Professor Kozlowski Lectures

Professor Kozlowski updates his Intro to Logic episode with some video game recommendations, an explicit discussion of the four historical periods and five classical branches of philosophy, and some (moderately) updated ranting about informal fallacies in contemporary politics.

Another new semester means another syllabus lecture from Professor Kozlowski.  This lecture features post-nervous-breakdown content like additional precautions against plagiarism and a desperate attempt to prevent overly-politicized discussions.  We'll have to see if it's effective!

Professor Kozlowski provides a very rough-strokes overview of the history of 19th Century Phenomenology - specifically Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Husserl - as preparation to discuss his listeners' questions in the weeks to come. If you have questions or topic suggestions for Professor Kozlowski, e-mail him at profbkozlowski2@gmail.com

Professor Kozlowski throws caution to the wind, transgresses the boundaries of good taste, and proceeds to argue that the problems typical to 21st Century American culture have more to do with Post-Modernism than Modernism.  Feel free to call him a hack in the comments.  You're not wrong, but it's not like it will stop him or anything. He promises, no more Philosophy of America stuff in...

Professor Kozlowski bloviates his way to understanding the change between the American philosophy of the nation's founders and American philosophy today - the good, the bad, and the ugly.  Along the way we'll discuss pluralism, property, meritocracy and capitalism, the development of the modern Republican party, the disintegration of the small town in America, and a little bit of Aristotelian...

In this first listener-requested lecture, Professor Kozlowski discusses the philosophical and religious underpinnings of American identity, including the Stuart Dynasty in Great Britain, the Enlightenment perspective on Ancient Greek and Roman politics, and Enlightenment philosophy in general. Professor Kozlowski continues to take requests for future lectures - e-mail him at profbkozlowski2@gmail....

Professor Kozlowski snubs his students and addresses this supplemental lecture to his Internet listeners: we're going on a two-week hiatus, but if you want to hear more podcasts about philosophy, mythology, literature, or whatever, e-mail Professor Kozlowski at: profbkozlowski2@gmail.com - he is taking suggestions, and since there are only about a dozen or so regular listeners, you'll probably get...

Professor Kozlowski closes out the semester by discussing Jean-Paul Sartre's essay "The Humanism of Existentialism," discussing the landscape of 20th Century Philosophy (analytic and continental), and issuing a public service announcement to Just Say No to Nihilism and Relativism.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the conclusion of Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and the ambiguous conclusions presented by Hume and his characters on the nature of God.

Professor Kozlowski discusses one of his personal favorite passages in all of philosophy, and explains how Hume's skepticism leads Philo to some unexpected possibilities.

Professor Kozlowski opens his discussion of Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion with a brief discussion of the difference between Rationalism and Empiricism, an analysis of Humian skepticism (as embodied by Philo), and the central argument about God's nature as presented by Cleanthes.

Professor Kozlowski introduces modern philosophy by discussing the first half of Descartes' Meditations.

Professor Kozlowski rambles about Aquinas' thought on science, language, and how much we can actually say about God.

Professor Kozlowski discusses Iliad 8-9 and 14-15, focusing especially on the relationship between Zeus and the other gods, and Achilles' stubborn rejection of Agamemnon's peace offering.

In this lecture, Professor Kozlowski transitions from Ancient to Medieval philosophy, discussing the thousand years of history that transpires to contextualize this period, as well as the key arguments of Anselm and Thomas Aquinas about the existence and nature of God, the connection between reason and revelation, and the medieval notion of God's simplicity.  For his next lecture he will expl...

Professor Kozlowski contrasts the myth of Herakles against the myth of Gilgamesh, looking at the theme of mortality as it is approached in each tradition.

Professor Kozlowski explores the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, its troubling misogyny, and the way that other readers of the myth have re-interpreted its problems.

Professor Kozlowski attempts a *very* brief overview of the beliefs and identity distinctive to the Abrahamic religions.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Roman Empire in broad strokes: its origins, its influence, its legacy, and its self-identity.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the Bible, Judaism, and Christianity with an eye toward discussing the Western view of God as preparation for reading Aquinas, Descartes, and Christian-influenced philosophy in future lectures.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the evolution of the Greek National Identity, beginning with Herodotus and the Greco-Persian War, through Hellenism, and how it is informed by the myths surrounding the Trojan War (as retold by Apollodorus).

Professor Kozlowski discusses Greek History from prehistory through the Classical period, along with an overview of Greek culture, especially in Classical Athens.

Professor Kozlowski tries (and fails) to explain the mysteries of the Tao and Te as presented in the Tao Te Ching .

Professor Kozlowski concludes his discussion of Creation Myths with a discussion of the rise and fall of human beings, especially contrasting the role of humans in Greek mythology (Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days) against Genesis 1-3.

Professor Kozlowski discusses the principles of comparative mythology by comparing a wide variety of creation myths: Babylon's Enuma Elish & Theogony of Dunnu Egypt's "A Hymn to Life" Israel's Genesis 1-2 Plato's Timaeus Philon of Byblos' Phoenician History Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I