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Dr James Grant received his BA from Queen’s University, Canada, and his BPhil and DPhil from the University of Oxford. He was employed as a Departmental Lecturer in Philosophy at The Queen’s College, Oxford, from 2010-2012, before joining Birkbeck University in 2012. Dr Grant’s research interests are in aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of language. In his most recent book, The Critical Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2013), he provides a new account of the nature of art criticism.
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| 16 | 4. Arguments from Harm | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses arguments that claim citizens of rich countries are responsible for harming poor people in other countries. | James Grant | 08 Aug 2011 | |
| 15 | 3. Arguments from Distributive Justice | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the debate over whether distributive justice requires that well-off people do something about poverty in other countries. | James Grant | 08 Aug 2011 | |
| 14 | 2. Arguments from Beneficence, Part 2 | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses objections to the belief that well-off people have extremely demanding obligations to poor people in other countries. | James Grant | 08 Aug 2011 | |
| 13 | 1. Arguments from Beneficence, Part 1 | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at Oxford University, introduces some of the key concepts in philosophical debates about global poverty. | James Grant | 08 Aug 2011 | |
| 12 | 4. Metaphor and Art | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the use of metaphor to describe music and other artworks. | James Grant | 04 Jul 2011 | |
| 11 | 3. Speaking in Metaphor | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the question of how we succeed in communicating to others with metaphor. He also examines the question of whether all metaphors can be paraphrased. | James Grant | 04 Jul 2011 | |
| 10 | 2. How Metaphors Mean | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses different theories about what gives metaphors the special meaning or content they have. | James Grant | 04 Jul 2011 | |
| 9 | 1. What Metaphors Mean | James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, introduces some of the key concepts in discussions of metaphor in the philosophy of language. | James Grant | 04 Jul 2011 | |
| 8 | Creative Commons | 8. Defining Art | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his eight and final lecture in the Aesthetics series on Defining Art. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | 7. Musical Expression | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his seventh lecture in the Aesthetics series on the expression of emotion in music. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 6 | Creative Commons | 6. Literary Interpretation | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his sixth lecture in the Aesthetics series on the interpretation of literature. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 5 | Creative Commons | 5. Kant's Critique of Judgement: Lecture 2 | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford concludes his discussion of Kant's Critique of Judgement in the fifth lecture of the Aesthetics series. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | 4. Kant's Critique of Judgement: Lecture 1 | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his fourth lecture in the Aesthetics series on Kant's Critique of Judgement. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | 3. Hume and the Standard of Taste | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his third lecture in the Aesthetics series on Hume and the Standard of Taste. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | 2. Aristotle's Poetics | James Grant, lecturer in philosophy, University of Oxford gives his second lecture in the Aesthetics series on Aristotle's Poetics. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |
| 1 | Creative Commons | 1. Plato's Philosophy of Art | James Grant, lecturer in philosop-hy, University of Oxford gives his first lecture in the Aesthetics series on Plato's philosophy of Art. | James Grant | 15 Mar 2011 |