Hubert L. Dreyfus Audio & Video

This course will compare and contrast the Greek, Medieval, and modern worlds, as reflected in their greatest literature...

The Existentialism in Literature and Film course, taught by professor Hubert L. Dreyfus, cuts right to the roots of existentialist thought, looking at the works of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, and examining Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov in depth.

One of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century, Being and Time is both a systematization of the existential insights of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenological account of intentionality.

The religious turn to their faith to find meaning. But what about the many people who lead secular lives? A secular life charged with meaning is indeed within reach....

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes philosopher Hubert Dreyfus for a discussion of why machines cannot become human.