter Millican's General Philosophy lecture 1.2010-02-1959 min
Philosophy BitesPeter Millican on Hume's SignificanceDavid Hume is probably the greatest English-speaking philosopher to date. In this interview for Philosophy Bites. Peter Millican, a Hume specialist, explains why his philosophy was so important.2008-04-1314 min