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Daniel Bonevac
Daniel Bonevac explores the history of philosophy with focus on German Idealism and Enlightenment thinkers. Each episode examines a philosopher's core ideas—from Herder's historicism to Schelling's absolute idealism—tracing how these figures shaped debates about ethics, freedom, and consciousness. Rigorous, scholarly, and accessible.
Episodes
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 9 19 12 World War I
Lecture 7, World War I, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacThe Pure Competition Paradox
A libertarian paradox that does not involve any Pareto condition, that might be termed the Busybody Paradox. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacA Renaissance Theory of Virtue: Lorenzo Valla on Honesty, Generosity, Motivation, and Kindness
15th century Italian Renaissance thinker Lorenzo Valla's theory of virtues as combinations of simpler virtues.@PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacMill on Freedom of Speech
John Stuart Mill's argument for freedom of speech—"the liberty of thought and discussion"—in On Liberty. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacFichte's Foundation for Ethics
Johann Gottlob Fichte develops a Kantian ethics from his analysis of self-consciousness. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 2 13 13
Lecture 12, Marcion and Montanus, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacPlato on the Tyrannical Soul
Plato's Republic, Book 9: http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.9.ix.html. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacThe Robber and Victim Paradoxes
Paradoxes of Deontic Logic: The Robber and Victim Paradoxes. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 10 12 Luigi Pirandello
Lecture 16, Pirandello, if OGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 2 25 13
Lecture 16, The Council of Nicaea, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacPHL354 2 1 13
Lecture 7, Paul at Mars' Hill, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacTwo Puzzles in Kant's Ethics
What is a good will? And why are the formulations of the Categorical Imperative equivalent?
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 1 18 13
Lecture 2, Plato's God, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacMoral Categories, Part Three
Some thoughts on Selim Berker's idea that, in addition to deontic and evaluative normative categories, we need a category of the fitting, appropriate…
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 1 12 Yeats and Unamuno
Lecture 12, Yeats and Unamuno, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 3-22-13
Lecture 21, Augustine, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacWinter Snow
Melanie Luna, Winter Snow—words and music by Audrey Assad. Recorded live on December 1, 2019. @PhiloofAlexandria@melanieluna3090
Daniel BonevacKarl Marx
Lecture 2, Marx, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacFichte on Self Consciousness
Johann Gottlob Fichte on consciousness, self-consciousness, and consciousness of our own self-consciousness. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 3-1-13
Lecture 18, Gregory of Nyssa, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacThe Doctrinal Paradox
The paradox discussed by Kornhauser and Sager, showing that groups may be logically incoherent even though each member is logically coherent. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 9 26 12 Eliot: The Waste Land
Lecture 10, Civilization in Decline: The Waste Land, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 3-29-13
Lecture 24, Anselm, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacHans Georg Gadamer
German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and his ideas on a hermeneutic ethics. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacAristotle's God
Lecture 3, Aristotle's God, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 9 24 12 Marxism and the Russian Revolution
Lecture 9, Marxism and the Russian Revolution, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 11 2 12 Paralysis
Lecture 24, Paralysis, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 15 12 The Roaring Twenties: F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
Lecture 18, The Roaring Twenties, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacBuridan's Puzzles
Two puzzles from Jean Buridan: Buridan's ass (the donkey undecided among piles of hay) and the fifteenth sophism, "I owe you a horse," both of which relate to…
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 11 12 12 Existentialism
Lecture 27, Existentialism, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 31 12 The Rise of Hitler
Lecture 23, The Rise of Hitler, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 2 15 13
Lecture 13, The Monarchian Controversy, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacSchelling's Idealism
Friedrich Schelling’s critique of Kant and argument for idealism. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacMoral Categories, Part Two
Moral Categories: The Deontic, the Evaluative, and the Aptic—Selim Berker's three categories of normative concepts. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 1 25 13
Lecture 4, Jesus's Life and Ministry, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 12 5 12 Freedom in Practice
Lecture 35, Freedom in Practice, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 11 5 12 World War II
Lecture 25, World War II, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacE'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
Melanie Luna, vocal; words and music by Paul Manz; arranged by Dan Bonevac. (With Dan Bonevac on bass.) Recorded live in Austin, December 1…
Daniel BonevacHerder's Ethics and Metaethics
Johann Gottfried von Herder on ethics and metaethics—his embrace of sentimentalism, while holding that feelings are concept-laden and theory-laden…
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 29 12 The Rise of Stalin
Lecture 22, The Rise of Stalin, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacAspasius's Ethical Paradox of the Heap
Ethical concepts, including virtue concepts, are vague.@PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPerfect and Imperfect Virtues
Aspasius and later commentators on perfect and imperfect virtues: can an action exhibit a virtue, and another action exhibit it to an even greater extent?…
Daniel BonevacGibbard's Love Triangle
A paradoxical love triangle that points toward a Pareto-consistent libertarian claim. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 2 4 13
Lecture 8, Paul on Weakness of Will, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 3-20-13
Lecture 20, Augustine, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 2-27-13
Lecture 17, Christology, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacSchelling's Absolute Idealism
Friedrich Schelling’s Absolute Idealism—and his argument for it, based on the missing explanation argument. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacChristmastime
Melanie Luna and Rich Harney, Christmastime. Words and music by Rich Harney. This was the world premiere of this song, recorded exactly ten years ago. You can…
Daniel BonevacUGS 303 10 22 12 Fascism
Lecture 19, Fascism, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, Fall 2012
Daniel BonevacJohn Milton on Freedom of Speech
John Milton's Areopagitica, his case for freedom of speech.@PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacSolving Reinach's Paradox
Three hypotheses for explaining why the effects of reflection on moral evalaution are not uniform. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPlato on Wisdom: Plato's Euthydemus
Socrates discusses wisdom, concluding that it is a self-replicating craft. @PhiloofAlexandria
Daniel BonevacPHL 354 3-27-13
Lecture 23, Anselm, of PHL 354/CTI 335, History of Christian Philosophy, The University of Texas at Austin, Spring 2013
Daniel BonevacThe Abilene Paradox
Jerry B. Harvey's Abilene Paradox, a puzzle about group decision making. Groups can decide, even unanimously, to do things that no one in the group wants to…
Daniel BonevacHerder's Philosophical Method
The Philosophical Method of Johann Gottfried von Herder. @PhiloofAlexandria