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James does PPE
...and he's decided to share his knowledge with the rest of the world, via that modern technological marvel commonly known as the internet. So peruse, and enjoy, but don't come running to us when your head explodes because you've learnt too much.
Marxism
Revolution
Did Marx think that the transition from capitalism to socialism would be violent? Did he think it would be democratic?
State
Marx's view of the relation between state and society was original, but hardly convincing.
Gramsci
Some of the most fruitful developments in socialist thought have been stimulated by problems facing Marxists in Western Europe, but they all demonstrate, intentionally or otherwise, the untenability of Marx's prognoses.
Alienation
What is the significance of the concept of alienation in Mark's thought?
Ideology
'If the essence and appearance of things directly coincided, all science would be superfluous'. Does Marx's dictum lead to novel insights?
Base-Superstructure
Does the suggestion that Marx conceived the relation between base and superstructure in relational terms render his view more defensible, or less so?
Class
How successful have Marx's successors been in writing his unfinished chapter on social classes?
Politics
Liberty
Why and in what sense do we say we want people to be free?
Democracy
Is democracy a means or an end?
Rights
Do people have some rights just by being human?
Communitarianism
Is communitarianism compatible with liberal political principles?
Power
Do you agree that power, unlike authority, should apply only to relationships where there is a conflict of interests?
Philosophy
Personal_Identity
If a man appeared tomorrow possessing every conceivable attribute of Socrates, is there any chance that he is the same person as Plato's tutor?
Sensation
Is the chair that I see on the floor before me blue?
Berkeley
What is Berkeley's Immaterialism? What are its problems?
Induction
Why does Hume say what he says about Induction?
Causation
What are Hume's views on causation? Can they be improved?
Innate_Knowledge
Is there innate knowledge?
Leibniz
Does Leibniz disallow freedom?
Scepticism
How can scepticism be countered?