{"podcast":{"title":"Sadler's Lectures","slug":"sadler-s-lectures-233636","podcast_index_feed_id":233636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:452424567/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000454164567-ok8t43-original.jpg","author":"Lectures on classic and contemporary philosophical texts and thinkers by Gregory B. Sadler","episode_count":500,"summary":"I'm that YouTube Philosophy Guy! Find more than 3…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T04:21:47.402430+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636"},"episode":{"title":"David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature - The Self As Bundle Of Perceptions - Sadler's Lectures","slug":"david-hume-treatise-of-human-nature-the-self-as-bundle-of-perceptions-sadler-s-lectures","published_at":"2026-06-22T16:22:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636/david-hume-treatise-of-human-nature-the-self-as-bundle-of-perceptions-sadler-s-lectures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636","url":"https://soundcloud.com/gregorybsadler/david-hume-treatise-of-human","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2322027926-gregorybsadler-david-hume-treatise-of-human.mp3","summary":"This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher, essayist, and historian, David Hume's work A Treatise of Human Nature Specifically it examines his argument that there is no such thing as a human self in a metaphysical sense of a substance or soul that remains the same throughout changes. Instead, what we have or are is a bundle or collection of perceptions in the mind. While we can form an idea of the self, this is essentially a fiction. To support my ongoing work, go to my Patreon site - www.patreon.com/sadler If you'd like to make a direct contribution, you can do so here - www.paypal.me/ReasonIO - or at BuyMeACoffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/A4quYdWoM You can find over 4500 philosophy videos in my main YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/user/gbisadler Purchase David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature - amzn.to/2V0QWxC","meta_description":"This lecture discusses key ideas from the 18th century philosopher, essayist, and historian, David Hume's work A Treatise of Human Nature Specifically it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":736,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sadler-s-lectures-233636/episodes/david-hume-treatise-of-human-nature-the-self-as-bundle-of-perceptions-sadler-s-lectures/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sadler-s-lectures-233636/david-hume-treatise-of-human-nature-the-self-as-bundle-of-perceptions-sadler-s-lectures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}